Russo's Prayer for Strings is a one movement tonal work for strings.  It was composed to be a companion piece for his Elegy for Strings.

Prayer for Strings

Kozara Mountain Trio was composed in June 2021 for submittal for the Fourth KozArs International Music Festival 2021 in Bosnia.  This work was one of three compositions chosen to be performed at the Festival's October 2, 2021 concert.  It will also be featured on the ensemble's CD of the Festival.  It is a tonal 12 minute work in three movements:  Movement 1 - Sava River; Movement 2 - LIsina; Movement 3 - Sara River

TrioKozaramvt1

My Song for Double Bass Quartet is a one movement lyrical tonal work running about 4 minutes.

Song for Bass Quartet

My Fifth Symphony consists of 4 movements - Allegro, Adagio ma non troppo, Allegro-Presto, Allegro con brio-Allegro-Presto.
Scored for: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani, percussion and strings

Fifth Symphony - First Movement

Fifth Symphony - Second Movement

Fifth Symphony - Third Movement

5th Symphony - 4th mvt

Russo has completed work on his Fifth Symphony.  This four movement tonal symphony is scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani, percussion and strings.  The music was composed for Orchestra New England in its 50th anniversary season (2023-2024).

First movement: Allegro  11:30

Second movement: Adagio ma non troppo  07:30

Third movement: Allegro - Presto  05:30

Fourth movement: Allegro con brio - Allegro - Allegro con brio - Presto   09:30

This symphony is scheduled to be first performed by Orchestra New England on May 11, 2024.

You may listen to the computer generated sound files of each movement below:

I am a classical music American composer.

Prayer for Strings

Joseph M Russo - www.JosephMRusso.org

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