• category: Scores, 2010-2019, Piano

    The Revelation Diptych

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        The Sixth Seal
      • 2
        St. John Consumes the Little Book
  • category: Scores, 2010-2019, Bass

    Mass

    • (Chamber Version)for four voices and chamber ensemble (flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, bass, percussion, and piano.
      Length 37:17
      Performers: 
      Grant Gershon– Conductor
      Elissa Johnston, soprano; Tracy Van Fleet, mezzo-soprano; Daniel Chaney, tenor; Abdiel Gonzales, bass-baritone; Gary Woodward, flute; Gary Bovyer, clarinet; Ralph Morrison, violin; Kazi Pitelka, viola; Cécilia Tsan, cello; David Young, bass; Vicki Ray, piano; Lynn Vartan, percussion
      Recording James Newton – Sacred Works (2011)
      New World Records 80704

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        For 4 Voices and Chamber Ensemble
  • category: Scores

    Violet

    • Recording James Newton – As The Sound of Many Waters (2000)
      New World Records Cat. No. 80579
      Performers:
      San Francisco Contemporary Music Players:

      David Milnes, Conductor

      Tod Brody, flute;
      William Wohlmacher, clarinet;
      Rufus Olivier, bassoon;
      Roy Malan, violin;
      Stephen Harrison, cello;
      Thomas Schultz, piano;
      Karen Gottlieb, harp;
      Daniel Kennedy, William Winant, percussion.

      “A similar integration of sources was to be heard in ‘Violet,’ a septet by the West Coast musician James Newton. Mr. Newton is more widely known as a jazz flutist, and in this piece he takes something, too, from African Pygmy music, but the play of cultures seems to be created by his composition in its own terms. Central to its interior dialogue is a duo of xylophone and marimba, whose fluid, intricate patterning has been almost completely abstracted from any African origin.

      From time to time, an idea played by the duo is picked up by a quartet of violin, cello, flute and clarinet and developed by them in a more European style, while a piano plays sometimes with them and sometimes on its own track. The braids of music are beautifully composed and beautifully coupled, and the piece has a very appealing gentle flow.”
      Paul Griffiths – New York Times

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  • category: Scores, 2010-2019, Basson

    In A Moment, In The Twinkling of an Eye

    • or Soprano Voice, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Piano (2003-2004)
      Length 19:20
      Performers: 
      Elissa Johnston, Soprano; Gary Bovyer, Clarinet; Julie Feves, Bassoon; Mark Menzies, Piano
      Recording James Newton – Sacred Works (2011)
      New World Records 80704

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        In A Moment, In The Twinkling of an Eye
  • category: Scores

    Mass (Choral Version)

    • for four Solo Voices, Chamber Choir, and Chamber Ensemble (Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass, Percussion, and Piano.
      Length 37:17

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  • category: Scores

    Mass (Vocal Score)

    • vocal score with piano accompaniment
      Length 37:17

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  • category: Scores

    Leave Me Not To Mine Oppressors

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        Leave Me Not To Mine Oppressors
  • category: Scores

    Saint Matthew Passion

  • category: Scores

    Psalm 119

    • for four vocal soloists, chorus, and symphony orchestra.
      Length – Two Hours and 10 minutes (2017-2021)
      Psalm 119
      (KJV)
      for Vocal Soloists, Chorus, and Orchestra
      2021
      Vocal Soloists
      Soprano
      Mezzo Soprano
      Tenor
      Bass
      Chorus
      Orchestra
      3 Flutes (Piccolo and Alto Flute doubles)
      2 Oboes
      English Horn
      2 Clarinet in Bb
      Bass Clarinet in Bb
      3 Bassoons
      4 Horns in F
      3 Trumpets in C
      2 Trombones
      Bass Trombone
      Tuba
      Timpani
      Percussion (4 players):
      Xylophone
      Marimba
      Vibraphone
      Cymbals
      Ride Cymbal
      Hi Hat
      Triangle
      Tambourine
      3 Tam-Tams
      Claves
      Snare Drum
      Side Drum
      Tom-Toms
      Bass Drum
      Wood Blocks
      Celesta
      Harp and String Orchestra

