La Represion : Full Score

From the Carlos Saura film Tango soundtrack, Deutsche Grammophon CD 289 459 145-2.

Jalousie: Gypsy Tango for Clarinet and Piano

Blue Johannes : for Solo Piano

BLUE JOHANNES was written for Marcel Worms and completed in August of 2012. The piece consists of a combination of diverse musical elements: blues, Persian folk melodies, tango, etc.It is a blues hommage to Johannes Brahms, whose music Reza Vali loves. A version for harpsichord is also available from the publisher.

Missa Solemnis: Music from the Vatican : in Honor of Saint Pii for SATB Chorus and Organ Full Score

From Musical America, August 23, 1913, A splendid work is a mass in D by Carlo Giorgio Garofalo, for mixed voices and organ, in conformity with the 'motu proprio' (of Pope Pius X). It is an example of pure melodious counterpoint, written with mastery and abundant inspiration.

Four Persian Mystic Poems : for Soprano or Mezzo-Soprano, Lute, Guitar, Percussion and Harp

These settings of Four Persian Mystic Poems by Reza Vali are for solo voice (mezzo-soprano or soprano), a Renaissance or Baroque lute (also claves), guitar/arbat (oud), harp, and percussion: Persian or Kurdish daf (or large framedrum), crotales (or glockenspiel or a bell), large claves, large cymbal, and tom-tom. It was commissioned by the Alba Consort Ensemble. Two other versions are available from the publisher: one for guitar, percussion, piano, harpand voice and one (titled THE MYSTERY OF THE ROSE) for flute, violin and piano. Poems/Movements: I. The Morning Discourse (Hafez); II. Do Not Sorrow (Hafez); III. The Mystery of the Rose (Sepehri); IV. When I Think of the Creator(Rumi)

String Quartet No. 10

Premiere: The Stanford String Quartet, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, January 25, 1989. Recorded by same on Laurel Record (LR-847). Bolcom uses a symmetrical arch form: sections I-VIII are mirrored, in reverse, by sections X-XVII, with the strangely antique (Bolcom) section IX being the keystone movement. Thus, section I has a counterpart in section XVII, II in XVI, and so forth. It is dedicated to his composition teacher at Stanford University, Leland Smith. In 17 short, connected movements.