Samuel Adler

Life Is an Ecstasy is Adler's second commission from the Clarion Duo, Keith Benjamin (trumpet) and Melody Turnquist-Steed (organ), and will appear on the Duo's third album. The intricate duo features...

Premiered in October 2018 by the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, principal tubist David Saltzman as soloist, the Concerto features three movements with a cadenza between the second and third. Adler likens...

A sweeping chorale gives way to exciting, colorful antiphony in Samuel Adler’s A TESTAMENT for wind ensemble. Written to commemorate conductor Michael Haithcock’s retirement from university teaching,...

The title Bravura proudly proclaims the nature of this valuable addition to the bass trombone's concert repertoire; composed for the British virtuoso Jonathan Warburton. For advanced players.

Charmingly cryptic, the title Five Related Miniatures lures us in to decipher how the five movements are related - the musical content is also charmingly cryptic! The 15-minute suite for two violins w...

DUO FOR EIGHT STRINGS is among several chamber works composed by Samuel Adler during the early months of quarantine in 2020. The 3½-minute duo was written for and premiered by principal players in the...

JUST FOR TWO is among several chamber works composed by Samuel Adler during the early months of quarantine in 2020. The 3½-minute duo was written for and premiered by principal players in the Berlin P...

For E-flat Alto Saxophone and Piano

For Viola and Piano

For Viola and Orchestra

MEDITATION ON THE NAME BACH is an alluring 4-minute work, perfectly described by its title. The piece begins with Bb-A-C-B natural, which is the musical transliteration of B-A-C-H in German-language n...

For Cello and Orchestra (Solo Part and Piano Reduction)

MEDITATION ON THE NAME BACH is an alluring 4-minute work, perfectly described by its title. The piece begins with Bb-A-C-B natural, which is the musical transliteration of B-A-C-H in German-language n...

Study For Bassoon Solo

Commissioned by the Studio for New Music of the University of Siegen, Germany, Samuel Adler's newest addition to the flute repertoire is Recitative and Rondo Capriccioso. This 8-minute work for flute...

For the excellent horn talent Andrew Pelletier; Adler composed Cantilena; a two-movement contemporary affair perfect for the recital program. The first movement begins 'slowly and very expressively;'...

Composed for virtuoso trombone soloist Yu Tamaki Hoso; Samuel Adler's TWO SIDES OF A COIN is reminiscent of an introduction and allegro; balancing substantive musicality with dazzling technical feats....

Adler was asked for a trumpet and organ piece to celebrate the Bar Mitzvah of Nathan Arnold Schoenberg (great-grandson of Arnold); and Let the Trumpet Sound is the result. After the opening Shofar tru...

This 5-minute plaintive elegy was composed in memory of Milton Babbitt - a touching tribute by one of America's great composers eulogizing another. For advanced players. Dur.: 5'