Anne Carol Kilstofte
Recent Commissions (Abbreviated)
1999-2000:
Whispers
a song cycle of lullabies, for soprano, baritone, cello, harp, percussion, and guitar. Private commission.
Requiem
SATB divisi, orchestra; commissioned by the Cherry Creek Chorale, Denver, Colorado (2001 season)
Puer Natus Est, Omnes de Saba
TTBB Choir, text: Latin; commissioned by St. John's University Men's Chorus; premiere Dec. 2000, St. John's University, Collegeville, MN; as part of triptych Advent, Christmas, Epiphany commission
1998:
String Quartet No. 2
14 minutes duration, string quartet and baritone, text by Carl Sandburg; commissioned by the Stockholm String Quartet, Sweden; premiere Fall 2000, Stockholm, Sweden, Kaska Publishing, Minneapolis, MN
Tota Pulchra Es Maria, Ave Maria
TTBB Choir, text: Latin; commissioned by St. John's University Men's Chorus; premiere Dec. 1999, St. John's University, Collegeville, MN; as part of triptych Advent, Christmas, Epiphany commission
1997:
Chant, Psalm 22
8 minutes duration, baritone and piano, commissioned by Woodlake Lutheran Church, premiere: March 27, 1997, Richfield, MN
Forest Bells
8 minutes duration, children's choir, piano and handbells, commissioned by Louise Phillips for the National Association of State Foresters, premiere: September 16, 1997, Salt Lake City, Utah, Windswept House Publishers, Maine
Oh, What a Wonderful Day
3 minutes duration, children's choir and piano, commissioned by Louise Phillips for the National Association of State Foresters, premiere: September 16, 1997, Salt Lake City, Utah, Kaska Publishing, Minneapolis, MN
Starflowers of Oklahoma
5 minutes duration, children's choir, piano, and percussion, commissioned by Louise Phillips, premiere, November, 1997, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Kaska Publishing, Minneapolis, MN
1996:
Christmas Tidings
4 minutes duration, SATB divisi, harp and glockenspiel, commissioned and premiered by the Dale Warland Singers, December 7-8, 1996, Wayzata Community Church, Wayzata, MN and Church of the Nativity, St. Paul, MN
1995:
Song of the Anasazi
8 minutes duration, SATB divisi, a cappella, commissioned by the Dale Warland Singers/Jerome Foundation Reading Session, June 20, 1995; St. Paul, MN
Matches
an opera in one act, 55 minutes duration, soprano, contralto, tenor, choir, chamber orchestra, doctoral dissertation, private commission
Sing to the Lord
18 minutes duration, SATB divisi, double string quintet, pipe organ, handbells; commissioned by the Church Residency Program, American Composers Forum, premiered by St. John's St. John's University/College of St. Benedict mixed choir, St. John's men's chorus, Kantorei, (St. John's alumni choir), Amadeus Chamber Symphony Orchestra, Dr. Kim Kasling, organist, Handbell and adult choirs of Gethsemane Lutheran Church, St. Clement's Episcopal Choir; Basilica of St. Mary; Kaska Publishing, Minneapolis, MN
1994:
Rorate Caeli
5 minutes duration, SATB divisi, a cappella, commissioned by St. John's University, premiered December 2-3, 1994, SJU and Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis, MN; subsequent performance by the IUP Festival Chorus, Dr. Susan Wheatley, conductor, International Festival of Women in Music, March 22, 1996, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania
1993:
Prisms, String Quartet No. 1
20 minutes duration, string quartet, commissioned by the Stockholm String Quartet, Sweden, (premiere March 2, 1993); subsequent performance, May 13, 1995: Cassatt String Quartet (NY), Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Kaska Publishing, Minneapolis, MN
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Music background from String Quartet Number 1. Photo credits, Thomas Ohnesorge, Carlsbad, CA.