Brian Schend, composer

"Take you dissonance like a man"
- Charles Ives

Orchestra

Umm New!

Chamber Works

In chronological order

Trench warfare for 2 trumpets and timpani

Procession of the composer straight into the looney bin for clarinet, bass clarinet, violin and piano

Don't fugue with my prelude for String Quartet

1. Prelude
2. Fugue

Daisy for chamber ensemble. Text by Arthur C Clarke

A Sonata, String Quartet #2

1. Motet
2. The Allegro
3. Fugue
4. Ein Lied

Mockery Sonata for Viola and Piano

1. Fugue
2. Serenade
3. March to Nowhere
4. Fast and Wild

Crawling for Chamber Ensemble

An Experiment in Hypnosis for clarinet and piano

Variations on a theme of J S Bach for Brass Quintet

Songz

Der Doppelgänger ( The evil double ) Text by Heinrich Heine

My shield

Pacing

The proper use of dissonance Text by Craig Clark.

Rebellion

The sign in blue tack Text by Mike Thorpe.

Finale versions ( Mac 3.7 ) and texts are available on request. E-mail me at dondegroovily at gmail dot com.

About the composer