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Chen Yi describes the cheery interplay of HAPPY TUNE as: 'When one instrument plays a lively melody, the other plays a vivid rhythmic pattern in the accompaniment. The pair of string instruments imita...

TACHUN (SPRING OUTING) was composed in 2021 for The Joy Project, to commission uplifting works for performance at free outdoor concerts in the San Francisco Bay region. The work's title comes from the...

This beautiful slow movement takes full advantage of the string quartet’s richly expressive potential. LORRAINE is a plaintive aria for violin with string trio accompaniment, balanced with contrasting...

Balancing caprice with studied craft, Samuel Adler's THREESOME VENTURES is a compact but substantive four-movement work for string trio. Rich in both thoughtful, playful dialogue and virtuosic drive,...

“Spring Vitality,” the first movement of Chen Yi's SONG OF SPRING for string quartet, embeds rhythmic speech in quietly churning fragments of polyphony to suggest the sounds of falling rain, sure to c...

Un maître moderne contemple le passé et se tourne vers l'avenir dans le QUATUOR À CORDES n° 6 de Lowell Liebermann. Composé pour le célèbre Dover Quartet, le quatuor de Liebermann est extrêmement expr...

Felder weds a string quartet with pre-recorded track for a contemplative; contemporary performance piece. Netivot was commissioned by New Music USA; made possible by annual program support and/or endo...

A commission by Harris Miller and Deborah Kahn, both active figures in the politics and arts of Northern Virginia and Washington, D. C. , led to Leshnoff's 3rd String Quartet. The 20 minute work build...

Adler was asked to write a short work based upon one of ten sketches that Bach had prepared, but never used, for the Goldberg Variations. The resulting In the Spirit of Bach features 'a relentless dri...

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For String Orchestra (Score)

Experience one of the most timeless classics in music history in a radiant setting: Johann Pachelbel's world-famous Canon has captivated audiences for centuries with its sublime simplicity and incompa...

Bring one of the most sublime moments in classical music history to life! With this brilliant arrangement of Ludwig van Beethoven's world-renowned 'Ode to Joy' from Symphony No. 9, the timeless hymn s...

Ewazen's SONATA NO. 2 is a striking exception to the trumpet sonata literature and the composer's own extensive catalog of trumpet music. Following a mysterious offstage cadenza, the soloist walks ons...

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...

HAMAMATSU OVERTURE is a joyous fanfare created to showcase the beautiful sonorities of three types of brass chamber music. Eric Ewazen was selected by the Yamaha Corporation to compose the most gratif...

Adolphus Hailstork makes use of the term BLatinx—a combination of Black and Latinx—in his new work L'Blatinx. This dissonant, blues-filled  work is scored for a trio of C Trumpets, utilizes footstompi...

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE is a sweeping and sunny work for trumpet and piano. Trumpeters will revel in the opportunities to showcase their instrument's expressivity, as well as surprising colors created by v...

Amlin's dazzling moto perpetuo brilliantly weaves together a pair of trumpets, at times playing in harmony, at times spelling each other through subtle dovetailing of phrases, and always maintaining e...