These 36 duos for two violins were designed for developing learners and include original manuscript photos and commentary. Taken from Louis Spohr's violin tutor, a collection of methods and exercises
Amore Scaduto (roughly translated "Broken Love") borrows its title from a romance novel that composer Lee Hyla saw at a newsstand in Rome in the autumn of 2004. This brief duo for violin and cello
Of his Chimera Waltzes (2016), John David Earnest writes, "My goal was to link together ideas from completely different sources, in the same way that the chimera of ancient mythology were hybrid creatures
ContrAlto for Viola and Contrabassoon was commissioned and performed by renowned violist Paul Neubauer at the OK Mozart International Festival. ContrAlto was premiered by the Neubauer Brothers
For two of the principals of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, music director Manfred Honeck thought to spotlight them with a new work. The commission went to Leshnoff, who was happy to produce the
Duo or Trio? This early work by Busoni is a flute duet with an amazingly independent piano accompaniment.
The duo for two flutes and piano was written during Ferruccio Busoni’s
Giraffe Minuet, Alto Flute Duet by Mark Ballora. Commissioned by Naomi Seidman and Agatha Wang in honor of Eleanor Duncan Armstrong. This work features contemporary techniques include flutter
My intention in writing Impressions was to present to both the audience and the performers short and simple character pieces, each leaving very contrasting mental images of people, places, or
Though my training as a musician and a composer is firmly rooted in western art music, more specifically within an American collegiate environment, a lot of my inspiration and musical influences come from
Metamorphosis for two oboes and piano explores the idea of rebirth and growth through trials and tribulations. The work concludes with a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson that brings together the
Using the translated poems of Chinese women poets from the 3rd century through the 20th century, the soprano and oboe weave a story of love, death, life, and what we hold close to our hearts.
A solemn fanfare inspired by the mensural advances of the early Renaissance and the terrifying events of 9/11. As the composer states, "The image ever-imposed before my mind's eye was that of two towering,