String Music by Frank Felice

This work was composed for the Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers "Forging Links" conference, and commissioned by the them, and composed for Brandon Page - it is a very accessible sweet duo, contrapuntal in nature, something that could be played as an offertory in a small church that had a pair of high string players

Reflections of a Hymn of Thanksgiving

A VERY minimalist, very quiet string quartet, consisting of only two pitches, and a repetition of the whole after the audience applauds - a nice concert  palette cleaner for a thick and zesty concert.

String Quartet No. 2

A one-movement, buzzy, modernist-sounding string quartet with an interior wistful reflective episode set amidst the tumble - virtuosic, hectic, a tour de force -  composed for the Montclair String Quartet.

String Quartet No. 3

A fun four-minute quartet, based on quartal harmonies - some theatre is involved, and a wistful viola solo is featured in the third movement, composed especially for Eric Peterson, violist of the Loring String Quartet - commissioned by the Loring String Quartet.

String Quartet No. 4

Work for solo double bass based on the book of Habakkuk, from the Old Testament of the Bible, chapter 3:  

"Were you angry with the rivers, Lord?
Was your wrath against the streams?
Did you rage against the sea
when you rode your horses
and your chariots to victory?
You uncovered your bow,
you called for many arrows.
You split the earth with rivers;
the mountains saw you and writhed.
Torrents of water swept by;
the deep roared
and lifted its waves on high"

A piece of many moods and colors, a virtuosic piece commissioned by the International Society of Bassists for its 2001 convention soloist competition.

Were You Angry With the Rivers

I am an eclectic composer who writes with a postmodern mischievousness: my pieces can be comedic/ironic, simple/complex, or humble/reverent. My recent projects have taken a turn toward turn towards the sweeter side, exploring a consonant adiatonicism.

Reflections of a Hymn of Thanksgiving

FRANK FELICE, composer