P KELLACH WADDLE |
An Autumn Coffee Tambourin, Op. 505 for Solo Bass |
11/08/2023 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
The Vampire's Short Dream Of Hungary: Caprice a La Danza for Solo Bass, Op 575 |
11/03/2023 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Chamber Chorus Piece on 3 words for God #2 by P. Kellach Waddle |
11/03/2023 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Chamber Chorus Piece on 3 words for God #1 by P. Kellach Waddle |
11/03/2023 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
EMBERS AUGUST : FIrst Trilogy Of Rhapsodic Variations On Themes from Romantic Violin Concertos -- Op. 2a, 2b, 2c ( 1986) |
11/03/2023 |
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David Heyes |
Two pieces about Whiskey written by David Heyes & dedicated to/performed by PKW |
11/03/2023 |
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David Heyes |
.. from both ends of the day -- 2 pieces for solo bass by David H |
11/03/2023 |
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P.Kellach Waddle |
Still Life w/ Cheese, Artichoke, and Cherries: Sonata in 3 Mvmts. for Bass Recorder and Harpsichord, Op. 759 |
11/28/2022 |
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Michal Bylina |
Ricercar in D Minor for Solo Bass On A Theme of Bach |
11/18/2022 |
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P KELLACH WADDLE |
Winters Moscow; Winters Boston : Op. 758 Impression for Solo Bass in Homage To Koussevitsky |
10/24/2022 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Op. 711 WHAT’S IN STORE: A grocery store sonata for bass duet in four movements |
10/13/2022 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Op. 260-- The Passion Tears: Eastertide Phantasy For Solo Bass |
09/04/2021 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Op. 371 Vigils and Visions Of The Easter Wine : Himmelfahrt Sonate In Drei Satzen --Satz III : Third Vigil And Vision |
09/04/2021 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Op. 696 No Darker Saturday Than Tenebrae: Holy Saturday Impression For Solo Bass |
08/02/2021 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Op.372a :Of Vinegar, Blood, Tears, and Faith: Good Friday Impression For Solo Bass |
07/31/2021 |
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P.Kellach Waddle |
Op. 688 Washing ( the disciples' feet) and Waiting ( for the darkness of the crucifixion) : Maundy Thursday Lament for Solo Bass |
07/24/2021 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Op. 686 The Vampire Remembered The Dire Cincinnati Wind He Walked Through In February 1987 : Impression for Solo Bass |
07/23/2021 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
The Vampire Was Thankful to Receive a Box of French Lysol on Valentine’s Day During the Pandemic Snowstorm the Day Before the Blackout: Hymn-Lied for bass trio, op. 695 |
07/19/2021 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Op. 704 : AT MACY'S Salon Serenade in 7 Movements for Bass Duo |
07/12/2021 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Op.692 - We've Canceled So Many Trips To Las Vegas During The Pandemic; So We Will Just Keep Adding To The Vintage Playing Card Collection, And Play With Them At Home. -- Lament for Solo Bass. |
03/15/2021 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
False Eden: Dark Idyll for Solo Bass Op. 488 |
03/14/2021 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
The Secret Snow: Carol for SSA choir and piano Op.622 |
03/14/2021 |
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P. kellach Waddle |
Op.683 An Epiphanytide Tryptch for Organ |
02/27/2021 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
p. Op. 478: THE MORNING ASHES :Intermezzo-Aire for Solo Alto Saxophone |
11/25/2020 |
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P.Kellach Waddle |
Op. 647 When A Vampire Slept On The Floor Of Da Vinci's Library -- Sonata in 7 Impressions for Solo Bass After Works of Leonardo Da Vinci |
11/23/2020 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Vampires Heal In The Dark; Even On Valnetine's Day : Intermezzo for Solo Bass Intermezzo for solo bass Op. 665 |
08/20/2020 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Were You Dreaming of January Vampires and of Sleet Glistening on Weeping Angel Tombstones?: Impression for Chamber Orchestra |
01/30/2020 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Op. 603-- The Letters Sealed With The Iron's Tears Were Sent From The Vampire's Post Office --Lament-Sonatensatz for vibraphone, contrabassoon, & Piano |
11/24/2018 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
The Chemical Composition of Tears: Concertino Lachrymosa for Tenor Saxophone and Strings |
11/24/2018 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Op. 609A : .... And It Also Snows In North Carolina Intermezzo for Solo Bass |
