related works

Three Affects : for traverso, baroque violin, baroque viola, baroque cello and harpsichord / Brendan Faegre

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: traverso vln vla vc cemb

Love Moves In Mysterious Ways : for ensemble / Chiel Meijering

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

Waha'yoo Winds : Nevadian images for alto flute and trombone / Jakub Polaczyk

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: fl-a trb

'n Dame scheert haar benen : voor gitaar en clavecimbel, 1981 / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players); Guitar and keyboard instrument
Scoring: g cemb

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