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CONTEMPORARY MUSIC REPERTOIRE
LIOR NAVOK'S CONTEMPORARY MUSIC REPERTOIRE | 20TH CENTURY MUSIC | NEW CLASSICAL REPERTOIRE | CONTEMPORARY MUSIC COMPOSERS | 21ST CENTURY MUSIC
Lior Navok, a prolific composer, boasts an extensive and diverse catalogue that spans various genres and ensemble sizes. His contemporary music repertoire includes stage works, orchestral compositions, choral music, vocal pieces, and a wide range of chamber music. From intimate duos to larger ensemble pieces, Navok’s compositions resonate with audiences, reflecting the spirit of our time and the creativity of modern composers.
STAGE MUSIC
STAGE MUSIC
OPERA
Contemporary Opera
An unserem Fluss (By our River)
opera in two acts
Duration: 93 minutes
Instrumentation: 12 singers and chamber orchestra
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The Bet
chamber opera in 14 scenes
Duration: 90 minutes
Instrumentation: 5 singers and chamber orchestra
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MUSIC THEATRE
Musc for Music Theatre
Gitz & Spitz
for actor and chamber ensemble
Duration: 50 minutes
Instrumentation: actor; clarinet, alto saxophone, bassoon; horn; trumpet; trombone, tuba and percussion (1)
coming soon
FAMILY CONCERTS
Family Concerts
Beauty and the Beast
for actress and chamber ensemble
Duration: 31 minutes
Instrumentation: actress, violins (2), viola, cello double bass and piano
coming soon
Brave Little Timmy
for actor / actress and chamber orchestra
Duration: 27 minutes
Instrumentation: narrator, 1 flute (doubles piccolo), oboe, clarinet, bassoon; 3 horns, 1 trumpet, 1 trombone; 2 percussion; strings
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The Adventures of Pinocchio
for three actors and woodwind quintet / orchestra
Duration: 61 minutes
Instrumentation: narrator, 1 flute (doubles piccolo), oboe, clarinet, bassoon; 3 horns, 1 trumpet, 1 trombone; 2 percussion; strings
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The Little Mermaid
for actress and chamber ensemble / chamber orchestra
Duration: 36 minutes
Instrumentation: actress, flute / piccolo, clarinet, percussion (1), two pianos and string quintet
OR actress, flute / piccolo, clarinet, percussion (1), two pianos and string section
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ORCHESTRAL
ORCHESTRAL MUSIC
Aurora Borealis
for chamber orchestra
Duration: 12 minutes
Instrumentation: harp, accordion, percussion and strings
Between Two Coasts
for string orchestra
Duration: 14 minutes
Instrumentation: string orchestra
Blue, Yellow, Smoke
for chamber orchestra
Duration: 10:30 minutes
Instrumentation: chamber orchestra
coming soon
Clarinet Concerto
for clarinet and orchestra
Duration: 22 minutes
Instrumentation: clarinet and chamber orchestra
First Fruits - a Symphonic Prelude
for symphony orchestra
Duration: 12 minutes
Instrumentation: 3 flutes (3rd doubles piccolo); 3 oboes (3rd doubles English horn); 3 clarinets; 3rd doubles bass clarinet);
3 bassoons (3rd doubles contrabassoon); 4 horns; 3 trumpets, 3 trombones; tuba; harp; piano / celeste; timpani; percussion (3); strings
Guitar Concerto
for guitar and orchestra
Duration: 21:30 minutes
Instrumentation: guitar solo, 2 flutes (2nd doubles Piccolo), 2 oboes (2nd doubles English horn);
2 clarinets (2nd doubles bass clarinet) 2 bassoons; 2 horns; 1 percussion; harp, celeste, strings
Light Paths
for symphony orchestra
Duration: 23:00 minutes
Instrumentation: 3 flutes (3rd doubles alto flute and piccolo); 3 oboes (3rd doubles English horn); 3 clarinets ( 3rd doubles bass clarinet); 3 bassoons (3rd doubles CBN); 4 horns; 3 trumpets, 3 trombones; tuba; harp; pno./cel.; timp. percussion (3); strings
...of weaving the shadowed waves
for two marimbas and chamber orchestra
Duration: 7:30 minutes
Instrumentation: 2 marimbas (soli), 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings (6,5,4,3,1)
Symphonic Bagatelles
for symphony orchestra
Duration: 18 minutes
Instrumentation: 3 flutes (3rd doubles alto flute and piccolo); 3 oboes (3rd doubles English horn); 3 clarinets ( 3rd doubles bass clarinet); 3 bassoons (3rd doubles CBN); 4 horns; 3 trumpets, 3 trombones; tuba; harp; piano / celeste.; timp. percussion (3); strings
The Spanish Songs
for soprano, bassoon and chamber orchestra
Duration: 11 minutes
Instrumentation: soprano solo, bassoon solo, 2 clarinets, percussion (1) harp, celesta and strings
WIND
WIND ENSEMBLE MUSIC
SYMPHONIC BAND / WIND ENSEMBLE
Gleams from the Bosom of Darkness
for symphonic band and choir (or amplified vocal ensemble)
Duration: 18 minutes
Instrumentation: 3 flutes (3rd also doubles piccolo), alto Flute; 3 oboes (3rd doubles English horn; 3 bassoons (3rd doubles contra bassoon); piccolo clarinet, 6 clarinets, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet; 4 saxophones (SATB); 6 horns; 3 trumpets; 2 flugelhorns; 3 tenor trombones, 1 bass trombone; 1 euphonium, 2 tubas; double bass; harp; piano / celeste (one player); percussion (5 players); three narrators: alto, tenor and bass. (also sing with the on-stage chorus); soprano soloist (from the on-stage chorus); on-stage chorus (about 48-96 singers); back-stage women chorus. It is possible to perform the work with a full choir setting, or vocal ensemble (singers one on a part, amplified.)