10/27/2018 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Op 613 THE DARK AND THE SILENT :Impression for Solo Bass |
10/26/2018 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Op. 496 What Is; and What Is Not in Dumas Texas : Sonatensatz-Lament for solo Bass |
10/25/2018 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
The Different Colors of Vampire Wallpaper : Octet for winds and brass in three movements |
10/24/2018 |
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P.Kellach Waddle |
Vampire Trilogy-- Three Showpieces For Solo Bass : II. " The Visitors From Transylvania Have Arrived": Caprice Fantasque For Solo Bass -- Op. 462 (2013) |
11/23/2017 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
At The Snowy Bourbon Winter's Twilight : Impression-Satz for Chamber Orchestra Op. 439 |
07/08/2017 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Pain, Beethoven, And The Rain : Evocation-Prelude for Piano |
12/11/2016 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
The Mysterious Ironies In The Vampire's 12:34 A.M. Amontillado: Diptych for Solo Bass |
07/23/2016 |
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P.Kellach Waddle |
Dreams of Montevideo, Op. 415 for Bassist/Speaker/Actor/Singer ( one performer) |
07/23/2016 |
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Carson Cooman |
Sea Findings: For Contrabass and Orchestra |
06/03/2016 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
When I Believed The Pre-Autumn Lies -- Lament/Satz fur Blaserquintett Op. 476e Pre-Autumn Lies -- Lament/Satz fur Blaserquintett Op. 476 |
05/04/2016 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Ghost Echoes In The Cathedral Walls: Evocation-Fantasie for Solo Bassoon Op. 152 |
04/16/2016 |
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P.Kellach Waddle |
The Midnight Milk And Cedar: Trio Atmosferico for Alto Saxophone, Piano, and Violin |
04/15/2016 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
When I Wondered What The Kentucky Icicles Were Dreaming: Lied-Tone Poem for Solo VIolin -- OP. 187 |
04/16/2016 |
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David Heyes |
When I'm Gone for Bass and Piano |
04/15/2016 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
A King’s Highway Diptych for piano — op. 471 1. I. The Holy Mystery of Caring About Others’ Lawns While Ignoring Your Own: Dark Mini-Fantasia on “A Mighty Fortress is Our God” 2. II. Dance of Vermin and Cultists |
04/15/2016 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
To Forgive; To Heal : Albumblatt for piano — op. 196 (2005) |
04/13/2016 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Paraphrase-Metamorphosis on Chopin’s Nocturne in Db Major for solo bass — op. 452 |
04/13/2016 |
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P.Kellach Waddle |
Two Gothic Novellettes for Piano. Op. 448 I. The Sad and Lonely Dust on a Dead Vampire’s Vibraphone II. Dead People’s Curtains |
04/13/2016 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Four Offertories for Piano |
04/09/2016 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
The Reflections and Secrets In July's Darkest Espresso -- Sonata in 4 mvmts. for Solo Bass |
04/05/2016 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
The Midnight Laundry; The Midnight Candy for Vla/Cello/Contrabasn/Bass Flute |
04/05/2016 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
I Dreamt of Long-Ago Passions and of The Final Dripping Candle : Sonata in One Movement for Viola and Piano |
06/14/2015 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Pondering Betrayal At The Tennessee Moonrise: Sonata for Bass and Piano |
05/31/2015 |
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P Kellach Waddle |
The Lingering Ominous Clouds of Tenebrae;What Terrible Weather We Are Having For Easter : Sonata For Bass and Piano |
05/31/2015 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Thankful Supplication for the Final March Chill: Hymn-Bagatelle for wind quintet |
05/29/2015 |
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P.Kellach Waddle |
Danielewiski Serenade For Cello and Soprano |
05/29/2015 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
The Nightwishes Casket Corporation: 2nd Ballade for Piano |
05/29/2015 |
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P.Kellach Waddle |
Bonfire Pastrorale; Pop. 4 :Serenade for Bass and Chamber Orchestra |
05/28/2015 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Smudged Dreams on a Dark Balcony : Sonatensatz-Lied for Bass and Viola |
05/28/2015 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Trio for Violin, Cello, and Bass after M. Cassatt's " The Coiffure" -- GALLERY IMAGE 6 |
05/28/2015 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Olympia's Stare: Sonata for Solo Cello in One Movement After Manet |
