Commissions & Premieres
Claus Adam: Quartet
Commissioned 1975 for ASQ by the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation (part of award prize). Premiered 1976 at Alice Tully Hall, New York. Recorded 1983 for CRI
Lester Trimble: Panels V
Premiered 1978 at the Juilliard Theater, New York
George Tsontakis: Quartet No. 4,
Beneath Thy Tenderness of Heart
Commissioned 1989 for ASQ by Chamber Music America. Premiered 1990 at Aspen Music Festival. Recorded 1991 for New World Records (includes Quartet No. 3, Coraggio)
Kenneth Fuchs: String Quartet No. 2, Where Have You Been?
Commissioned 1993 for ASQ by Manhattan School of Music Board of Trustees for the School's 75th and the ASQ's 20th anniversaries. Premiered 1994 at Alice Tully Hall
Giampaolo Bracali: Quartet No. 2
Written 1995 for ASQ. Premiered 1996 at Manhattan School of Music
Kenneth Fuchs: String Quartet No. 3, Whispers of Heavenly Death
Written 1996 for ASQ. Premiered 1997 at Manhattan School of Music. Recorded 2000 for Albany Records (includes Quartet No. 2, Where Have You Been? and Quartet No. 4, Bergonzi)
Curt Cacioppo: a distant voice calling
Commissioned 2001 for ASQ by Arizona Friends of Chamber Music. Premiered 2002 in Tucson
Richard Danielpour: String Quartet No. 4, Apparitions
Commissioned 2001 for ASQ by Kansas City Friends of Chamber Music for 25th anniversaries of both groups. Premiered 2002 in Kansas City. Recorded 2004 for Arabesque Recordings (includes Quartets No. 2, Shadow Dances, and No. 3, Psalms of Sorrow)
Tobias Picker: String Quartet No. 2
Premiered January 2009, Merkin Hall, New York, New York
Glen Cortese: Four Dances for String Quartet and String Orchestra
Premiere by the Oregon Mozart Players, May 2011 in Eugene, Oregon, with the composer conducting