Loose Caboose
for wind ensemble
Duration: 9:30 minutes
Instrumentation: 4 flutes / piccolos, 4 oboes, 4 clarinets, 4 bassoons, 4 saxophones (2s/t + 2a), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 4 trombones, euphonium (ossia), tuba (ossia), 2 percussion, 2 pianos
CHAMBER WINDS
Tetris
for double wind quintet
Duration: 9:30 minutes
Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons
CHORAL
CHORAL MUSIC
And the Trains Kept Coming...
oratorio
Duration: 44 minutes
Instrumentation: tenor solo, bass-baritone solo, two narrators, boy-soprano, choir and orchestra.
(with additional soprano and alto from within the choir
It is Winter that We Dream of Spring
for mixed chamber choir
Duration: 4 minutes
Instrumentation: mixed chamber choir
It Was Too Late for Man
for chorus and piano
Duration: 11 minutes
Instrumentation: mixed chorus (SATB) and piano
coming soon
Meditations Over Shore
for soli, choir and small ensemble
Duration: 14 minutes
Instrumentation: soli (SATB), double chamber choir, double large choir, harmonica, percussion (2) and piano
Nocturne
for vocal ensemble and five instruments
Duration: 9 minutes
Instrumentation: 12 singers (SATB), soprano saxophone, clarinet, harp, guitar and percussion
Three Songs for Mixed Chamber Choir
for mixed chamber choir
Duration: 10 minutes
Instrumentation: chamber choir (SATB)
VOCAL
VOCAL MUSIC
SOPRANO & MEZZO-SOPRANO
Contemporary music for soprano
A'l Mishkavi Baleylot (upon my bed by night)
for soprano and harp
Duration: 5 minutes
Instrumentation: soprano and harp
Bestiarious (The Book of Monsters and Creatures)
for alto / mezzo-soprano and ensemble
Duration: 11 minutes
Instrumentation: alto / mezzo-soprano, flute / piccolo, clarinet, bassoon,
violin, percussion (2), harpsichord
Dialogues
for soprano and percussion
Duration: 11 minutes
Instrumentation: soprano and percussion (1)
Found in a Train Station
for soprano and ensemble
Duration: 11 minutes
Instrumentation: soprano, mandolin, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
Spring Calls
for soprano and ensemble
Duration: 11:30 minutes
Instrumentation: leggero soprano (also plays small percussion instruments), flute, viola, cello and harp
The Sea of Sunset
for soprano and ensemble
Duration: 11:30 minutes
Instrumentation: soprano / mezzo-soprano, tenor trombone, piano and double bass
The Spanish Songs (chamber version)
for soprano / mezzo-soprano, bassoon and piano
Duration: 11 minutes
Instrumentation: soprano / mezzo-soprano, bassoon and piano
coming soon
Three Songs
for soprano / mezzo-soprano and piano
Duration: 10 minutes
Instrumentation: soprano / mezzo-soprano and piano
ALTO
contemporary music for alto
Bestiarious (The Book of Monsters and Creatures)
for alto / mezzo-soprano and ensemble
Duration: 11 minutes
Instrumentation: alto / mezzo-soprano, flute / piccolo, clarinet, bassoon, violin, percussion (2), harpsichord
Copenhagen Songs
for alto and piano
Duration: 7 minutes
Instrumentation: alto and piano
The Tailoress Song
for alto and piano
Duration: 3:30 minutes
Instrumentation: alto and piano
TENOR
contemporary music for Tenor
A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass
for tenor and piano
Duration: 20 minutes
Instrumentation: tenor and piano
BARITONE / BASS-BARITONE
contemporary music for baritone
End-of-the-Day Songs
for baritone / bass-baritone and piano
Duration: 12 minutes
Instrumentation: baritone / bass-baritone and piano
coming soon
CHAMBER MUSIC
CHAMBER MUSIC
DUOS
At the Edge of a Spiral
for piano four-hands
Duration: 10 minutes
Instrumentation: piano four-hands
Contemporary music for two players
Blurred Formations
for guitar and accordion
Duration: 10 minutes
Instrumentation: classical guitar and concert accordion
Capriccio
for flute and violin
Duration: 5 minutes
Instrumentation: flute and violin
Dripping Minutes - Frozen Years
for viola and piano
Duration: 8:30 minutes
Instrumentation: viola and piano
Ex Silentium