05/28/2015 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
When Gabriel Sleeps: Sacred Idyll for Solo Tuba |
04/11/2015 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
When Dark Clouds Smile Down On The Sea: Sonata for Tuba and Piano in One Movement |
04/09/2015 |
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P Kellach Waddle |
The Mist In The September Wine : Aria-Bagatelle for Solo Violin |
04/11/2015 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
On Passing Texas Churches at Mystic Sunset: Hymn for Solo Violin |
04/10/2015 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
At The Snowy Bourbon Winter's Twilight: Impression-Satz fur Kammersinfonie |
03/26/2015 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
SONG CYCLE: Neither Have Been Found; Elegies of Lost Youth and Lost Love-- Final 3 songs of 9 |
03/26/2015 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
SONG CYCLE: Neither Have Been Found; Elegies of Lost Youth and Lost Love-- Second 3 songs of 9 |
03/26/2015 |
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P Kellach Waddle |
SONG CYCLE: Neither Have Been Found; Elegies of Lost Youth and Lost Love-- First 3 songs of 9 |
03/26/2015 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Hopes : Mini Cantata from the Requiem Mass for Oboe, Tenor And Piano |
08/25/2014 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Places In The Snow Vampire's Castle: Trio Sonata for Violin, Bass Viola Da Gamba And Harpsichord |
08/25/2014 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Tobacco-Colored Paneling At The Twilight : Traum-Chorale for Contrabassoon Octet |
08/20/2014 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Reflections on Light and Dark Angels: Thoughts of Revelations-- Rhapsody-Satz for Violin and Bass |
07/14/2014 |
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P.Kellach Waddle |
When Losing Angels : Requiem Chorale for Tuba/Euphon. Choir and Organ |
07/14/2014 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Sonata for Solo Double Bass after E. Hemingway's " The Sun Also Rises" -- Mvmt. 2---..There is no reason why because it is dark you should look at things differently from when it is light. The Hell there isn't |
03/21/2014 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
The Scents of Guerllias' Sweat, Madeira and Spanish Dynamite :Sechstettensatz for Clarinet, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello and Bass after E. Hemingway's " For Whom The Bell Tolls" |
11/16/2013 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Quintet After E. Hemingway's "A Farewell To Arms" for Horn, Clarinet, Violin, Viola and Cello Mvmt. 1 "..The wine shop...smelled of early morning, of swept dust, spoons in coffee glasses, and the wet circles left by wine glasses.." |
11/16/2013 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Waddle Quintet After E. Hemingway's "A Farewell To Arms" for Horn, Clarinet, Violin, Viola and Cello Mvmt 2 --"..back to Catherine in the Night.." |
11/16/2013 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Quintet After E. Hemingway's "A Farewell To Arms" for Horn, Clarinet, Violin, Viola and Cello Mvmt. 3 "... left the hospital in the rain.." |
11/16/2013 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Sonata for Solo Double Bass after E. Hemingway's " The Sun Also Rises" -- Mvmt. 1 " It is awfully easy to be hard-boiled about everything in the daytime, but at night, it is another thing. |
11/16/2013 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
The Flowers of Darkness: Sonata For Solo Violin --Mvmt. 4 of 4 |
10/09/2013 |
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P.Kellach Waddle |
The Flowers of Darkness: Sonata for Solo Violin --Mvmt.3 of 4 |
10/09/2013 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
The Flowers of Darkness: Sonata for Solo Violin :Mvmt 2 |
10/09/2013 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
The Flowers of Darkness : Sonata For SOlo Violin -- Mvmt 1 of 4 |
10/09/2013 |
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P.Kellach Waddle |
Staring at The Unremembering Moonlight :Elegy for Violln and Piano |
10/09/2013 |
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P.Kellach Waddle |
Bottled Dreams In Liquid Oak : Sonata-Ballade for Violin and Bass |
10/09/2013 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Of Frankenstien's Pain and The Female Mind: Sonata in One Movement for Violin and Bass After Shelley |
10/09/2013 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Relfections on Light and Dark Angels; Thoughts of Revelations :Rhapsody-Satz for Violin and Bass |
10/09/2013 |
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P.Kellach Waddle |
Scrooge's Ghosts : String 4tet #3 --After Dickens' " A Christmas Carol" |
10/09/2013 |
