Hobbs' Samples

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Orchestral Music

Mirror in the Sky (2023) 15'
3d1, 3d1, 3d1scl+bcl, 3d1 / 4, 3, 3, 1 / timp, 3perc, / hp, pn[=cel] / str (12-10-8-6-6)
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Crossing the bar (2023) 6.5'
Str. (12-10-8-6-6)
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The Ezekiel Airship (2005) 15'
3d1, 3d1, 3d1bcl, 3d1 / 4, 3, 3, 1 / timp, 2perc, / hp, pn[=cel] / str (12-10-8-6-6)
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Cliff Dwellers (2002) 21'
3d1, 3d1, 3d1bcl, 3d1 / 4, 3, 3, 1 / timp, 3perc, / hp, pn[=cel] / str (12-10-8-6-6)
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Whispers on Waves (2001) 13'
3d1, 3d1, 3d1bcl, 3d1 / 4, 3, 3, 1 / timp, 3perc, / hp, pn[=cel] / str (12-10-8-6-6)
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Lament (2000) 5.5'
Str. (12-10-8-6-6)
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Xiá Xiǎng Suite no. 3 (1999) 18'
3d1+sl-w+mgl, 3d1+mgl, 3d1bcl+mgl, 3d1, asax / 4, 3, 3, 1 / timp, 3perc, / hp, pn[=cel] / str (12-10-8d1bjo-6-6)
Premiered on 12 May 2007 by the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra, Victor Yampolsky, conducting.
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Xiá Xiǎng Suite no. 2 (1993) 20'
3d1+mgl, 3d1+mgl, 3d1bcl, 3d1, asax / 4, 3, 3, 1 / timp, 3perc, / hp, pn[=cel] / str (12-10-8-6-6)

Xiá Xiǎng Suite no. 1 (1993) 27'
3d1+sl-w+mgl, 3d1+mgl, 3d1bcl, 3d1, asax / 4, 3, 3, 1 / timp, 3perc, / hp, pn[=cel] / Chorus SSSAATTB / str (12-10-8d1bjo-6-6)

Xiá Xiǎng (1991) 32'
3d1+sl-w+mgl, 3d1+mgl, 3d1bcl+mgl, 3d1, asax / 4, 3, 3, 1 / timp, 3perc, / hp, pn[=cel] / Chorus SSSAATTB / str (12-10-8d1bjo-6-6)
Commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Fractals (1984) 10'
1, 2d1mgl, 1, 2d1mgl / 2d1mgl, 1d1mgl, / perc / pn / str (6-5-4-3-1)
Selected as the winning work for the 1985 Omaha Symphony Guild's New Music Competition. Premiered on 14 December 1985 by the Omaha Symphony Chamber Orchestra, William Jenks, conducting. Additional performances on 22 May 1986 and 17 November 1992. Other performances by the Esprit Contemporain Orchestra on 7 March 1986, the Chamber Orchestra Oklahoma City on 31 May 1987, the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra on 18 November 1988, the Peninsula Music Festival Orchestra on 26 August 1989 and the Tulsa Philharmonic Orchestra on 7 December 1989.
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Symphony no. 1 (1975) 19.5'
3d1, 3d1, 3d1bcl, 3d1 / 4, 3, 3, 1 / 3perc, / hp, pn[=cel] / str (12-10-8-6-6)
Premiered on 25 January 1979 by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Paul Polivnick, conducting. Other performances by the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra on 3 June 1979 and the Omaha Symphony Orchestra on 28 & 30 April 1988.
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American Pastiche (1976) 8'
2, 2, 2, 2 / 4, 3, 3, 1 / perc / hp, pn / str (12-10-8-6-6)
Premiered on 14 & 15 April 1976 by the Florida Atlantic University Symphony, Eugene Crabb, conducting.

Piano Concerto (1973) 19'
3d1, 3d1, 3d1scl+bcl, 2, asax / 4, 3, 3, 1 / 2perc / hp / Piano solo / str (12-10-8-6-6)
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