Orchestral Works

  • The Prophet (1973), symphony orchestra, one movement (variations)
  • Images (1973), chamber orchestra, four movements
  • A Glimpse (Soliloquy in a Forest) (1975), ballet for string orchestra, flute, tape and dancers; tape is activated by shadow and allows dancers to create music by dancing through light beams
  • Lidice (1977), symphony orchestra or chamber orchestra, two movements (Available from Amazon)
  • Rhayader (1978), ballet for chamber orchestra and piano, one movement (Available on The Romantic Music of Eric Funk -- Order Here)
  • Symphony No. 1 (“Emily”) (1979), symphony orchestra, three movements (Available from Amazon)
  • Dance Concertare (1980), piano and chamber orchestra, one movement
  • Romantic Impressions (1984), string orchestra version, four movements
  • Suite of Overtures to the Opera “Pamelia” (1988), symphony orchestra, one continuous movement
  • Symphony No. 2 (“Montana”) (1991), symphony orchestra, three movements
  • Mandel'shtam: A Valediction to the 20th Century (1993), double symphony orchestra, large chorus, two soloists (sopr., bar.), solo string quartet, five movements; three Pindaric odes by Osip Mandelstam in Russian 
  • Symphony No. 3 (“Hradcany”) (1995), clarinet solo and symphony orchestra, three movements (Available from Amazon)
  • Symphony No. 4, Op. 75 (“This Eventide Seems Spilt”) (1996), contralto and symphony orchestra, one movement; text by Amanda Aizpuriete, in English; composed at Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf, Brandenburg/Germany (Available from Amazon)
  • Symphony No. 5, Op. 77 ("Dante Ascending") (1998), orchestra and tenor choir (Order Here)
  • BEYOND TIME, a symphonic cycle/pentalogy, ideally performed together:
     Symphony No 6 “Apocalypse-Phoenix Rising”, Op. 88
     ‘The Sojourner’s Eye’, Op. 102, tenor voice and orchestra, settings of poetry by John Haek
     Symphony No 7 “Time”, Op. 105
     Symphony No 8 “And Humankind Departed”, Op. 108
     Symphony No 9 “Time Bridge to Beyond Time”, Op. 111
  • Four String Preludes, string orchestra
  • After Prague, string trio [vn,vn, vcl]
  • From the Other Side (orchestra & prepared tape, multiple speakers)
  • “Your Beautiful Blue Eyes”, Op. 114 string orchestra
  • Dance Concertare for Marimba + Percussion & Orchestra, Op. 101
  • A Christmas Overture (1995), symphony orchestra, one movement
  • A Montana Winter, Op. 125, commissioned by String Orchestra of the Rockies
  • Variations on a Theme by Jan Hanus, Op. 127, violin and string orchestra

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