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  • category: Scores

    Saint Matthew Passion

    • for Vocal Soloists, Chamber Chorus, Chamber Orchestra, and Jazz Rhythm Section (2010-2015)
      (NKJV)
      Length – Two Hours
      Chapter 26
      Intermission
      Chapter 27
      Vocal Soloists
      Evangelist – Tenor
      Jesus – Bass
      Judas – Bass*
      Peter – Bass*
      High Priest – Bass*
      Pontius Pilate – Bass*
      First Servant Girl – Soprano*
      Second Servant Girl – Soprano*
      Pilate’s Wife – Soprano*
      *Can be chosen from the choir.
      Chamber Chorus
      Chamber Orchestra
      1 Flute
      1 Oboe (with English Horn)
      1 Bb Clarinet
      1 Bassoon
      1 Trumpet in C
      1 Tenor Trombone
      Two Percussionists (excluding the Jazz drummer):
      Timpani
      Marimba
      Vibraphone
      Snare Drum
      Crotales
      2 Cymbals: one 22” thin, one 22” low medium thin
      High and Mid-Range Woodblocks
      Cowbell
      Guiro
      High Hat
      Two Keyboardists:
      1 Celesta
      1 Piano
      Harp and String Orchestra

      Jazz Rhythm Section
      Acoustic Bass (with Electric Bass)
      Drums

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      Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Torino
      Date: May 30, 2015
      Venue: Auditorium RAI Arturo Toscanini Torino, Italy
      Grant Gershon – Conductor
      John Bellemer – Evangelist
      Roberto Abbondanza – Jesus

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  • category: Scores

    Glimpses of the Garden of Eden

    • for solo horn and chamber orchestra (2016)
      Length 12:30
      Solo Horn in F
      Timpani, Tambourine
      Percussion (6 players)
      Snare Drum,
      Bass Drum
      Claves, Triangle, Finger Cymbals
      Glockenspiel
      Xylophone
      Marimba
      Harp
      Strings

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        Glimpses of the Garden of Eden
  • category: Scores

    Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

    • (2015 rev. 2021)
      Length 3:40 Arranged by James W. Newton Jr. (excerpt from my Saint Matthew Passion)
      For solo Flute and String Orchestra
       
      Date: October 19, 2019
      Venue: The Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio, Polish Radio
      Performers: 
      Jerzy Semkow Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra https://sinfoniaiuventus.pl/
      Wojciech Semerau-Siemianowski – conductor http://wsemerau.com/myproject/wojciech-semerau-siemianowski/
      Monika Konstantynowicz – Flute soloist
      Sound engineer: Ewa Guziołek-Tubelewicz
      Recording Copyright © Jerzy Semkow Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra 2019

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        Warsaw Concert
  • category: Scores

    Beauty and Strength (2016)

    • Length 5:12
      Flute, Clarinet in Bb, Bassoon, Horn
      Percussion (3 players)
      Wood Blocks, Drum Set, Vibraphone
      Harp and String Orchestra

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        Beauty and Strength
  • category: Scores

    Amazing Grace Version 1

    • (2017) This fully notated arrangement of “Amazing Grace” was motivated by and dedicated to President Barack Obama, and the nine precious lives taken in Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, in Charleston, South Carolina.
      Length 5:20
      For String Orchestra
      Arranged by James Newton
      Recording James Newton – The Manual of Light (2018)
      Orenda Records 0057
      Performers:
      Grant Gershon – Conductor
      String Orchestra
      Copyright © James W. Newton Jr Janew Music 2018

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        Amazing Grace
  • category: 2010-2019, Scores

    St. Matthew Passion

    • Coming soon.

My music purposely ignores stylistic boundaries to rejoice in the creations of the Holy Spirit

JAMES NEWTON

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