del sol premieres and commissions




John Bartlit

Jack Body (b. 1944, New Zealand): Epicycle (1989, rev. 2004); American premiere of revision (11/06)

Shawn Crouch (b. 1977): I Could Believe in Gods (2006); world premiere (7/06)

Nicholas DeMaison (b. 1979): Aspect VI (murmur) (2006); world premiere (7/06)

Kui Dong (b. 1966, China): Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter suite for String Quartet, Matouqin, Sheng, Suona, Zheng, Yangqin and Chinese Percussion (2006) w/Melody of China Ensemble; joint commission from DSSQ and Melody of China, world premiere (4/06)

Renée Favand (b. 1973): At Night for High Voice and String Quartet (1944) w/ Renée Favand; world premiere (7/06)

Adriana Figueroa

Mark Fish

Hye Rie Han (Korea): Towards You (2005); world premiere (12/05)

Sa-eun Hong (Korea): Ballade for viola and piano (2005) w/ Eva-Maria Zimmermann, piano; world premiere (12/05)

Duo Huang (b. 1963, China): Deep Mountains, for String Quartet and Four Chinese Musicians (2006); joint commission from DSSQ and Melody of China, world premiere (4/06)

Hae-Sung Lee (b. 1961, Korea): Bium II (Emptiness II) 2005; world premiere (12/05)

Kyungwon Lee (Korea): The Recollections for piano trio (2005) w/ Eva-Maria Zimmermann, piano; world premiere (12/05)

Tania León

Eric Lindsay (b. 1980): Hopkin and the Wired Night (2006); commission, world premiere (11/06)

Keeril Makan (b. 1972): Static Rising (2004) w/ John Reynolds Bartlit, percussion; world premiere (11/04)

Caroline Mallonée (b. 1975): Simon: Crossfades and Monoliths (2006); world premiere (7/06)

Hyo-shin Na (b. 1959, Korea): Fixed Stars 2005; world premiere (12/05)

Per Nørgård (b. 1932, Denmark): String Quartet No. 10 "Høsttidløs" ["Harvest-Timeless"] (2004-5); US premiere (12/06)

Gabriela Ortiz

Samuel Pluta (b. 1979): American Tokyo Daydream III (The Surprise) (2006) w/ Eva-Maria Zimmermann, piano; Samuel Pluta, laptop; Noémie Brun, Niko Korolog, Greg Westland and Ilana Rainero-de Haan, radios; world premiere (7/06)

Daniel Bernard Roumain (b. 1971): String Quartet No. 4 "Angelou" (2005) with Daniel Bernard Roumain, electric violin and laptop, and DJ Scientific, turntables; world premiere (2/05)

Arturo Salinas: Chil/Pal for two violins (2005); world premiere (10/06)
Kaníri Kirípi (1999);world premiere of new version (10/06)
Mainamy for flute and string trio (2005) w/ Miguel Lawrence, flute; world premiere of new version (10/06)

Peter Sculthorpe (b. 1929, Australia): String Quartet No. 16 (2005) w/ Stephen Kent, didgeridoo; world premiere of new version

Okshik Shim (Korea): Song of Mongkeumpo for piano quintet (2005) w/ Eva-Maria Zimmermann; world premiere (12/05)

Ronald Bruce Smith (b. 1961, Canada): String Quartet No. 2, "Nostalgia" (2002/2006); world premiere (5/06)

Chinary Ung (b. 1942, Cambodia): Spiral X: "In Memoriam" for amplified string quartet (2007); world premiere (10/07)

Reza Vali (b. 1952, Iran): Nayshâboorák (Calligraphy No. 6) (2006); a joint commission from the Del Sol Quartet and Cuarteto Latinoamericano, world premiere (11/06)