Choral Works

Choral Works by Richard Wilson

In Schrafft's, a setting of Auden's poem for men's chorus and piano four-hands 1966

A Dissolve, a setting of Stephen Sandy's poem for women's chorus, 1968

Review in Notes of the Music Library Association:...close dissonant tone clusters, a relatively slow pace, chromatic portamentos, wid dynamic levels and a generallly experssionistic quality noted in the works for full charos. A style which appears to be reatly limited at first sight, unfolds into an extraordinarily expressive one, and it will repay all the effort necessary to bring it to performance. J.F Cook, Washington and Lee University]  

Can, a setting of Stephen Sandy's poem for mixed chorus, 1968    

Light in Spring Poplars, 

and 

Soaking settings of Stephen Sandy's poem for mixed chorus, 1968 

Review in Notes of the Music Library Association:...Moving at a slow pace, with masses of close dissonances they have an expressionistic quality which is mot satisfying. The compose demonstrates in "Soaking" that the joys of taking a bath can readily be glorified in his very contemporary language. A sure senso of pitch and rhythmic flexibility are essential to the performance of these works, but they are not beyond a good chorus. Because of their relative brevity, they can be learned within a sensible length of time  J.F Cook, Washington and Lee University]  

Home from the Range, setting of Stephen Sandy's poem for mixed chorus, 1970 

Elegy, a setting of Stephen Sandy's poem, "Thanksgiving in the Country," for mixed chorus, 1971

Hunter's Moon, a setting of Stephen Sandy's poem for mixed chorus, 1972

August 22, a setting of John Unterecker's poem for mixed chorus, piano and percussion, 1976.  

In Schrafft's, new setting of Auden’s poem for mixed chorus, clarinet,harpsichord and marimba.  1979  

Poor Warren—Settings of poems by John Ashbery (“Frontispiece”, “Crazy Weather,” “Just Walking Around,” and “Qualm”) for chorus and piano, 1995  [“Just Walking Around”]

Fables: Three Poems by Ennis Rees After Aesop ( “The Fox and the Goat,” “The Mockingbird and the Hawk,” and 

“The Mice in a Meeting,”) for chorus and piano 2013

Sequentiae, settings in Latin of Hippocrates, Catullus, Martial, Horace for SATB a cappella 2015