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Analog Intelligence : for orchestra / Brendan Faegre

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Orchestra
Scoring: picc 2fl 2ob eh 2cl cl-b 2fg cfg 4h 3tpt 2trb trb-b tb timp 4perc pf str

Canzona : voor C-trompet en orgel, 1971 / Henk Badings

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: trp org

Ittrospezione III : (concept II) / Louis Andriessen

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: cl sax-t h 3trb vibr(mar) 2pf vla cb

Dance no. 1 : for guitar and bassoon, 1984 / Maarten Bon

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: fg g

composition

Four Koans : for violin and viola / Brendan Faegre

Author(s):
Faegre, Brendan (Composer)
Description:
Four Koans is an exploration of the Zen Buddhist koan concept in a musical context (perhaps the widest known koan—poorly translated—is “what is the sound of one hand clapping?”). I have always loved these irrational statements, stories, and questions designed to foil the logical mind and allow for an intuitive and spontaneous type of comprehension. I have composed these four short movements with the aim of stimulating similar mental faculties in the performers and listeners.

Brendan Faegre