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P.Kellach Waddle |
Lastings:Sonata for Violin And PIano in forma di three Prelude-Vocalises |
10/09/2013 |
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P.Kellach Waddle |
The Vampire's Preference of Sky Color : Duetto Atmosferico for Bass and Vibraphone |
10/09/2013 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
She Doesn't Make Cakes Anymore : A Mother's Day Ode for Solo Bass |
10/09/2013 |
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P.Kellach Waddle |
Rhapsodic Variations on a Theme of Sibelius (1986) |
10/09/2013 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
"...I came upon Vampires Dancing in the cemetery.. and I Joined them.." : Caprice a la Danza for Solo Bass |
10/08/2013 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Prelude in G Minor for solo Bass : Visions of Seville & Catalonia |
05/20/2013 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Depression and Glaucoma:Lyric Bagatelle for Solo Bass |
05/20/2013 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
The Attack and Reign of The Broken Stained Glass Angels: Trio Gloratio for Violin, Viola and Piano |
10/01/2011 |
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P.Kellach Waddle |
Staring at The Unremembering Moonlight: Elegy for Violin and Piano |
10/01/2011 |
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P.Kellach Waddle |
Dust Covered Bible on Walnut Table: Lied for Flute and Piano |
03/09/2013 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
A Cathedral Made of Coal-Encrusted Diamonds: Trio for Flute, Bass and Piano |
03/09/2013 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
The Edge of Sad Dreams' Tapestries : Sinfonia in forma di 3 Intermezzi for Chamber Orchestra |
03/09/2013 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
The Easter Morning Projector Dust: Sonatensatz-Idyll for baritone saxophone and bass |
03/09/2013 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
...Among the Whispers, Champagne and The Stars... Impression-Sonatensatz after F.S. Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby for alto saxophone and bass |
03/09/2013 |
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P.Kellach Waddle |
Of Gatsby’s Untruth and The Green Light at The End of The Dock Impression-Sonatensatz for violin and bass |
03/09/2013 |
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P.Kellach Waddle |
Pilot Light:Bagatelle-Lied for Violin and Piano |
03/09/2013 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
From Your Shadow's Eye: Double Concerto for Horn, Cello and Orchestra in forma di 5 Traum-Satzen |
08/22/2012 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Gallery Image: The Bullfighters by Picasso |
07/11/2012 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
The Angelwarning: Sonata in One Mvmt. for Cello and Piano |
07/11/2012 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Gallery Image : The Coiffure by M. Cassatt for Violin, Cello and Bass |
07/11/2012 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Of The Sunday Afternoon Bread & Tobacco : Sonatensatz-Air for Flute and Bass |
06/07/2012 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
The Moscow Winter's Darkness Fantasia-Metamorphosis on themes from Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphony, 4th Movement for solo flute |
02/17/2012 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Five Characteristic Intermezzi for Piano : 1. Wallowing in The Cookie Disaster 2. Bread And Oil 3. #1 On Your Programs , #33 In Your Hearts 4. Thank you for the Triboluminescence , Mary 5. Starry Night: July 13, 1889 -9:08 PM Local Time |
02/05/2012 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
April Is Not about Love; April is Horror and Darkness: Bagatelle Fantasque for Cello and Bass |
02/05/2012 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
GALLERY IMAGE : Rembrandt's " The Descent from the Cross" for Violin, Cello and Bass |
02/05/2012 |
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P.Kellach Waddle |
Gallery Image : " Boats after Fishing" for Violin and Cello |
02/05/2012 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
The Chemical Composition of Tears : Concertino Lachrymosa for Tenor Saxophone and Strings |
02/05/2012 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Overheard As Ghosts Were Having a Party: Impression-Bagatelle for Bass and Chimes |
02/05/2012 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
The American Nightmare; The Marriage of Church and State : Dark Fantasia on Hymn and Patriotic Themes : String Quartet #2 |
02/05/2012 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Prelude in Eb Minor for Solo Bass : Moonlight's Dark Echo |
02/05/2012 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Broken Icicle Twilight : Elegy for Solo Contrbassoon |
