related works

Dirt to Gold : for chamber orchestra / Brendan Faegre

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: 2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 2h 2trp trb trb-b timp perc hp 2vln vla vc db

Kurzweil : voor klarinet en strijkkwartet / Kees Arntzen

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: cl str4

Music and drums : 4 songs, for trumpet, keyboard, vibraphone, guitar, bass guitar, double bass and 4 drumsets (with steelpan), 1992 / Martin van Duynhoven

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: trp vibr 4drumset g g-b keyboard cb

Musica di campanile : omaggio a Jan P. Sweelinck, 2de torenmuziek, per cariglione, 3 trombe, 4 corni, 3 tromboni, tuba, piatto, piatti, gran cassa [e] timpani, sept.-dec. 1965 / Wim Franken

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: 4h 3trp 3trb tb timp perc car

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