Environment

Trees.Listen Cover Art (photo by Sharlene Wallace)

Trees.Listen

2022-24 / Solo & Electro-Chamber DURATION51 minutes INSTRUMENTATIONacoustic lever harp, fixed electronics CO-COMPOSERSharlene Wallace Programme Notes Trees.Listen is a nine-piece […]

More Rivers (photo by Jonas Gerg)

More Rivers

2023 / Solo DURATION65 minutes INSTRUMENTATIONpiano COMMISSIONED BYChristina Petrowska Quilico (pianist) Programme Notes More Rivers is a suite of solo

Un fleuve sans fin / A River Without End (photo by Les Argonautes)

Un fleuve sans fin / A River Without End

When I conceptualized this composition with David Jalbert, I began envisioning one piece that would attempt to encapsulate the multi-faceted beauty and majesty of the St. Lawrence River.

Fractures (song cycle by Frank Horvat)

Fractures

2018-22 / Vocal DURATION49 minutes INSTRUMENTATIONsoprano, piano TEXTVarious (see below) COMMISSIONED BYMeredith Hall (soprano) Programme Notes Fractures is an expansive

I Am Ice (photo by Frank Horvat)

I Am Ice

2023 / Choral DURATION4 minutes INSTRUMENTATIONa cappella SATB mixed choir TEXTLeonor Anthony COMMISSIONED BYThe Annex Singers Programme Notes Frequently, as

An Auditory Survey Of The Last Days Of The Holocene (graphic by Brad Cherwin)

An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene

2022-23 / Electro-Chamber DURATION60 minutes INSTRUMENTATIONpiano/percussion duo, fixed electronics COMMISSIONED BYSHHH!! Ensemble …latest masterpiece. Horvat is known for distilling complex

Magnificent Roots (photo by Rob Wicks)

Magnificent Roots

2023 / Large Ensemble DURATION7 minutes, 30 seconds INSTRUMENTATIONstring orchestra COMMISSIONED BYSinfonia Toronto Programme Notes When Sinfonia Toronto’s Music Director,

Near Arctic Bay (photo by Michelle Valberg)

A Village of Landscapes

2021-22 / Solo, Chamber Music & Electro-Chamber DURATION60 minutes INSTRUMENTATIONbassoon, piano, fixed electronics COMMISSIONED BYSébastien Malette (bassoonist) Programme Notes A

Lorna's Metamorphosis by Frank Horvat (photo by Ian Parker)

Lorna’s Metamorphosis

2020 / Electro-Chamber DURATION10 minutes, 30 seconds INSTRUMENTATIONvibraphone, marimba (2 marimbists), piano, timpani, fixed electronics COMMISSIONED BYTorQ Percussion Quartet Programme

Pedalling to Ecuador (Photo by Maxi Corrado on Unsplash)

Pedal Music

2020 / Chamber or Large Ensemble DURATION93 minutes INSTRUMENTATION5-movement suite for various instruments COMMISSIONED BYInConcerto (music festival) Programme Notes Pedal

Earth Hour 2 composed by Frank Horvat (photo by Daniel Olah)

Earth Hour 2

2019 / Solo DURATION60 minutes INSTRUMENTATIONpiano (optional fixed electronics at end) Programme Notes Earth Hour 2 is the sequel to my

For Those Who Died Trying (photo by Luke Duggleby / Protection International)

The Thailand HRDs

This 35-movement string quartet was inspired by a photo essay by Luke Duggleby called “For Those Who Died Trying”. Each movement is an elegy to an environmental activist.

Heat Island by Frank Horvat (photo by Maxx Miller on Unsplash)

Heat Island

2017 / Solo DURATION9 minutes, 30 seconds INSTRUMENTATIONpiano Programme Notes When you first hear the term “Heat Island,” you might

Four Season...in High Park composed by Frank Horvat (photos by Tim Gouw, Matthew Henry, Greg Shield, Gabriel Alenius)

The Four Seasons…in High Park

Four-movement string quartet inspired by two iconic masterpieces: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and the natural beauty of Toronto’s High Park.

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