02/05/2012 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Severe Thunderstorm Warning : Tone Poem for Solo Contrabassooon |
02/05/2012 |
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P.Kellach Waddle |
Dust Covered Bible on Walnut Table : Lied for Flute and Piano ( Mrs. Gould's Recording of Broken Crystal Teardrops precedes this. .. see other entry) |
02/05/2012 |
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P.Kellach Waddle |
A Cathedral Made of Coal-Encrusted Diamonds: Trio for Flute, Bass and Piano |
02/05/2012 |
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P.Kellach Waddle |
Shadows of the Abandoned Wine Warehouse: Prelude-Evocation for Solo Flute |
02/05/2012 |
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P.Kellach Waddle |
Two Rhapsodies for Solo Flute : I-The Hair of Dying Angels II. Broken Crystal Teardrops II.-- |
02/05/2012 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Sonata in One Movement for Bass and Harp after Dylan Thomas' " A Child's Christmas In Wales" |
02/05/2012 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
As Seen Though Windshields: Sonata Evocativo in Two Movements for Bass and Harp-- Mvmt. 1: The South Fulton, Kentucky First Day of Winter's Frost |
02/05/2012 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
As Seen Though Windshields: Sonata Evocativo in Two Movements for Bass and Harp-- Mvmt. 2: The Dark West Texas Moon |
02/05/2012 |
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P.Kellach Waddle |
Abandoning The Edge of The San Antonio Sunrise: Impression-Satz for Bass and Harp |
02/05/2012 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Fallen Colors of Chocolate and Whiskey: Trio Gloriatio for Bass, Harp and Piano |
02/05/2012 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Your Old Blue Impala Reverie for solo bass (for M. &. D. Wedding 6/2005) |
10/11/2011 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
The Moon When Driving Home on Christmas Night (Upton, KY to Jefferson Freeway East, I-65 North) Lyric Variation on "O Come All Ye Faithful" for solo bass |
10/11/2011 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Night-Colored Bedspreads and Mint-Chocolate Flavored Cigarette Smoke : Trio-Satz for Violin, Cello and Piano |
10/11/2011 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Single Malt Illuminations: Trio Rapsodico for Violin, Bass and Piano |
10/11/2011 |
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P.Kellach Waddle |
Pandora's Arrival :Trio Drammatico for Trumpet, Violin and Piano |
10/04/2011 |
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P.Kellach Waddle |
When Cognac Hits The Light: Serenadensatz for Flute, Bassoon and Harp |
10/04/2011 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Rhapsodic Variations on a Theme of Wieniawski |
09/30/2011 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
Praying for The Strengthening of The Lutheran Coffee: Prelude-Rhapsody for Solo Bass |
09/30/2011 |
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P.Kellach Waddle |
String 5tet #6 : OF Banning and The Bible -- Mvmt. 3: The Proposal to Ban Leviticus |
09/30/2011 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
String 5tet #6 : Of Banning and The Bible -- Mvmt. 2 : Her Unfair Shame, Her Blessed Redemption --Satz after The Gospel of Mary Magdalene |
09/30/2011 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
String 5tet #6: OF Banning and the Bible -- Mvmt. 1 : I am the Light That is Over All Things-- Satz after The Gospel of Thomas |
09/30/2011 |
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P.Kellach Waddle |
Love and Understanding For the Angst and Heart of Holden Caufield: Impression-Sonata in One Movement for Solo Bass after J.D Salinger's The Catcher In the Rye |
09/30/2011 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
When the Lamp Dies : Concerto Pastorale for Bassoon and Strings |
09/30/2011 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
De Salones Espanoles: From Spanish Halls -- Caprice for solo Contrabass in G Minor |
07/26/2011 |
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P. Kellach Waddle |
A WALK THROUGH THE VAMPIRE'S GARDEN: Tone Poem For Orchestra |
07/26/2011 |
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P. Kellach Waddle, Composer
Biography
P. Kellach Waddle maintains a lauded and extraordinarily active
career as a solo bassist, composer, orchestral and chamber musician,
conductor, concert curator, and writer. He has been hailed as one of
the "...most creative and exciting bass soloists in the world..." from
his dozens of solo performances, most notably as one of the select
bassists from over 100 countries invited to give solo concerts at the
2009, 2013, and 2015 International Society of Bassists conventions.
