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Reena Esmail

Composer

Chamber Music

  • Large Ensemble (6+)
  • Strings and Piano
  • Woodwind Quintet
  • Brass Quintet
  • Flute, Viola and Harp
  • Other

Testament (from Vishwas) – sinfonietta version (2014)

for chamber orchestra (13 min)
commissioned by Albany Symphony – Dogs of Desire

Large Ensemble (6+)

Testament (from Vishwas) – sinfonietta version (2014)

for chamber orchestra (13 min)
commissioned by Albany Symphony – Dogs of Desire

interglow* (Fall 2020)

new work for string quartet, flute, piano and community voices (~5-7 min)
commissioned by Salastina Music Society
*this work has not yet been premiered

Feritas (2010)

trumpet sextet (6 min)
commissioned by the Yale School of Music trumpet studio

Unfortunate Coincidence (2005)

for soprano and chamber ensemble (18 min; 8 mmts)

Strings and Piano

interglow* (Fall 2020)

new work for string quartet, flute, piano and community voices (~5-7 min)
commissioned by Salastina Music Society
*this work has not yet been premiered

new chamber work* (2022)

new work for voice and piano trio (~10-12 min)
commissioned by Music Teachers’ Association of California (MTAC)
*this work is not yet completed

Piano Trio (2019)

violin, cello and piano (31 min; 4 mmts)
commissioned by Joshua Roman for Town Music Seattle

new chamber work* (2022)

new work for piano quintet and tabla (~15 min)
commissioned by Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
*this work is not yet completed

Meri Sakhi Ki Avaaz (My Sister’s Voice) -Piano Quintet (2019)

version for Hindustani singer, soprano and piano quintet (21min; 3mmts)
commissioned by SongFest for Saili Oak

Zeher (2018)

string quartet (7 min)
commissioned by Brooklyn Rider

Saans (2017)

violin, cello and piano (8 min)
written for Suzana Bartal

String Quartet (Ragamala) (with Hindustani Vocals) (2015)

new version for quartet and Hindustani vocals (ca. 25 mins)
premiered by Salastina Music Society

String Quartet (Ragamala) (2013)

(19 min)
commissioned by the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
 and premiered by the Flux Quartet

Teen Murti (SQ + cello solo) (2013)

solo cello and string quartet (2015)
commissioned by Joshua Roman

Piano Quintet (2010)

string quartet and piano (13 min)
commissioned by Norfolk Chamber Music Festival

Woodwind Quintet

The Light is the Same (2017)

flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon (9 min)
commissioned by Imani Winds

Brass Quintet

Khirkiyaan: Three Transformations for Brass Quintet (2017)

brass quintet (10 mins)
commissioned by Kansas State University Faculty Brass Quintet

Tuttarana (Brass Quintet) (2014)

movement 3 of Khirkiyaan for brass quintet (3 min)
commissioned by The Brass Project

Flute, Viola and Harp

A Canticle for Dawn (2006)

for flute, viola and harp (7 min)

Spirals on Light (2001)

for flute, viola and harp (7 min)
written for the Debussy Trio

Other

Nadiya (violin/bassoon) (2016)

version for violin and bassoon (12 min)
commissioned by Pieces of Eight – Benjamin Larsen and Martha Cargo

Nadiya (flute/cello) (2016)

flute and cello (12 min)
commissioned by Pieces of Eight – Benjamin Larsen and Martha Cargo

Nadiya (flute/viola) (2016)

flute and viola (12 min)
commissioned by Pieces of Eight – Benjamin Larsen and Martha Cargo

Side by Side (2016)

viola and oboe (7 min)
commissioned by River Oaks Chamber Orchestra

From the Mahabharata Suite (2015)

clarinet, violin, cello, piano and tabla (20 min, 3 mmts)
commissioned by SOLI Chamber Ensemble
 and AtticRep Theater

Tasveer (2012)

clarinet, violin, cello and piano (5 min)
premiered by Music from Copland House

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