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

Momentum : Version for quintet / Douwe Eisenga

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: fl/picc cl/cl-b pf vn vc

Capriccio : per violino e cembalo [(o pianoforte)], 1953 / Henri Zagwijn

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players); Violin and keyboard instrument
Scoring: vl cemb/pf

Entrata festiva : voor koperblazers en pauken / door Jurriaan Andriessen

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: 4h 3trp 3trb timp (gong ad lib.)

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