ADAM KLEIN, COMPOSER
"You are not the only composer in Vienna, Herr Mozart." — "No, but I'm the best."
- from "Amadeus" by Peter Shaffer

This is a page about what most would call my "classical" musical works. Since I make my living as a performing artist, time is short for adding to this list. But I keep Charles Ives in mind: He sold insurance for a living.

  • OPERA: So far I have written two operas: a long one called LEITHIAN, based on a J.R.R. Tolkien story; and a short one, GOLDIE LOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS, a children's opera about tolerance. An aria from LEITHIAN is featured in the Tenor Page sound clips area; give a listen. Click here to listen to the world premiere concerts of LEITHIAN we gave in July 2006 and April 2007, in streaming mp3 format or download. Click here to listen to Goldie Locks.

      I am currently working on an opera about Darwin's theory of natural selection and its social consequences, but at this point it's doubtful it will be completed in time for the bicentenary of Darwin's birth in "2009".

  • SYMPHONIC: I am preparing to write a choral symphony about the phisolophy of science, to a text of my own translated into classical Latin, inspired by and as a complement to the many masses written in Latin. I have also had it translated into several other languages for printing in concert programs so the audience can read it in their native language. Languages so far: German, Italian, French, Russian, Japanese and of course English.

  • CHAMBER MUSIC:   I have written an art song using the famous Robert Frost poem, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"; a duet for clarinet and viola; a sextet for marimba, piano, harp, soprano saxophone, cornet and euphonium called "458458"; a quintet for sythesizers and jaw harp called "Jews-harp Heaven"and two electronic music pieces: "Ratios" and ""Franny Blues".
  • WORKS FOR KIDS:   I have written and/or arranged several pieces for elementary school choir including "Bacteria Rule the World", Ecosystem" and "Rye-O Grand". I really enjoy doing this, when I have the time.

See the Folk Music page for information on my "acoustic" song output.

COMPOSITIONS (a more detailed description of some of my pieces)