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Reena Esmail

Composer

Orchestra (without Choir)

Testament (from Vishwas) – string orchestra version (2017)

string orchestra (with optional tabla)

Rosa de Sal (trumpet and orchestra)* (2022)

for trumpet and chamber orchestra
commissioned by Mary Elizabeth Bowden
*this work has not yet been completed

new concerto for orchestra* (2025)

for orchestra
*this work is not yet completed

new song cycle for soprano and orchestra* (2023)

for soprano and orchestra
*this work is not yet completed

Concerto for Hindustani Violin and Orchestra (2022)

for Hindustani violin and orchestra (22 min)
commissioned by Seattle Symphony for Kala Ramnath

RE|Member (orchestra) (2021)

overture for orchestra (7 min)
co-commissioned by Seattle Symphony and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Ram Tori Maya – full orchestra (2022)

arrangement of the Hindustani bhajan
for orchestra (2022)
commissioned by Carnegie Hall Link Up Program
*this arrangement has not yet been premiered

Testament (from Vishwas) – full orchestra version (2017)

for full orchestra and tabla

The History Of Red (2020)

soprano and chamber orchestra (20 min)
commissioned by Santa Fe Pro Musica, The Knights (Brooklyn), River Oaks Chamber Orchestra (Houston) and Orlando Philharmonic, with soprano Kathryn Mueller

Concerto For You (2019)

for solo violin and youth string orchestra (12 mins)
commissioned by ARTSpeaks for Neuqua Valley High School Orchestra

Black Iris (2018)

 for full orchestra (14 min)
commissioned by Chicago Sinfonietta

Meri Sakhi Ki Avaaz (My Sister’s Voice) -full orchestra (2018)

for Hindustani singer, soprano and full orchestra (3mmts; 21min)
commissioned by Albany Symphony for Saili Oak

Meri Sakhi Ki Avaaz (My Sister’s Voice) -chamber orchestra (2018)

version for Hindustani singer, soprano and chamber orchestra (21min; 3mmts)
commissioned by Albany Symphony for Saili Oak

Clarinet Concerto (2017)

clarinet and orchestra (16min; 2 mmts)
commissioned by Albany Symphony for Shankar Tucker

Avartan (2016)

chamber orchestra (13 min)
commissioned by American Composers Orchestra

Teen Murti (2013)

for string orchestra (11 mins)
commissioned by River Oaks Chamber Orchestra

Aria (2009)

for Hindustani singer and orchestra (12 min)
written for Yale Philharmonia

The Blue Room (2007)

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (17 min; 2 mmts)
written for Robert Bolyard, conductor for Yale Repertory Orchestra and Alexander Woods, violin

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