Chamber Music

by Samuel Pellman

Fanfare: a Trio for One Trumpet, for solo trumpet and digital delay An Augural Fanfare, for brass choir chromatic aberrations, for piano, four-hands Sagittarius in Transit, for string quartet Kyrie, for choir (SATB) and stereo digital sounds Pentacle!, for alto saxophone and tape Crane Songs, for soprano, flute, Bb clarinet, violin, percussion, and piano Final Autumn, for viola, prepared piano, and digital instruments Warp 9, for 'cello octet and digitally-processed 'cello sounds Silent Night, for prepared piano Intermezzo, for two flutes Trump-it, for solo trumpet (and rubber chicken)

For further information about any of these works, contact the composer at the email address given at the bottom of this page

Fanfare: a Trio for One Trumpet, for solo trumpet and digital delay

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Listen to a MIDI rendition of the piece, if you'd like.

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An Augural Fanfare, for brass choir (6 trumpets, 2 horns, tenor trb., bass trb., tuba, timpani)

Listen to a 44 second audio clip (704 K mp3 file), from an April 16, 1998 performance by the Indiana University Brass Choir, Edmund Cord, director, at the 1998 National Conference of the Society of Composers.
Or, listen to a 4 second audio clip (96 K mp3 file)

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chromatic aberrations, for piano, four-hands

Listen (2.9 MB mp3 file) to an early performance of the piece, by Sam and Colleen Pellman.

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Sagittarius in Transit, for string quartet

Listen to a 73 second audio clip (1139 K mp3 file) of a performance by the Clinton String Quartet, if you'd like.

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A free download of the score and parts will be available soon.

Kyrie, for choir (SATB) and stereo digital sounds

Listen to a reading (7.3 MB mp3 file) of the piece by a small college choir.

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Pentacle!, for alto saxophone and tape

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Listen to a 92 second audio clip (1.5 MB mp3 file) of a passage of electronic sounds, if you'd like.

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Also available: mp3 files of the accompanying segments of electronic sounds.

Crane Songs, for soprano, flute, Bb clarinet, violin, percussion, and piano

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Listen to a 39 second audio clip (640 K mp3 file) from the second song, if you'd like.
Listen to a 9 second audio clip (160 K mp3 file) from the third song, if you'd like.
Listen to a 13 second audio clip (224 K mp3 file) from the third song, if you'd like.
Listen to a 19 second audio clip (320 K mp3 file) from the fourth song, if you'd like.
Listen to a 60 second audio clip (960 K mp3 file) from the fourth song, if you'd like.

A free download of the score and parts will be available soon.

Final Autumn, for viola, prepared piano, and digital instruments

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Listen to a 14 second audio clip ( 256 K mp3 file) from the beginning of the piece,
or listen to a 26 second audio clip (448 K mp3 file) of a rhapsodic passage a couple of minutes into the work,
or listen to a 12 second audio clip (224 K mp3 file) just a bit further into the work.
Here's a 15 second audio clip (256 K mp3 file) from the ending.

Warp 9, for 'cello octet and digitally-processed 'cello sounds

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Listen to a 34 second audio clip (mp3 file, 548 K) of a performance by the Tarab Cello Ensemble.
Or, Listen to a 33 second audio clip (mp3 file, 528 K).

Silent Night, for prepared piano

Listen (7.4 MB mp3 file) to an early performance of the piece, by the composer. (For a much better performance, you will want to locate the Musical Heritage Society LP recording, by Delores Stevens, on MHS 4187!)

Intermezzo, for two flutes

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Listen to a 14 second audio clip (256 K mp3 file), if you'd like,
or listen to a 9 second audio clip (160 K mp3 file)

Trump-it, for solo trumpet (and rubber chicken)

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