for String Orchestra (Without Basses)
From an initial glimpse of a 15th-century Pater Noster motif, the work expands to offer tenderness and fortitude for the present day.
Royal Scottish National OrchestraMiran Vaupotić conductor
Bell Carol Fantasy
Janáčkova Filharmonie Ostrava | Stanislav Vavřínek, conductor
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I decided to emphasize the sense of bountifulness and I open this arrangement with the familiar bell tune now played slowly and elongated by the low, autumnal clarinets. I let this new “theme of abundance” build and fill out colorfully among the whole orchestra before fading away. The flutes offer a suggestion of birds passing in gentle flight. This theme soon becomes recognizable as the well-known bell motif as the piece launches into the familiar carol tune. To close out the work I bring out the dance energy of the cross rhythms and counter melodies.
"Kim Diehnelt’s “Bell Carol Fantasy” recruits the Janáčkova Filharmonie Ostrava for a particularly moving and pensive delivery of rich strings." -- TAKE EFFECT August 2024
Sheet music is availble at J W. Pepper
Choral Music Recordings
Many of my choral works have been recorded by the "First Readings" ensemble in Minnesota.
Please enjoy listening to their superb singing.
I Had No Time
A 6-part a cappella setting of the poem "I Had No Time To Hate" by Emily Dickinson (1830 -1886)
The Blue Bird
(L’Oiseau Bleu) for SATTBB Choir Text by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861 - 1907)
Si Vis Amari Ama
Si vis amari ama for SATB choir a cappella (If you would be loved, love.) Text by Seneca.
Devouring Time
Sonnet 19: Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws - for SATB choir. In a contemporary setting of Shakespeare’s sonnet infused with early music traditions of polyphony, modal tendencies, and tone-painting, the ageless poet celebrates the artist’s triumph over time. 2015
"Milvanne" for Oboe, Horn, Violin, Viola, Cello
Performed by Rendezvous Arts, 2021
"Milvanne" for Oboe, Horn, Violin, Viola, Cello.
“Across a flowing expanse, Milvanne soars with powerful grace, elated spirit, and buoyant playfulness. A kite unbound. Majestic. Lyrical.”
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Yarmouth Time - For Violin And Cello
In the Spring of 2018, I spent three months on Cousins Island off the coast of Yarmouth ME as the KISMET Foundation Artist-in-Residence. Yarmouth Time reflects my impressions during this period of being surrounded by intense weather, nature, and beauty.
After an introductory “sunrise,” I capture my experience of two nor’easters with stormy gusts of wind and snow, leaping waves, swaying trees, and shifting gales. As the winds swirl away into calmness, a song arises as a nod to the warm hearts of the people of Yarmouth, echoing their welcoming town motto “Our Latchstring Always Out.” Seabirds, gulls, and ospreys add their own commentary.
Then, I tapped into the feel and enjoyment of walking the local trails, moving through nature, and taking in the scenery, bird calls, fresh air, and vibrant colors. Just before setting off on this walkabout, however, I inserted a sound from the Casco Bay seascape which was new to me — a lobster boat motor.
The work concludes with a sound-portrait of the frequently seen yet ever awe-inspiring pinkhued sunset over the eastern coastline.
"Yarmouth Time"
Ensemble: Trio Casals
"Yarmouth Time"
Ensemble: Trio Casals
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