His music has been heard in over 40 states and in 22 countries, at
venues ranging from The White House to The Vienna State Opera House to
Carnegie Hall.
Waddle is avidly dedicated to writing for his own instrument with
over 160 pieces for solo bass and more than 100 for bass in chamber
ensembles in print by the end of 2020. Waddle also pursues a path set
forth by such composers as Hindemith and Larsson having composed a
solo work, concerto, or major chamber music part for every standard
orchestral instrument save timpani, especially concentrating on pieces
for "neglected" instruments in a solo or chamber context -- among
these being the contrabassoon, which Waddle will have more works for
in print than any other living composer by mid-2019.
Accolades Waddle's music has received include three nominations as
possible finalist for the Pulitzer Prize (including two double
concertos for members of The Cleveland Orchestra), an Austin Critics
Table award for his Second String Quartet commissioned by the renowned
Miró Quartet currently in residence at The University of Texas, and
four nominations as a semi-finalist for the American Prize in both the
chamber and orchestral categories. His prolific output continues (with
opus numbers now over 630) with over 80 premieres scheduled from the
present to mid-2022 in mediums ranging from short character pieces for
solo instruments to full scale works for large ensembles.
Beginning with the 2017-18 season, Waddle has been named Permanent
Resident Composer of Orchestra Enigmatic, a chamber orchestra in his
hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, where he now spends each winter
conducting and performing solo concerts throughout the region.
(Orchestra Enigmatic begins their sixth exciting season of innovative
concerts in calendar year 2019.) He is also Principal Guest Conductor
of the ensemble, who will premiere several new works of his throughout
the next three seasons. These works include : a full-length 25 minute
symphony for strings based on the music from Radiohead's " In Rainbows
" album, a sinfonia for strings with flute based on the canonical
office hours, a mixed dodectet ( 12 players ) with three concertante
bass parts, a mixed nonet for winds/brass/strings, 3 concertos (
contrabassoon, cello and TBD), and two more tone poems for chamber
orchestra.
Since winning his first professional orchestra position at age 17, he
has been an active symphony musician leading to current position with
The Austin Symphony which he has held since 1992. Waddle also is the
long-time first call substitute with the San Antonio Symphony. He
performs as a chamber musician several times a season including
concerts under his own company, PKWproductions. PKWproductions'
innovative concerts often inspired by movies, art, literature, and
comprising Waddle's collections of works for a single instrument have
been widely praised both in Austin and in the national press. (His
epic hour-long string quintet inspired by the works of Kurt Vonnegut
was his third piece nominated as a possible finalist for the Pulitzer
Prize). These concerts have also included an Austin Critics Table
nomination for Outstanding Chamber Performance in 2013.
Waddle also maintains an active conducting schedule along with his
Orchestra Enigmatic duties and served as the music director of The
Austin Philharmonic for 2 1/2 seasons. In recognition of his busy
Texas activities, he has also been nominated four times of State Of
Texas Musician of The Year by the Texas Legislature and is the only
classical solo bassist in the history of the festival to be given his
own showcase at SXSW.
