This is a wide-ranging contemporary work exploring the gamut of dynamics and emotional content. For advanced performers.
For cello & orchestra (piano reduction). First printing. Commissioned by a consortium of orchestras. First performed on October 27, 2017 at the Peristyle Theater, Toledo, Ohio. Duration: ca. 26'. Score,
Chen Yi describes the cheery interplay of Happy Tune as one instrument playing a lively melody, while the other plays a vivid rhythmic pattern as accompaniment. The pair of instruments imitates
Noir Vignettes for double bass and piano consists of four movements, each depicting a different aspect of film noir: Murder at Midnight, Loaded Gun, Femme Fatale, and Last Cigarette. This piece was
For violin, cello & piano. First printing. Commissioned by a consortium of organizations for the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio. Duration: ca. 9'. Score, 25 p. and parts.
For string quartet. First printing. Eight movement work. Duration: ca. 25'. Score and parts.
A heartfelt memorial to the composer's sister, Samba for Susan bears a tempo marking of "sensual" - this five-minute elegy is set as a slow bossa nova, full of the jazz flavor and
For 2 cellos. First printing. Commissioned by Joel Krosnick's family to celebrate the cellist's 70th birthday. Three movement work: Loose Canons; Orison and Rejouissance. Duration:
For solo cello. A set of six brief scenes for Lucy Bowen McCauley, choreographer and artistic director of Bowen McCauley Dance in Arlington, VA. Duration: ca. 13' 30". Score.
Edited by Paul M. Somers & Janet Somers. For string quartet. Includes preface and editorial notes. Duration: ca. 19' 05". Score and parts.
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 builds
For 2 violins, viola & cello. First edition, custom print. Commissioned the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. Dedicated to The Juilliard String Quartet. Premiered in November, 2015. Duration: ca. 19'.