Roger Trefousse: The Geography of Yearning (2nd movement)
Roger Tréfousse has written a wide variety of music: film scores, operas and musicals, symphonic works, songs and chamber music. He has composed three operas, The Monkey Opera, premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music; Found Objects, commissioned by the Mannes College of Music; and Blue Margaritas, premiered in New York at the Experimental Intermedia Foundation. Départ Malgache, the first section of a new group of short operas with libretto by Kenneth Koch, was featured on WNYC radio.
He has written a broad range of instrumental music, including Column for English horn and string orchestra, premiered at The Juilliard School; Balanced Boulders for narrator, flute, tuba and percussion, commissioned by legendary downtown New York writer Spencer Holst in honor of the publication of his collected stories; Fantasy for flute, celesta and cello, for the Ben Weber retrospective concert at Miller Theater (Columbia University); Music for Grete, originally written as a piano work for Grete Sultan and later scored for string quartet at the request of Lucas Foss for the Hamptons Music Festival and Synesthesia/Fusion: 3 Painters Portrayed in versions for piano and for five instruments. READ MORE
He has written a broad range of instrumental music, including Column for English horn and string orchestra, premiered at The Juilliard School; Balanced Boulders for narrator, flute, tuba and percussion, commissioned by legendary downtown New York writer Spencer Holst in honor of the publication of his collected stories; Fantasy for flute, celesta and cello, for the Ben Weber retrospective concert at Miller Theater (Columbia University); Music for Grete, originally written as a piano work for Grete Sultan and later scored for string quartet at the request of Lucas Foss for the Hamptons Music Festival and Synesthesia/Fusion: 3 Painters Portrayed in versions for piano and for five instruments. READ MORE
Second Movement of
Roger Tréfousse's
The Geography of Yearning
Written for the Annapolis Brass Quintet
Duration: 04'42"
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FOSTERING BRASS CHAMBER MUSIC
The score and parts for Roger Tréfousse's, The Geography of Yearning, along with the entire ABQ music library,
are available for research and performance through the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
For direct access to the Annapolis Brass Quintet Special Collection at Oberlin
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The score and parts for Roger Tréfousse's, The Geography of Yearning, along with the entire ABQ music library,
are available for research and performance through the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
For direct access to the Annapolis Brass Quintet Special Collection at Oberlin
Tap Here