In addition to his busy musical pursuits, Waddle is also a widely
published and accomplished journalist, specifically in the field of
entertainment journalism. Since the late 1980s he has had over 3000
articles published in both print and online magazines as a critic and
analyst on the subjects of movies, Americana music, Blues music,
opera, television commercial advertising, politics, game shows, and
daytime dramas. ( In these last two fields Waddle has been cited in
various publications from TVGuide online to the now-defunct
Entertainment portal of America Online as a "walking encyclopedia of
the history and minutiae of daytime television-- he also wrote for
every soap opera publication extant from 1999 to 2003 and has been a
contributor to 2 books on soap operas' history.) He also served for
three years as the fact-checker/consultant for the Nick at Nite/TV
Land portal on America Online. His writing extends elsewhere as well
having published several microfictions (short stories of 1200 words or
less) and he is a prolific and award-winning poet, with the first book
of 111 of his collected poems scheduled to be published in mid 2021.
In his extremely minimal spare time, Waddle is an avid board-game
enthusiast with his own library of games numbering 2500. He also is a
regular blog contributor to the site boardgamegeek.com [1] as well as
having five game designs of his own in progress. He also for a decade
was a licensed blackjack dealer and roulette croupier and travels to
Las Vegas several times a year as a semi-professional gambler.
His music is published and printed in the US by TfV, Inc. of Waltham,
Massachusetts ( with a growing number of his works published in the UK
by Recital Music ) and his publicity is managed by WyattBrand of
Austin, Texas. Over 120 recordings and videos of his works, with more
being added on a regular basis can be found by searching "P. Kellach
Waddle" at classicalconnect.com [2] and on his Soundcloud page
athttps://soundcloud.com/pkw-2 [3]
---- Four Notable events on the horizon in Waddle's busy schedule as
of this writing include: a nine city/venue solo tour in March 2019
containing more than a dozen world and American premieres of his bass
solo works , a number of premieres of his music at the 2019
International Society of Bassists Convention at Indiana University in
June 2019, the premiere of his setting of The Friday Vespers at Chorus
Austin's annual concert of the music of Texas Composers, and the
premiere of his second concerto for Tenor Saxophone and Strings in
Carnegie Hall in June 2019.
--A HALF DOZEN QUOTES ON THE PLAYING AND COMPOSING OF P. KELLACH
WADDLE:
-- " ...an amazing, incredible, staggering virtuoso." -- Austin radio
luminary John Aielli (after a live radio performance of two of PKW's
solo bass pieces based on movie characters)
-- "...PKW is certainly an Austin classical music legend..." --
Internationally renowned violist/conductor/concert curator Aurélien
Pétillot (before a performance of one of PKW's solo viola works)
-- "...wonderful wonderful wonderful!!! Such musicality along with
amazing technical show. Bravo Bravo!!..." -- Legendary French bass
soloist/teacher/Principal Bass Paris National Orchestra Thierry Barbe
(after PKW's concert at the 2016 South Texas Bass Symposium)
-- "...P. Kellach Waddle arguably writes more for our instrument than
any other living composer... the fact that he turns out so much
material for us that is all excellent and effective at such a
staggeringly prolific rate... it borders on the inhuman..." --
Renowned British bass pedagogue/composer/soloist David Heyes
((Heyes and Waddle continue in 2019 an ongoing symbiosis of playing
and composing -- they will premiere/perform nearly a dozen of each
other's bass works during calendar year 2019 --Heyes has also recently
published a blog on Waddle's composing for bass at
https://www.facebook.com/My-Favourite-Bass-Things-1911224549121614/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1917510851826317
[4] ))
-- "...Those incredible harmonies!! It's as if late classical collides
with Sibelius -- it's also in places like Beethoven mixed with Arvo
Pärt!..." -- San Antonio Symphony cellist/Soli ensemble founder David
Mollenauer (after a performance of a trio of PKW's for 2 basses and
viola performed by the composer, Doug Balliett, and Lauren Magnus
Menard)
-- "...all those luxurious tunes and harmonies... and he may be a
virtuoso on something besides piano... but from how that piece sounded
I think (PKW) may be the American Rachmaninoff..." -- Vice President
of the board of The Balcones Chamber Orchestra (after their premiere
of PKW's American-Prize-in-Music-nominated Chamber Symphony, Dr.
Robert Radmer, conductor.)