Commissioned by Maya Trio, New York, New York
World premiere: June 2008, Maya Trio’s Sato Moughalian, flute, Jacqueline Kerrod, harp, John Hadfield, percussion, Judson Memorial Church, New York, New York...Read more
Commissioned by Bargemusic in honor of their 30th Anniversary
World premiere: July 2007 at BargeMusic, Brooklyn, New York, Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet, Nicholas Canellakis, cello, Steve Beck, piano; Los Angeles Premiere: 2009, Southwest Chamber Music, Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens; Manhattan Premieres: 2010, Azure Ensemble, Symphony Space, Lost Dog Music Ensemble, Tenri Cultural Institute
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Commissioned by Maya Trio. Arrangement of John Jacob Nile’s adaptation of the Appalachian folk carol ‘I Wonder as I Wander’ including original material by Alexandra du Bois
Released on album MAYA: In The Spirit on Perspectives Recordings 2007
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Commissioned by pianist Menahem Pressler and the Beaux Arts Trio
World premiere: January 2006, the Beaux Arts Trio, Menahem Pressler, piano, Daniel Hope, violin, Antonio Meneses, cello, Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; consecutive performances throughout Groningen and Eindhoven, the Netherlands; Los Angeles Premiere: 2010, Southwest Chamber Music at Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens
I. Introduction
II. Adagio cantabile, semplice
III. Molto vivo – Misterioso
IV. Andante cantabile – Passionato
V. Misterioso – Adagio cantabile, semplice
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World premiere: May 1999 by Alexandra du Bois, violin, Brian Snow, cello, and Mang Wang, double bass, Pickman Hall at the Longy School of Music, Cambridge, Massachusetts...Read more
Arrangement of a Croatian Bugaršćica first notated and transcribed by Petar Hektorović in 1568. Commissioned and premiered by Apollo Chamber Players, Houston, Texas, 2016...Read more
Commissioned by Kronos Quartet/Kronos Performing Arts Association (KPAA), the San Francisco-based non-profit organization of the Kronos Quartet, for 50 for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire, a string quartet commissioning, performance, education, and legacy project of unprecedented scope and potential impact. Kronos Quartet commissioned Alexandra du Bois' 1st, 3rd, and 5th string quartets. "Drawing on more than 45 years of collaboration with prominent and emerging composers from around the world, Kronos is commissioning...Read more
Commissioned by the Apollo Chamber Players
World premiere scheduled for April 2016, Houston, Texas
Introduction: Out of sea-mist, in medias res
(Aria: Adagio lugubre)
I. Istria: Hrvatska Obala (Croatian Coast)
(Rondo: Allegro assai)
II. Uspavankas (Lullabies)
(Waltz: Larghetto cantabile) (attacca)
III. Dalmatian Hinterland
(Scherzo: Allegro pesante con fuoco) (attacca)
IV. Tempo di Gusle
(Finale: Presto all’ungherese)
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Commissioned by Kronos Quartet. Arrangement of a Sardinian lament originally for men’s choir
World premiere: May 2007, Kronos Quartet, Carriage House Theatre at Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, California
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World premiere: February 2004, Kuttner Quartet, Indiana University’s String Quartet-In-Residence; Shin-Young Kwon, Eriko Tsuchihashi, violins, Daniel Stewart, viola, Jocelyn Butler, cello, Ford Hall at the Indiana University School of Music, Bloomington, Indiana; New York Premiere: 2008, Arbor Mundi Music Ensemble’s Miranda Cuckson, Boris Kupesic, violins, Diane Leung, viola, Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir, cello, The Stone, New York City
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