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

Mirrors in a Labyrinth : for ensemble / Rafael Reina

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: 4rec 2vl vla vc

Moody Rain : for flute, cello and piano / Man-Ching Yu Donald

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

Emergency case : for flute (flute alto), piano and percussion (2 players), 1970 revised 1979 / Joep Straesser

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

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