Byron Adams

Inspired by the medieval hymn "Stabat Mater", this work explores the deep sorrow of the Virgin Mary as she witnesses the crucifixion of her Son. Conceived as a continuous musical meditation, it follow...

Inspired by the medieval hymn "Stabat Mater", this work explores the deep sorrow of the Virgin Mary as she witnesses the crucifixion of her Son. Conceived as a continuous musical meditation, it follow...

My Serenata in Stile Antico is strongly influenced by Italian Baroque music of the 17th century. The opening movement, Ciaconna, is based on a repeating bass line of four bars. The following Siciliana...

My Serenata in Stile Antico is strongly influenced by Italian Baroque music of the 17th century. The opening movement, Ciaconna, is based on a repeating bass line of four bars. The following Siciliana...

A four-movement mass based on the tune IN DULCI JUBILO. May be used effectively in both worship and in concert settings.

Holy Songs is a song cycle for baritone and piano by the American composer Byron Adams, which combines four sacred texts from English devotional poetry of the 16th and 17th centuries. With Never Weath...

Holy Songs is a song cycle for baritone and piano by the American composer Byron Adams, which combines four sacred texts from English devotional poetry of the 16th and 17th centuries. With Never Weath...

These attractive chorale preludes are suitable for performance during the Christmas and Epiphany seasons. The first is based on 'All This Night My Heart Rejoices' (Frölich soll mein Herze springen / E...

Each movement of my suite 'Illuminations' was inspired by a poem by Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891). The first movement ('...vieilles fanfares d'héroïsme') opens the suite in a festive manner; the second (...

I began to compose my Sonata for Viola and Piano (2010-11) at a time of difficult personal circumstances. First, I had to have a series of delicate operations on my eyes. Happily, the surgeries were s...

I began to compose my Sonata for Viola and Piano (2010-11) at a time of difficult personal circumstances. First, I had to have a series of delicate operations on my eyes. Happily, the surgeries were s...

Subtitled 'Suite Franþaise,' Le Jardin Provenþal consists of four movements, none of which describe a particular garden in Provence. The first movement is a brisk Ouverture in sonata form followed by...

Monteverdiana is a work for string orchestra that is a contemporary homage to the music of Claudio Monteverdi. Conceived as a bridge through time, this score translates Monteverdi's aesthetics into th...

Monteverdiana is a work for string orchestra that is a contemporary homage to the music of Claudio Monteverdi. Conceived as a bridge through time, this score translates Monteverdi's aesthetics into th...

The Concerto consists of three dramatically contrasting movements. The opening movement, which is designed as a modified sonata form, is restless, dramatic and impetuous. The second movement is an ele...

The Concerto consists of three dramatically contrasting movements. The opening movement, which is designed as a modified sonata form, is restless, dramatic and impetuous. The second movement is an ele...

Byron Adam's Sonata for trumpet and piano was composed in 1983. The first movement is a modified sonata-allegro form, the second movement is a ricercar based on a single theme stated at the beginning...