Eric Ewazen

This work, based on traditional forms and models, is in three movements. Movements: I. 'Bright and Fast' is a joyous celebration of sonorous chords, playful motives and rhythmic gestures. II. 'Gentle...

Written for the Cumberland Quintet; who recorded the work on the Albany label (listen to excerpts here); Cumberland Suite includes four movements of 'Baroque spirit;' with Ewazen's signature approach....

A three movement woodwind woodwind quintet depicting the spectacular scenery of the Valley of the Roaring Fork River in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Movements include: I. Whitewater Rapids (Maroon Cr...

A three movement woodwind woodwind quintet depicting the spectacular scenery of the Valley of the Roaring Fork River in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Movements include: I. Whitewater Rapids (Maroon Cr...

Written in 1972; while Ewazen was pursuing undergraduate studies at Eastman; the Sonata No. 1 for Cello and Piano is his first foray into the 20th-century American tonal music that he first embraced a...

It seems only natural that Ewazen's beautiful Midlands Melody; originally written for bass trombone; has been co-opted by cellists; since the melodic line lays so well upon the strings. Dedicated to t...

Another commissioned work has Ewazen borrowing from his own The Eternal Dance of Life for a special new gift for cello and piano. The composer says it best: 'As a former cellist in my youth; have alwa...

Ewazen ended his tenure as Composer-in-Residence with Saint Luke's Chamber Ensemble (NY) with his Concerto for Violin; premiered by that ensemble with violinist Krista Feeney as soloist. A subsequent...

Ewazen; who has long been captivated by the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay; chose three special texts for the 'lovely lyric voice' of soprano Joday Dall'Armi in 1990. Each of the three poems celebr...

Album includes settings of Elizabethan-era texts: 'Matin Song' by Thomas Heywood, 'The Tiger' by William Blake, and 'To Music, To Becalm His Fever' by Robert Herrick. The work was premiered by Rebecca...

Commissioned by and dedicated to Robert Grechesky and the Butler University Wind Ensemble, Ewazen's Euphonium Concerto consists of three movements. Like most of Ewazen's musiic, the Concerto is highly...

Mendelssohn's classic art song, 'On Wings of Song, ' set to the poetry to Heinrich Heine, provided the inspiration for the music. The sublime melody has become part of the repertory of musicians of ev...

Inspired by the photographs of Ansel Adams, this concerto for trombone was commissioned by Indiana University and the Midwest Clinic for Joseph Alessi and the Indiana University Wind Ensemble, conduct...

Based on Ewazen's 'Sonata for Trombone and Piano'. Orchestral version made for William Zehfuss and the Charleston Symphony includes an added cadenza. Duration ca. 22'. Detailed Instrumentation: Trombo...

Based on 'Sonata for Trumpet and Piano', (Commissioned by the International Trumpet Guild, recorded by Chris Gekker on Well-Tempered Productions). Ca. 20'. Detailed Instrumentation: Trumpet Solo: 2.2....

Originally conceived as a Sonata for Tuba or Bass Trombone, the orchestral version was written for The Juilliard School. It is recorded by Stefan Sanders with the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra...