Alexandra Fol (1981- )
Alexandra
Fol is a Bulgarian composer, organist and conductor. Her primary
composition teacher was Richard Cornell. A graduate of Boston
University and Eastman School of Music, she is currently pursuing a
Doctorate at McGill University. Fol is finalist for the 2006 Gaudeamus
Prize in composition and a 2007 Tanglewood Music Center fellow. She has
written more than 40 works in different mediums, including 2 requiems,
a monodrama and five concerti. Her works have been performed by the
Montréal Symphony Orchestra, one of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestras,
the Sofia Philharmony Orchestra, the McGill Symphony Orchestra, Boston
University Orchestra, Ossia New Music and the Dutch Vocal laboratoire
among others. She performs one organ concert a year featuring newly
commissioned organ works. Fol will be one of the featured composers at
the International Music Festival "Auditum. Sound and Relation" in
Bulgaria.COMPOSITIONS Fol Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre
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WORKS BY GENRE Fol Links ~ top of page ~
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Dramatic/Theater
Fairies and Spirits, ballet in 4 scenes (2003)
Purgatory, opera in 2 acts and a prologue (in progress)
Orchestra
Soprano Ostinato, orchestra (????)
First Among the Romans - Instrumental theatre for Orchestra in 4 scenes (????)
Symphony No. 1, orchestra (????)
An Almost Bach – Toccata and Fugue, chamber orchestra (????)
Cinderella – The Fairy Tale, narrator and orchestra (????)
Pegasus (Pègase), orchestra, op. 37 (2005)
Requiem No. 2, orchestra, op. 40 (2006)
One Day God Will Return, chamber orchestra (2008)
Kaléidoscope d’une bourgade de montagne, chamber orchestra (????)
Soundwalk, chamber orchestra (????)
Reflective Reflection, chamber orchestra (????)
Band
Exhalation / Expiration, wind ensemble (????)
Soloist(s) w/Orchestra
Piano Concerto (1999)
Viola Concerto No. 1 (1999)
Violin Concerto (2001)
Viola Concerto No. 2 (2002)
A Swan Song for the Impossible Love, a concerto, bass clarinet and chamber orchestra (2004)
Chorus w/Orchestra
Requiem [No. 1], chorus, chamber orchestra and organ, op. 19 (2001)
Choral
Bibit, bibit, female chorus and trombone (????)
Answers, chorus (????)
Saint Lazarus Awakes, chorus (????)
In the name of…, a Cantata, [????] (2004)
Chamber
String Quartet No. 1 (1999)
Clamour for inheritance I and II – Two Trios, 2 violins and piano (????)
Music-making for four - Instrumental theatre, string quartet (????)
A Challenge to Carter, septet (????)
Nonet, percussion ensemble (????)
Violin and Trombone Piece (????)
Funeral Song, flute, bass clarinet, viola, cello, piano and percussion (????)
In H – Paganini Variations, violin and percussion (????)
And this is a Fugue, 8 pianos (????)
Brass Quintet, op. 39 (2005)
Two Works for Digital Instruments, op. 41 (????)
Miniatures of 100 notes or less, [????], op. 42 (????)
When, not if – walking (the) line(s), 13 players, op. 45 (????)
One Trip to Buffalo, NY, 12 players, op. 45-b (????)
A Tanglewood Fanfare, [ensemble?], op. 46-a (????)
Pieces-a-day, [????] op. 46 b, c, d, e (????) [for the Tanglewood Music Center]
Principle and Situation, clarinet quintet (????)
Orphic Cantata, [????] (????)
SICS [Objective] Intermezzi, for six parts (2009)
FAYV [Objective Intermezzi], for five parts (????)
Watching the Stars over the Rhodopi Mountains in Silence, [trio; or quartet] (????)
Tychism, for six parts (????)
Dawn. Lake. Glistening Light, harp and percussion (????)
The ELGEA Quartet, string quartet (????)
String Quartet No. 2 (2006)
Be/alls, percussion (2008)
Instrument and Piano
Frenzi, clarinet and piano (2003)
Solo Instrument
Almost Serial, cello (????)
In Memoriam, guitar and tape (????)
op. 44 for Solo Trumpet (????)
Piece for Violoncello (… and Piano) (????)
Piece for One Percussionist (????)
Happy Memories, violin (2008)
Tongue-twister, flute (or bass flute) (????)
Meditation, portable pitched instrument (????)
Piano
And this is a Fugue, 8 pianos (????)
Piano Preludes, op. 36 (????)
Disc-hegis and Acisefis, 2 pianos (????)
Aîné(e), piano (????)
Háisdèg, piano (????)
Etudes, piano (????)
Dieziana, 2 pianos (????)
Star(red) – Ensemble – Danzare, 2 pianists performing on one piano (????)
Vocal
Song, soprano, piano, vibraphone, 1 timpani and triangle (????)
Three Songs, soprano and organ (????)
Two Songs, alto and piano (????)
Forbidden Memories, song cycle, contralto, bass clarinet/clarinet, viola and cello (????)
Moma Woywoda, soprano and piano (????)
Three War Songs, [voice and piano?], op. 43 (????)
Prudence et Désirs, soprano, piano and percussion (????)
Critique, soprano and clarinet (????)
Two Songs for Voice and Orchestra (????)
Cinderella – The Fairy Tale, narrator and orchestra (????)
Incidental/Film
Red light – Green light, short film score (????)
Bienvenida, short film score (????)
Macbeth, incidental music (2007)
A Man of Action, documentary film score (????)
Electronic/Electroacoustic
In Memoriam, guitar and tape (????)
FOL LINKS Works by Genre ~ top of page ~
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Composer's website . . . contact Alexandra Fol: here
see also here
Fol @ Twitter
Fol @ Wikipedia
Fol @ Composers Circle
Fol @ composition:today
Fol @ iacmusic [Independent Artists Company Music]
Fol @ LinkedIn
Fol @ MySpaceMusic
Publisher
Fol @ Composer's website
Streaming Audio
Fol @ Composer's website
Fol @ SoundCloud
Recordings
[none at the moment]
Video
Fol @ YouTube
Fol @ Google Video
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