← Chamber music
9

Die Kreuzung

Chaya Czernowin · 1957– · Israeli
For accordion, saxophone, double bass
Level 9 · Virtuoso — about FRSM / FTCL, with the parts evenly matched
DarkDramaticLesser-known

Listen

Ensemble
Strings & winds
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 10 min
Composed
1994
Era
Contemporary · woman composer

Notes

For accordion (or alto sho, as on the Mode recording), alto saxophone and double bass

A step before · level 8

Winternacht
Hans Abrahamsen
flute, clarinet, horn, trumpet, violin, cello, piano
Strings & windsflute, clarinet, horn, trumpet, violin, cello, piano
13 min
DramaticDarkLesser-known
8balanced
Whispers
Sebastian Currier
flute, cello, percussion, piano
Strings & windsflute, cello, percussion, piano
14 min
SlowDarkLesser-known
8balanced
Quasi hoquetus
Sofia Gubaidulina
viola, bassoon (or cello or double bass), piano
Strings & windsviola, bassoon (or cello or double bass), piano
15 min
DramaticDarkLesser-known
8balanced
Brefs messages, Op. 47
György Kurtág
English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, trumpet, horn, trombone, violin, viola, cello
Strings & windsEnglish horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, trumpet, horn, trombone, violin, viola, cello
8 min
DramaticDarkLesser-known
8balanced

A step after · level 10

Vortex temporum
Gérard Grisey
piano, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello
Strings & windspiano, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello
40 min
DarkDramaticLesser-known
10piano
Le Marteau sans maître
Pierre Boulez
voice, flute, viola, guitar, 3 percussion
Strings & windsvoice, flute, viola, guitar, 3 percussion
37 min
DarkWell-known
10balanced
Suite, Op. 29
Arnold Schoenberg
2 clarinets, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano
Strings & winds2 clarinets, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano
30 min
LivelyDramaticLesser-known
10balanced