related works

Effusion : for soprano saxophone and piano / Brendan Faegre

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Saxophone and keyboard instrument
Scoring: sax-s pf

Musica per organo trentunisono I : 1951, Quattro pezzi per organo trentunisono e archi, No. 2 / Jan van Dijk

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players); Other combinations of strings and keyboard instrument
Scoring: org 2vl vla vc cb

Graffiti : ondes martenot, percussion [and] piano, 1975 / Walter Hekster

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players); Electronics with different instruments; Mixed ensemble (2-12 players) with multimedia
Scoring: ondes martenot perc pf

Callin' Saigdi : for erhu and koto / Jakub Polaczyk

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: erhu koto

composition

Four Koans : for violin and viola / Brendan Faegre

Other authors:
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