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

Morph : for recorder, viola and double bass / Nicoline Soeter

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: rec vla db

Tre Notturni : for horn, harp and string orchestra / Robert Groslot

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: h hrp str

A bird's eye view : for violin and accordion, 1988/1989 / Chiel Meijering

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

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