Compositions by Paul Richards
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Orchestra
- Elfshot, for orchestra, 2007
- Music for Midsummer, for orchestra, 2005
- Floodwaters Receding, for string orchestra, 2005
- Supernova, for orchestra, 2004
- Snake in the Garden, for clarinet and orchestra or wind ensemble, 2004
- Symphony #1 ("Premonitions"), for orchestra, 2003
- Trip Hammer, for orchestra, 2002
- Kaleidophone, for chamber orchestra, 2000
- Banging Your Head on a Wall, for children's string orchestra, 2000
- Catalina Dances, for chamber orchestra, 1996
- Scherzo, for two guitars and chamber orchestra, 1994
- Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, 1992
- Bassoon Concerto, for bassoon and chamber orchestra, 1991
Wind Ensemble and Concert Band
- The River With Only One Bank, for concert band, 2009
- Bat out of Hell, for alto saxophone and concert band, 2009
- Fanatic Fanfare, for concert band, 2005
- Backwater Catfish, for wind ensemble, 2004
- Snake in the Garden, for clarinet and orchestra or wind ensemble, 2004
- The Steps in Escher’s Castle, for concert band, 2004
- Jacob’s Ladder, for wind ensemble, 2002
- Typhon's Brood, for wind ensemble, 2001
- Medium Funk Prelude, for wind ensemble, 2000
- Passamezzo Antico, for wind ensemble, 2000
- Dig, for wind ensemble, 1998
Conducted Chamber Ensemble
- Dem Alef-beys, for fifteen players, 2008
- Witch Doctor, for ten brass players and percussion, 2008
- One Step at a Time, for clarinet choir, 2008
- A Butterfly Coughs in Africa, for clarinet choir, 2003
- Eternal Groove Machine, for six percussionists, 1999
- Like a Symphony, for fifteen players, 1998
- Kaleidophone, for nine players, 1996 (rev. 2000)
- Kante la Mesma Kantika, for twelve players, 1995
Theatrical Works
- Somewhere Beyond, film score, 2008
- The Loathly Lady, comic opera in three acts, 2006
- Music for Midsummer, incidental music and songs, 2005
- Falling on Lobsters in the Dark, for electric quartet and dancers, 2003
Chorus and Vocal Ensemble
- Babel, for SATB choir, 1999
- Autumn Refrain, for SATB choir, 1997
- Knave of Cups, for SATB choir, 1993
- The Fair in the Woods, for SATTB, 1991
Chamber Music with Voice
- Ambitions, for soprano and piano, in progress
- Psalm for the New Month, for baritone and piano, 1999
- The Cliff Temple, for soprano and seven players, 1994
- Ochilah La’Eil, for high or low voice and piano, 1994
- Songs to Survive the Summer, for tenor and six amplified players, 1993
- Three Elizabethan Songs, for tenor and guitar, 1992
Chamber and Solo Works
- Praise, for organ, 2009
- A Little Space When Beauty’s Real, for string quartet, 2009
- Stem Cell, for seven clarinets, 2008
- One Step at a Time, for five clarinets, 2008
- Tomorrow in Australia, for flute, 2007
- A Twelvemonth and a Day, for four viols, 2006
- Nigun and Fugue, for five clarinets, 2006
- Walking Toward Caesaria, for marimba and string quartet, 2006
- Falling on Lobsters in the Dark, for violin, guitar, and piano, 2003
- Cypriot Structures, for violin, guitar, and piano, 2003
- Falcon’s Loom, for clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 2002
- Recastings, for piano, 2001
- Lotus Island Stomp, for bassoon and marimba, 2001
- Hypercube, for piano and percussion, 2001
- Magic Forest Scenes, for clarinet, 2000
- Rush Hour, for horn and piano, 2000
- Lizard Chasing Its Tail, for saxophone and percussion, 2000
- Asphalt Gypsy, for violin and guitar, 1999
- Woodwind Quintet (Ars Antiqua), 1999
- Viola Variations, for viola (or violin), 1998
- Lyric, for trombone and piano, 1998
- 635 Years Ago, for guitar, 1998
- V’ha-Eir Eineinu, for bassoon, 1998
- Pulse and Drone, for saxophone quartet or string quartet, 1998
- Reading Tom Robbins, for cello and piano, 1997
- On the Art of Making Bread, for violin and piano, 1996
- The Great Octopus, for guitar and tape, 1996
- All Alone in the Middle of the Night, for double-bass, 1996
- Trio, for clarinet, cello, and piano, 1996
- Diversions on a Sacred Tune, for flute, clarinet, and bassoon, 1995
- Prelude, for guitar, 1995
- Compression, for saxophone and marimba, 1995
- Quixotery, for string quartet, 1994
- Bacchus, for guitar, 1993
- Echo, for brass quintet and narrator, 1993
- Drip Castle, for piano, 1991