Lukas Foss
Born: 15th August 1922, Berlin, Germany
Died: 1st February 2009, New York, U.S.A
Nationality: German, American
Lukas Foss was a German-American composer, pianist, and conductor.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukas_Foss
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Further Reading: Foss
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Gil Rose on the Boston Modern Orchestra Project
24th Sep 2026
Recently hailed as 'the saint of American opera' by Gramophone, the intrepid conductor discusses the 'fascination with music of the recent past' which prompted him to found his own orchestra (and eventually record-label) three decades ago.
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- A Parable of Death (1)
- Adon Olam (2)
- American Landscapes for Guitar and Orchestra (2)
- and then the rocks on the mountains begin to shout (1)
- Behold, I Build an House (3)
- Capriccio (5)
- Cello Concerto (1)
- Clarinet Concerto (1)
- Curriculum Vitae (1)
- De Profundis (1)
- Echoi (1)
- Elegy for Anne Frank (3)
- Fantasy Rondo (4)
- For Lenny (4)
- Griffelkin (1)
- Grotesque Dance (1)
- Improvised Interludes (3) (1)
- Introductions and Good-byes (2)
- Lammdeni (2)
- Music for Six (1)
- Ode (1)
- Orpheus and Euridice (1)
- Paradigm (“for my friends”) (1)
- Percussion Quartet (1)
- Phorion (1)
- Piano Concerto No. 1 (1)
- Piano Concerto No. 2 (2)
- Prelude in D (1)
- Psalms (2)
- Renaissance Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (1)
- Saxophone Quartet (1)
- Scherzo Ricercato (1)
- Solo (4)
- Solo Observed (1)
- Solomon Rossi Suite (1)
- Song of Anguish (2)
- Song of Songs (6)
- String Quartet No. 1 (2)
- String Quartet No. 3 (1)
- Symphony No. 1 in G (1)
- Tashi (1)
- The Curriculum Vitae Tango (1)
- The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County - an After-Dinner Opera (1)
- The Prairie (2)
- Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird (1)
- Three Airs on O'Hara's Angel (1)
- Three American Pieces (10)
- Time Cycle (1)
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Lukas Foss: The Prairie
Elizabeth Weigle (soprano), Gigi Mitchell-Velasco (mezzo-soprano), Frank Kelley (tenor), Aaron Engebreth (baritone) Providence Singers, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Andrew Clark
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