for bassoon and piano
Duration: 11 minutes
Instrumentation: bassoon and piano
Fluctuations
for cello and piano
Duration: 10 minutes
Instrumentation: cello and piano
Fuzzy
for oboe and piano
Duration: 10 minutes
Instrumentation: oboe and piano
Hidden Reflections
for Alto saxophone (or clarinet) and piano
Duration: 15 minutes
Instrumentation: alto saxophone (or clarinet) and piano
more information (saxophone) >>> |||| more information (clarinet) >>>
Humoresque
for clarinet and piano
Duration: 5 minutes
Instrumentation: clarinet and piano
Sarigim
for guitar duo
Duration: 6 minutes
Instrumentation: 2 classical guitars
Seven Haiku
for flute and harp
Duration: 12 minutes
Instrumentation: flute (or alto flute) and harp
Three Winged Movements
for flute and piano
Duration: 12 minutes
Instrumentation: flute and piano
Violin Sonata
for violin and piano
Duration: 18 minutes
Instrumentation: violin and piano
TRIOS (3 players)
Contemporary music for three players
Arabesque
for baroque trio
Duration: 9:30 minutes
Instrumentation: alto recorder, baroque cello and harpsichord
Frozen Junctions
for vibraphone, viola and piano
Duration: 13 minutes
Instrumentation: vibraphone, cello and piano
Like a Whirling Sand Clock
for clarinet, cello and piano
Duration: 10:30 minutes
Instrumentation: clarinet, cello and piano
Mysterious Pond
for flute, oboe and piano
Duration: 10 minutes
Instrumentation: flute, oboe and piano
Paper Tigers
for brass trio
Duration: 9:30 minutes
Instrumentation: trumpet, horn and trombone
coming soon
Piano Trio
for piano trio
Duration: 22 minutes
Instrumentation: violin, cello and piano
Veiled Echoes
for flute, viola and harp
Duration: 15 minutes
Instrumentation: flute, viola and harp
Trio for Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn
for clarinet, bassoon and horn
Duration: 5 minutes
Instrumentation: clarinet, bassoon and horn
QUARTETS (4 players)
Contemporary music for four players
Hope Cycles
string quartet No. 2
Duration: 24 minutes
Instrumentation: violins (2), viola and cello
Little Suite
for clarinet and string trio
Duration: 12 minutes
Instrumentation: clarinet, violin, viola and cello
Quartet for Flute, Clarinet Bassoon and Harp
for flute, clarinet, bassoon and harp
Duration: 27 minutes
Instrumentation: flute (doubles piccolo and alto flute), clarinet, bassoon and harp
Saxophone Quartet
for four saxophones (SATB)
Duration: 15 minutes
Instrumentation: soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones
Soliloquy
string quartet No. 4
Duration: 15:30 minutes
Instrumentation: violins (2), viola and cello
coming soon
Voices from India
string quartet No. 1
Duration: 17 minutes
Instrumentation: violins (2), viola and cello
Whispered Questions
string quartet No. 3
Duration: 17 minutes
Instrumentation: violins (2), viola and cello
QUINTETS (5 players)
Contemporary music for five players
Gitz & Spitz Suite
for brass quintet
Duration: 14 minutes
Instrumentation: trumpets (2), horn, trombone and tuba
coming soon
Piano Quintet
for piano and string quartet
Duration: 18 minutes
Instrumentation: piano, violins (2), viola and cello
Signals
for percussion ensemble
Duration: 11 minutes
Instrumentation: percussion (4 players) and piano / celeste (one player)
Six Short Stories for Woodwind Quintet
for wind quintet
Duration: 12 minutes
Instrumentation: flute / piccolo, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon
Tourelles
for celli ensemble and piano
Duration: 12 minutes
Instrumentation: 4 celli and piano
V5 - Quintet for Vibraphone and String Quartet
for vibraphone and string quartet
Duration: 17 minutes
Instrumentation: vibraphone, violins (2), viola and cello
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
Contemporary music for chamber ensemble
Elegy to the Future
for Pierrot ensemble
Duration: 13 minutes
Instrumentation: piccolo / alto flute; clarinet; violin; cello; percussion; piano
After a Tango
for chamber ensemble with recorders
