Alexandra du Bois

Sonata “The Storm” (1999)

for violin and piano

Commissioned by the String Department at the Longy School of Music
World premiere: December 1999, Stanislav Antonevich, violin, Deborah DeWolfe-Emery, Pickman Hall, Cambridge, Massachusetts; New York premiere: 2007, Mary Rowell, violin, Geoffrey Burleson, piano, Tribeca New Music Festival, Flea Theater...Read more

03 February, 2015

The Return (1999)

for soprano and piano

Text by Federico García Lorca
Commissioned by the Modern American Music Program at the Longy School of Music
World premiere: December 1999, Alisa Doughty, soprano, Deborah DeWolf-Emery, piano, Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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03 February, 2015

Dopo il duol, dopo il mal (After Sorrow, After Woe) (2008)

for flute (+alto fl.), harp and percussion

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

03 February, 2015

Soleil sur mer (2007)

for clarinet, cello, and piano

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...Read more

03 February, 2015

The Speaking Tide (2007)

for bass clarinet, cello and piano

Commissioned by The Juilliard School’s ChoreoComp, choreographed for nine dancers by the Spenser Theberge
World premiere: December 2007, Robert Walker-Lacomba, bass clarinet, Emily Brausa, 'cello, Conor Hanick, piano and nine members of The Juilliard School’s Dance Division, Peter Jay Sharp...Read more

03 February, 2015

I Wonder as I Wander (2006)

for alto flute, harp and hand percussion

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
Score/parts available
Purchase recording
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03 February, 2015

L’apothéose d’un rêve (Apotheosis of a Dream) (2005)
for piano, violin and cello

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;...Read more

03 February, 2015

String Trio: Mirrors (1998)

for violin, cello and double bass

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

03 February, 2015

Alexandra du Bois with Apollo Chamber Players

Bugaršćica (2016)

for string quartet and optional double bass with low-C extension

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

22 May, 2016

String Quartet No. 5 (Behind Rainbows)

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...Read more

03 February, 2015