Sheet Music by Female Composers: A Rich and Diverse Selection

The initially calm atmosphere of the exposition gradually gives way to agitation, as arpeggios run from one instrument to the next, underscored by arpeggiated pizzicato chords. The piece comes to a cl...

This short blues commemorates the demolition of St. Agnes Place in Lambeth, South London on 29th November 2005. It was written for Douglas Paterson (viola) and Jane Salmon (cello), who gave the first...

Judith Weir's Sundew for Violin and Cello. Score. ' The bog-based Sundew Plant isn't as pleasant as the name suggests. It produces beads of fluid, resembling dew, but in fact a sticky deposit in which...

Judith Weir's Night is a work for Violin and Cello. Commissioned by Enterprise Music Scotland, 'Night' was written for High Heels and Horse Hair - comprised of Alice Rickards (Violin) and Sonia Cromar...

Aure is a work for Violin and Cello by Kaija Saariaho. Originally composed for Violin and Viola, this version was created in 2015, and was originally an homage to Henri Dutilleux's 95th birthday, insp...

Commissioned by the Spektral Quartet, Carnegie Hall, and Washington Performing Arts and first performed in 2019. According to the composer Enigma was inspired by 'the notion of the 'in-between', juxta...

Commissioned by the Edinburgh Quartet with financial support from Creative Scotland, PRS for Music Foundation, Britten-Pears Foundation, RVW Trust and Hope Scott Trust. First performed on 21st May 201...

Commissioned by the Edinburgh Quartet with financial support from Creative Scotland, PRS for Music Foundation, Britten-Pears Foundation, RVW Trust and Hope Scott Trust. First performed on 21st May 201...

A short work for Violin and Viola commissioned as a birthday present for Lady Susan Hussey and first performed at a Musical Evening in Kennington, London on Sunday 15th September 2019 by Eloisa-Fleur...

Helen Grime’s String Quartet No. 2 was commissioned by Wigmore Hall, with the generous support of Nicholas and Judith Goodison and The Radcliffe Trust; and Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Much of the...

Helen Grime’s String Quartet No. 2 was commissioned by Wigmore Hall, with the generous support of Nicholas and Judith Goodison and The Radcliffe Trust; and Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Much of the...

A short string trio commissioned by City of London Sinfonia in 2021.

Rituals, a string quartet by Anna Thorvaldsdottir, had its World Premiere in Copenhagen in 2023 by the Danish String Quartet. It was comissioned by the Danish String Quartet with the support of Carneg...

Ellen Reid’s West Coast Sky Forever for String Quartet was commissioned by the Ellen Reid SOUNDWALK project for Kronos Quartet. The quartet’s recording featured on Ellen’s latest album ‘Big Majestic,’...

Fleurs de neige is an arrangement for string quartet of the last section of Neiges for eight cellos (1998), a five movement work inspired by the shimmers, structural symmetries, and mutations of snow....

Shortly after completing my Second Quartet, I realised that all of its formal features reminded me of moments from Beethoven’s quartets. An edgy, conversational opening followed by a long cello tune;...

Erbsenrondo or "Rondo of the Peas" is a 5 minute string quartet was written for the 25th anniversary of the Gregor Mendel Institute in Vienna, celebrating Mendel’s discoveries and the contemporary res...

Die Natur des österreichischen Salzkammerguts inspirierte die Komponistin zu diesem Werk, in dem sie dramatische und komische Ausdrucks-elemente miteinander kombiniert.

Die Natur des österreichischen Salzkammerguts inspirierte die Komponistin zu diesem Werk, in dem sie dramatische und komische Ausdrucks-elemente miteinander kombiniert.

UA der vollständigen Fassung Witten (Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik), 27. April 1991

UA Hannover, November 2004