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

Coloured veil : flute, clarinet, violin, tubular bells, (1976) / Ronald Halier

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: fl cl tub-bells vl

Mono no aware : for percussion, piano and violin / Victoria Poleva

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: vn pf perc

Sonata : per violoncello ed arpa, (1972) / Jan Koetsier

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

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