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

Two sonnets of a dark love : for horn, harp, violin, viola and violoncello, 1995 / Maarten Surtel

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

Tetrad : flutes, keyboards, percussion, tapes, 1970 / David Rowland

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players); Electronics with different instruments; Mixed ensemble (2-12 players) with multimedia
Scoring: fl(pic fl-a) perc pf(el.org cel) tape

King's Stone : for trumpet, horn, trombone and piano / Spiros Mazis

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: tpt h trb pf

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