Alexandra du Bois

Tempête de sable (Storm of Sand) (2003)

for Bb clarinet, violin and viola

Commissioned by clarinetist Zefir Brezeanu and violist Aurélie Entringer
World premiere: April 2003, Zefir Brezeanu, clarinet, William Harvey, violin, Aurélie Entringer, Auer Hall at the Indiana University School of Music, Bloomington, Indiana
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Absalom (2001)

for violin and prepared piano

World premiere: July 2001, Alexandra du Bois, violin, Minju Choi, piano, La Schola Cantorum, Paris, France...Read more

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Corazón Nuevo (New Heart) (2000)

for voice (B2 to C5; tenor) and piano

Text by Federico García Lorca Commissioned by the Modern American Music Program the Longy School of Music
World premiere: September 2000, Kevin Skelton, tenor, Martin Kennedy, piano, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Concert Hall, Bloomington, Indiana
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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 high treble voice 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

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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

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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
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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

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