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

No downpour has eversince been the same : for small ensemble, 1996, revision 1997 / Kim Bowman

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: fg(cfg) h perc 2vl vla

Duett : for violin and viola / Julius Röntgen

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

Quintet : for oboe and string quartet / Michael Fine

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: ob 2vn vla vc

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