Duration: 15 minutes
Instrumentation: recorders (3), clarinet, trumpet, trombone, guitar, percussion, violin, double bass
Quicksand
for Pierrot ensemble
Duration: 11 minutes
Instrumentation: bass clarinet, violin, cello, percussion and piano
coming soon
Flashes of Decay
for chamber ensemble
Duration: 12 minutes
Instrumentation: flute / piccolo; English horn; clarinet / bass clarinet; horn; tuba; percussion (2); harp; piano
Sextet
for Pierrot ensemble
Duration: 22 minutes
Instrumentation: flute / piccolo/bass flute, clarinet / bass clarinet, violin, cello, percussion and piano
Three Episodes for Chamber Ensemble
for chamber ensemble
Duration: 15 minutes
Instrumentation: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, percussion (1), piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass
UNACCMPANED
UNACCOMPANIED INSTRUMENTS
WOODWIND & BRASS
unaccompanied woodwind & brass
Dunes
for unaccompanied flute
Duration: 5 minutes
Instrumentation: flute
Klotz
for unaccompanied clarinet
Duration: 5 minutes
Instrumentation: clarinet
Six Pieces for Horn Solo
for unaccompanied horn
Duration: 11:30 minutes
Instrumentation: French horn
contemporary music for solo piano
PIANO SOLO
Periscopes
for piano solo
Duration: 30 minutes
Instrumentation: piano
Shimmer
for piano solo
Duration: 10:30 minutes
Instrumentation: piano
Silent Streets
for piano solo
Duration: 7:30 minutes
Instrumentation: piano
coming soon
Ten Bagatelles
for piano solo
Duration: 18 minutes
Instrumentation: piano
The Old Photo Box
for piano solo
Duration: 58 minutes
Instrumentation: piano
The Waiting Hours
for piano solo
Duration: 14:30 minutes
Instrumentation: piano
UNACCOMPANIED PLUCKED INSTRUMENTS
unaccompanied plucked instruments
East of the Cane Fields
for unaccompanied harp
Duration: 8 minutes
Instrumentation: harp
Meditation
for unaccompanied guitar
Duration: 5 minutes
Instrumentation: classical guitar
Remembrances of Jerusalem
for unaccompanied guitar
Duration: 11 minutes
Instrumentation: classical guitar
Six for a Dance
for unaccompanied guitar
Duration: 2:30 minutes
Instrumentation: classical guitar
Through the Alleys of Time
for guitar and sound tracks
Duration: 22 minutes
Instrumentation: classical guitar and sound track
UNACCOMPANIED PERCUSSION
contemporary music for solo percusson
Rosewood Staircase
for solo marimba
Duration: 6 minutes
Instrumentation: marimba
UNACCOMPANIED STRING INSTRUMENTS
contemporary music for unaccompanied strings
In Memoriam (Yizkor)
for unaccompanied violin or viola
Duration: 6 minutes
Instrumentation: unaccompanied violin, or, unaccompanied viola
more information (violin) >>> ||||| more information (viola) >>>
Big Mouse
for unaccompanied double bass
Duration: 6 minutes
Instrumentation: double bass
coming soon
Full work catalog in German is now available >>>
Contemporary music repertoire is a vast and diverse field, reflecting the myriad of musical styles and genres that have emerged in the 20th and 21st centuries. It encompasses a wide range of musical languages, from the complex rhythms and dissonant harmonies of modernist composers, to the minimalist and post-minimalist works that focus on repetition and slow change. This repertoire is not limited to any one style or approach, but rather embraces the full spectrum of musical expression available in our current era.
In the realm of contemporary music, the repertoire is continually expanding and evolving. New works are being composed and performed all the time, adding to the richness and diversity of the contemporary music scene. These compositions often push the boundaries of what is possible in music, exploring new techniques, timbres, and forms. The contemporary music repertoire is a testament to the creativity and innovation of today’s composers, offering listeners a window into the sounds and ideas that are shaping the music of our time.
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