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Un sogno a tre for flute, viola and harp was written in 1990 for a trio of young instrumentalists and first performed in the USA. In the enigmatic words of the composer: 'the piece has no beginning, n...

With its unusual combination of instruments, this early trio based on a motto from Else Lasker Schüler's poem Weltende, achieves considerable emotional impact through its rigorous structure.

FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS, für Erzählerin/Sängerin und Streichquartett, ist eine monodramatische Nacherzählung der Ereignisse aus dem Buch Esther aus der Sicht Esthers. Die Erzählung dreht sich um die i...

When Stacy Garrop first heard the Appalachian folk song Silver Dagger at a folk festival, the simplicity of the melody and its cautionary love tale enthralled her, leading to several years researching...

With endlessly imaginative timbral and textural invention, Chen Yi weaves an ethereal and alluring nocturnal tapestry of sounds in Night Thoughts. The melodic construction is often gestural and freely...

Inspired by her son's enthusiastic backyard botany, Amanda Harberg's LUCAS's GARDEN weaves a varied tapestry of moods and textures across its three movements. Backyard Paradise is tuneful and searchin...

Chen Yi's THREE BAGATELLES FROM CHINA WEST are a trio of Chinese folk songs. Originally written for flute and piano, many soloists and ensembles have requested transcriptions of these pieces for their...

A commission from the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, for any combination of instruments of her choosing, quickly sparked Shulamit Ran to create a trio for Flute, Viola, and Harp. She writes of this...

Inspired by the dramatic interplay of light and shadow in Rembrandt's paintings, Stacy Garrop's CHIAROSCURO translates this effect into sound in a seven-minute work for mixed sextet. The music dances...

Inspiriert von einem optischen Phänomen, das nur in der Morgen- und Abenddämmerung von hoch gelegenen Bergen aus zu sehen ist, zeichnet dieses Doppelkonzert für Altsaxophon und Tuba von Stacy Garrop -...

Chen Yi's Fire for 12 players, commissioned by the Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition, was premiered in 2019 by the Grossman Ensemble under the baton of James Baker at the University of Chica...

Commissioned by Drumpetello (Carrie Pierce; Matthew McClung; and Mary Thornton) and Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi; Mesoamerican Suite is comprised of five brief and varied impressions of tales...

Ellen Zwilich has enjoyed a lifelong love of chamber music for mid-size ensembles and atypical scorings. Her fascination for Schubert's 'Trout' Quintet has inspired several works that include contraba...

THE SOLITUDE OF STARS is a 5-minute work for Violin, Cello, and Piano. It depicts the composer's awe at experiencing a nighttime view of the starry heavens, shining brightly over the vast expanse of t...

SHADOWS was composed in 2011 as a commission for pianist Jeffrey Biegel and an international consortium of orchestras, anchored by the Louisiana Philharmonic. Zwilich wrote: 'As people have migrated f...

Marie Jaëll (1846-1925), französische Pianistin und Komponistin, die von Saint-Saëns und Liszt bewundert wurde, hatte die Aufmerksamkeit von Anne-Lise Gastaldi auf sich gezogen, der Pianistin des Trio...

Duos

Uraufführung: Berlin (Festival Ultraschall), 19. Januar 2018Auftragswerk des Radio Berlin-Brandenburg Ein Familienmitglied von mir hatte einst eine Skulptur aus dem Alten Ägypten für wissenschaftliche...