A commission through the Anthony P. Checchia Composers Project of the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society; each of the diverse Pieces of Eight has a personal background; as explained by the composer. P...
For Piano Solo. Solo part. Composed 1982. 30 pages.
For Solo Guitar
Richard Wernick's third piano sonata begins as a musical outgrowth of his first; what functioned as the fading away of the earlier work is now the impetus for a whole new piece, with its first movemen...
Wernick's music often exhibits subtle wit underlying a serious exterior, sometimes with warming references to past musical heritage. The title SONATINA evokes works of Clementi and Kuhlau, typically c...
Commissioned by Joel Krosnick's family to celebrate the cellist's 70th birthday, Sonata for Two began as a one-movement work for Joel and his daughter Gwen Krosnick. Following its premiere, the origin...
Thank You Notes is a 5-minute work based on a cello solo from Wernick's String Quartet No. 9. It is a brief, yet heart-felt tribute to Joel Krosnick whose devotion to new music is legendary. The notio...
Set of Performance Scores An outgrowth of Wernick's Sonata for Two (for two cellos), composed for Joel Krosnick and his daughter Gwen, Sonatina in the Shape of a Pearl is a return to more formal neo-b...
For Unaccompanied Bass Clarinet