WORKS IN PROGRESS:
A Vast and Precious BluE (2024-2026)
A seven-movement work for Vocal Ensemble and violoncello octet, with an original text by Portland Maine-based poet, Megan Grumbling. In collaboration with the Scandinavian Cello School.
Generously supported by KODA Kultur and Statens Kunstfond.
Duration: Approx. 45”
ILLUMINE: VOL. I, THE COLLECTED WORKS OF MARIANNA FILIPPI
The first volume of my collected works, featuring six compositions:
1: The Light we Cannot See (2016) Dina Elena Draugsvoll- solo piano.
2: SnowFeather (2017) Carmen Bajo- flute, Karla Sorčić- accordion.
3: Syzygy (2018) Dina Elena Draugsvoll- piano, Freja Julie Rasch Eskildsen- violin, Léa Sol- cello.
4: Abyssal Beings (2021) Ditte Lykke Hansen, Romena Lengvinaitė, and Amalie Ravnsbæk- accordion.
5: Earth, Isn’t This What You Wanted? (2017/2022, public domain text by Rainer Marie Rilke)
Carmen Bajo Jurado- flute I, Liam Campbell Kongsbak Larsen- flute II, Johanna Maria Nylund- soprano, Emma Garðarsdóttir- violin I, Sólrún Ylfa Ingimarsdóttir- violin II, Dominika Dudek- viola, Aino Siurua- cello, Hjörtur Páll Eggertsson- Conductor.
6: Hope Is (2022, public domain text by Emily Dickinson)
Carmen Bajo Jurado- flute I, Liam Campbell Kongsbak Larsen- flute II, Johanna Maria Nylund- soprano, Emma Garðarsdóttir- violin I, Sólrún Ylfa Ingimarsdóttir- violin II, Þórhildur Magnúsdóttir- viola, Aino Siurua- cello, Hjörtur Páll Eggertsson- Conductor.
SOLO WORKS:
Danish prehistory: secrets of the bog (2025)
A five-movement work for Flemming Viðar Valmundsson, solo accordion
Generously supported by KODA Kultur.
Duration: 24”
PATHWAYS OF LIGHT (2025)
Commissioned by flutist Liam Campbell Kongsbak Larsen.
For Ukranian bandurist Anastasiia Kyshkovska, solo bandura
Duration: 7”
Les Couleurs de mon ame (2020)
For solo accordion
Duration: 7”
Astraeus welcomes the storm (2019)
For solo viola, also orchestrated for solo violin.
Duration: 12”
The Light we cannot see (2016)
For piano
Duration: 6:30”
DUO WORKS:
Passage of the honeybee (2025)
For flute and violoncello, commissioned by the Music Teachers’ National Association (of America), representing the State of Maine as a contender for Distinguished Composer of the Year National Composition Award 2026.
Duration: “9
From Abyss, a light within (2025)
For guitar/violoncello
Duration: 12”
Argonauta (2024)
For guitarist Allan Sjølin and flutist Linnéa Villén.
Generously supported by Statens Kunstfond.
Duration: 7”
Snowfeather (2018/2024)
For flute/piano, also orchestrated for flute/accordion.
Duration: 10”
Dancing rhythm of the dunes (2020)
For DuoArtina, flute/accordion
Duration: 12”
TRIO WORKS:
NOTES TO MYSELF (2025)
For soprano/2 violins and viola, original text by me.
Duration: 6”
The Great Blue (2024)
Commissioned by Sarah Agnes Tuttle.
A three-movement work for mezzo-soprano, violoncello, and piano with an original text by Portland Maine-based poet, Megan Grumbling.
The Siren’s Trinity (2023)
For piano trio
Duration: 8”
Abyssal Beings (2022)
A three-movement work for accordion trio.
Duration: 15”
Rilke’s reverie (2019/2025)
Commissioned by Resinosa Ensemble.
For Soprano/piano/violoncello. Currently being revised.
Duration: 15”
syzygy (2019/2022)
For piano trio
Duration: 14”
Caught in your chrysalis, We grow (2019)
For accordion/violin/violoncello
Duration: 10”
WORKS FOR MIXED CHAMBER ENSEMBLE:
Petrichor (2025)
Commissioned by flutist Liam Campbell Konsbak Larsen.
For flute/bandura (alternatively, harp)/percussion/viola quartet and Narrator.
Featuring an original poem by my father, James D’Ambrosio.
Duration: 12”
Cathedrals of Nebulae and Ocean Worlds (2023)
Commissioned by accordionist Geir Draugsvoll.
For accordion quintet, also expanded and arranged for accordion orchestra by Jørgen Franyó.
Duration: 15”
A Gilded Reverie (2023)
Commissioned by the KGL Teater for members of the Royal Danish Orchestra.
Premiered September 2023, for chamber ensemble.
Duration: 15”
Hope Is… (2022)
For Soprano/2 flutes/string quartet
Duration: 6”
Earth, isn’t this what you wanted? (2019/2022)
For Soprano/2 flutes/string quartet
Duration: 6”
Through the Eyes of an Octopus (2022)
Commissioned by KIMI Ensemble: percussion/soprano/accordion
Duration: 12”
ThE TREES SPEAK WITHOUT WORDS (2021)
Originally for Coluratura Soprano and accordion quartet.
Currently revising and orchestrating for Coluratura Soprano and string orchestra.
Duration: 15”
LAMENT FOR LOST SPECIES (2021)
For Soprano/Counter-Tenor/string orchestra
Duration: 12”
To Maine, With Love (2020)
Commissioned by Tony Antolini and the DownEast Singers. For SATB choir/accordion/string quartet
Duration: 10”
sanctum of the mycelium grove (2019/2025)
For bassoon sextet, also reorchestrated for oboe/Cor Anglais/clarinet in Bb/bassoon quartet.
Duration: 6:30”
Jeweled wings (2018)
For string quartet
Duration: 8”
ORCHESTRAL WORKS:
Jordens Sjæl (2022)
For Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Maestra Gabriella Teychenné. Premiered 2022.
Duration: 8:30”
Unus animus (2014)
For accordion and chamber orchestra
Duration: 8”
A Brief Fantasy of a clockwork man (2012)
For Symphony Orchestra
Duration: 10”