Samuel Adler

Adler's Fantasy was composed for his former student Michael Brown, who premiered the work at Juilliard at an all-Adler concert to honor the composer's 85th birthday. The one movement work begins with...

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

This beautifully expressive soliloquy plays to the saxophone's hauntingly vocal nature. MUSIC OF YEARNING is lyrical throughout its 4-minute duration, full of melodic stretches and sighs, offering the...

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;'...

This is one of a group of four studies; each published separately; originally written for one performer who plays flute; oboe; clarinet; and bassoon. Each of them may be played simply as written; by o...

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'

Commissioned to create folk song arrangements, Adler chose two compelling Southern Appalachian folk songs, brought to our shores by English immigrants and having origins in Elizabethan times. Married...

Dramatic and declamatory, Adler?s Solemn Soliloquy is a lyrical elegy composed for violinist Atis Bankas of the Toronto Symphony. The work was commissioned for a premiere in 2014 at a Holocaust Memori...