Paul Lansky

Paul Lansky wrote his six Practical Preludes for classical guitar as a composer's study of the instrument before beginning work on his guitar concerto, With the Grain. Each prelude explores particular...

Talking Guitars is a duo for two classical guitars in which the players seem to comment and elaborate on each other's music. It is in three movements, 12 minutes, with a slow middle movement. It is su...

A sensitive addition to the guitar repertoire, this piece for four guitars is a polystylistic exploration of the guitar's different types of resonance that is by turns lively, rhythmic, and pensive. A...

This suite for wind quintet features five movements titled Aria, Scat, Lied, Frottola and Chorale. With the exception of Scat, these names draw on forms and genres from early music. Lasting just 17 mi...

Angles for Piano Trio plays with a variety of textures and timbres that can be produced on the piano. Each of the four movements takes a different textural or procedural 'angle.' The first movement, '...

Odd Moments was written for the Da Capo Chamber Players in 1999 in celebration of George Perle's 85th birthday. The piece was revised in 2009, resulting in a version that is a few minutes shorter. The...

This piece scored for clarinet, guitar, and cello was commissioned by the Curtis Institute of Music in 2013. The pun in the title hints at the way the three performers wander in and out of focus with...

This suite for saxophone quartet is vibrant and whimsical, in Lansky's characteristically sophisticated tonal style, with each movement describing a different type of walking: perambulate, high wire,...

In six movements, Paul Lansky's Idle Fancies were commissioned by a consortium of percussionists and friends. Each movement can be played separately, but the composer suggests playing them in the orde...

Color Codas is a playful exploration of 2-piano textures. Each of the three movements, which can be played individually, as encores perhaps, explores the virtuosic color of the two-piano combination.

Written for the groundbreaking, modern percussion ensemble "So Percussion," this cantata is broken up into ten short movements. For advanced players. Duration: ca. 30'.

Made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund, Book of Mem...