Alexandra du Bois

String Quartet No.4: Obala (2016)

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...Read more

03 February, 2015

Photo Copyright © 2016 Michelle Andonian. Alexandra du Bois in Armenia

As Long As Thy Grief Lives (2014)

for mezzo soprano, duduk (doubling bass duduk), piano and cello

Text by Daniel Varoujan
Written in observance of the 100th commemoration of the Armenian Genocide in 2015
Score/parts available
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03 February, 2015

String Quartet No.3: Night Songs (Nachtliederen) (2005)

Commissioned by Kronos Quartet
Inspired by the life and writing of young Dutch writer and Holocaust victim Etty Hillesum (1914-1943)
In creative preparation for writing the quartet, Alexandra du Bois traveled throughout The Netherlands and Poland after receiving grants from...Read more

03 February, 2015

Lamentu di Maria (Anonymous Sardinian lament) (2004)

for string quartet

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
Score/parts available...Read more

03 February, 2015

String Quartet No 2: Quartet of Images (2003)

(quartettsatz)

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...Read more

03 February, 2015

Oculus pro oculo totum orbem terrae caecat (An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind) (2003)

for string quartet (String Quartet No.1)

Commissioned by the Kronos Quartet as part of the first Kronos: Under 30 Project
World premiere: April 2003, Kronos Quartet, Spaulding Auditorium at the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire; Detroit Premiere: 2007, New Music Detroit, Contemporary Art...Read more

03 February, 2015

Indlovu: Piano Quintet “The Elephant” (2013)

for piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass

Commissioned by the Savannah Music Festival World premiere: March 2013, Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano, Benny Kim, violin, Carla Maria Rodrigues, viola, Camden Shaw, cello, Joseph Conyers, double bass, Lucas Theatre, Savannah, Georgia. Dedicated to family friend Timothy O’Brien (1957-2012) and elephant whisperer...Read more

03 February, 2015

Phil Everly (of the Everly Brothers); Nashville, Tennessee after premiere of du Bois' Bryant Quintet in 2007

Bryant Medley (2007)

for two violins, viola, cello, and double bass

Commissioned by Del Bryant in honor of the 50th anniversary of Felice and Boudleaux Bryant’s songs
World premiere: September 2007, Ingram Hall at Vanderbilt's Blair School of Music, Nashville, Tennessee
Score/parts available...Read more

03 February, 2015

Photo ©Alexandra du Bois; Kamp Westerbork, the Netherlands (2004)

Night Songs (Nachtliederen) (2005 original) (2007 arrangement)

arranged for woodwind quintet (2007)

Original version for string quartet commissioned and premiered by Kronos Quartet. Arrangement for woodwind quintet commissioned by the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, New York City
World premiere: May 2007 throughout public schools in New York, Brooklyn and the Bronx Score/parts available Night...Read more

03 February, 2015

Bruciare Distante (Burning Distant) (2006)

for piano, violin, two cellos and double bass

Commissioned by The Juilliard School’s ChoreoComp, choreographed for eight dancers by Collin Baja
World premiere: December 2006, Vassilis Varvaresos, piano, Elissa Cassini, violin, Victoria Bass, Dane Johansen, cello, Andrew Roitstein, double bass, Vince Lee, conductor and eight members of The...Read more

03 February, 2015