Bryce Dessner

Tenebre: For String Quartet And Pre Recorded Track is a fantastic classical piece mixed with modern recorded technology. This full score of Tenbre will be the perfect addition to any string quartet's...

This is the full score of Aheym for String Quartet, composed by Bryce Dessner, best known as the guitarist of The National, but also an acclaimed composer in his own right. Composed in 2009 for the Kr...

Bryce Dessner's Tuusula for solo Cello. This work was commissioned by Meidän Festivaali, Sounds from a Safe Harbour and National Sawdust.

Bryce Dessner's St. Carolyn By The Sea. Full score for two Electric Guitars and Orchestra. This piece was co-commissioned by the AmericanComposers Orchestra with the support of LVMH Moët Hennessy Loui...

Composer's Note: Quilting, co-commissioned by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, is my first stand alone work for orchestra and is loosely inspired by the American tradition...

Bryce Dessner's Music for Wood and Strings for Percussion Quartet. Music for Wood and Strings was commissioned by Carnegie Hall. The World Premiere was given by S Percussion in Zankel Hall, Carnegie h...

Tour Eiffel by Bryce Dessner was co-commissioned by the Brooklyn Youth Chorus with St. Ann's Warehouse, Kauffman Center, Manhattan New Music Project, and the Ecstatic Music Festival. Premiered 10 Febr...

The original version of Bryce Dessner's To The Sea was premiered on 2nd November 2011 during the 'Monstrance' installation, in collaboration with Matthew Ritchie, at L & M Arts Los Angeles. This versi...

Bryce Dessner's Memorial for Electric Guitar, Viola and Percussion. Commissioned by the New York Guitar Festival and 92nd Street Y, premiered December 1, 2006 at NY Guitar Festival at the 92nd Street...

Bryce Dessner's Quintets for Electric Guitar and String Quartet. Full score. This 16 minute piece was commissioned by the Kitchen, New York, and American Composers Forum. It was premiered on 13-14 Mar...

The original version of Bryce Dessner's To The Sea was premiered on 2nd November 2011 during the 'Monstrance' installation, in collaboration with Matthew Ritchie, at L & M Arts Los Angeles. This versi...

A movement from Bryce Dessner's Impermanence suite as a stand-alone string quartet. There is a complexity and virtuosity in the writing by Bryce Dessner with constantly shifting patterns that create l...

Commissioned by Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam for Cross-Linx 2015. Supported by the AMMODO Foundation.

Commissioned for the Kronos Quartet by the David Harrington Research and Development Fund. The first performance took place on 14 May 2014 at the Barbican Concert Hall, London.