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

Wild Cat on a Honky Train : for ensemble / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: fl1 fl2 fg pf vl

The Three Sisters : for piano, violin and violoncello / Chiel Meijiering

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: pf vl vc

Cycle of Life : for saxophone quintet and string quintet / Rijndert van Woudenberg

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: sax-s 2sax-a sax-t sax-bar 2vn vla vc db

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