Bill Noertker's Compositions

the Noertker Suites

BIRTHDAY SUITE 2008
Blue Moose Over Miami
Daguerréotype
the Eel
Faux Toe
Gangurru
Mixed Curse
Squirky
Ursula

ANIMATIQUE
(Suite for David Beck)
Animatique
la Pêche Qui Vole Du Ciel
le Papillon du Rue de Mariposa
L’Éléphant Blanc
la Petite Pêche Énorme
Moth en Stereo
Mothcanique IV

BIRTHDAY SUITE 2005
McMuggles
Nino
XP
GG Moogly
Pergamino
Dibbled Parsnips

BLUE RIDER SUITE, Vol. 1
(For Paul Klee)
Diana
Gate of the Abandoned Garden
Little Bluedevil
Little Jester in a Trance
Red Waistcoat
Senecio
Three Subjects, Polyphony
the Tightrope Walker

BLUE RIDER SUITE, Vol. 2
(For Wassily Kandinsky)
Calm Tension
Dominant Curve
Improvisation Deluge/Composition VI
In Blue
Little Joys
Red Oval
Some Circles
Sotto Voce
St. George II
the White Line

DANCE OF THE HOURS
(For James Joyce)
Kalupto (Island of the Hiding Place)
the Lotus Eaters
MacIntosh
Virage

EURYDICE
(for string quartet)
Andante
1st Interlude
Adagio
2nd Interlude
Funèbre

HAIKU SONGS
Puppeteer
the Banyan Tree
Runcible Spoon in the Road
Four Mile Lake
Two Pine Needles
Haikyu
Suitcase
Seven Sailing Ships
Wu Wei

HOMAGE TO CATALUNYA
• L'Alt Empordà
• Portrait of Las Ramblas
Rambla de Canaletes
Rambla dels Estudis (the Birds)
La Boqueria (Rambla de Sant Josep)
Rambla dels Caputxins (the Mimes)
Rambla de Santa Monica
• Dona del Càntir
• La Manzana de la Discordia
Casa Batlló
Casa Amatller
Casa Lleó i Morera
• Birds of Girona
• Parc Güell
Porter’s Lodge
Dragon Fountain
Hall of the 100 Columns
Serpentine Bench
Passeig de les Palmares

LES SALTIMBANQUES
(Inspired by Rilke's Fifth Duino Elegy)
the Acrobat’s Smile
Alas, and Round this Center the Rose of Onlooking Blooms and Unblooms
Before a Single Pain Has Got Within Range of Your Ever-Galloping Heart
Between Two Whiles
the Green Metallic Silk, these Endless Ribbons
the Son of a Neck and a Nun
Theme for les Saltimbanques
the Threadbare Carpet

PECULIAR LITTLE CREATURES
(for string quartet)
Straw for Hats
Millet
Kohhari
Happy Geek
Anton's Baguette
Green Dragon

7 DAYS IN FEBRUARY
Black Cat
More Fun
Hi Jinx
Bear Den
Rufus
Fork
Let the Cosmics Lead

SKETCHES OF CATALONIA

VOL. 1
SUITE FOR SALVADOR DALÍ
the Chemist of Figueras Looks for Nothing at All
the Cranial Harp
Family of Marsupial Centaurs
Exploding Head in the Style of Raphael
Galatea of the Spheres
the Hats
Portrait of My Dead Brother
Telephone Grilled Sardines at the End of September

VOL. 2
SUITE FOR JOAN MIRÓ
Burnt Picture
el Cant dels Ocells (traditional)
Catalan Peasant in the Moonlight
Dancer
Dona Del Càntir
Dutch Interior
Harlequin’s Carnival
Hope
Ladders
the Red Sun
Sobreteixim

VOL. 3
SUITE FOR ANTONI GAUDÍ
Bellesguard
Elephants and Dinosaurs
Feathers in a Cap
the Goat (el Capricho)
Mudejar Nights (Casa Vicens)
Parable
la Pedrera
Toadstool Mosaic