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: String 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 String Quartet No. 3, Coraggio)

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)

Kenneth Fuchs: String Quartet No. 2, Where Have You Been?

Commissioned 1993 for ASQ by Manhattan School of Music Board of Trustees for School's 75th and ASQ's 20th anniversaries. Premiered 1994 at Alice Tully Hall

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)

Giampaolo Bracali: Quartet No. 2

Written 1995 for ASQ. Premiered 1996 at Manhattan School of Music

Curt Cacioppo: a distant voice calling

Commissioned 2001 for ASQ by Arizona Friends of Chamber Music. Premiered 2002 in Tucson