Works for Chamber Ensembles

List of my works for

Chamber Ensembles

Dear Followers!
Here you can find a catalogue of my works for Chamber ensembles, arranged by year.
Some of the listed pieces have embedded recordings, either audio or from YouTube.
An addition, some of them have a READ MORE link to pages with additional information about the pieces themselves and their  performances.
Hope you will like them!

BOTTICELLI’S MAGNIFICAT (2010)
     For Viola and Piano
    (the first movement of Sonata for
    Viola & Piano as an independent piece)
 
BOTTICELLI’S “SPRING” (2007)
     For Piccolo & Harp

DEDICATED TO MARC CHAGALL (“HAVA NAGILA”) (2015)
     For Saxophone Quartet
   
IZKOR (1996)
     For 3 Marimbas & Timpan

JERUSALEM (2022)
    Poem for Harp Duo

JEWISH WEDDING (2008)
     Version for Clarinet and String Quartet
 
MEDITATION (1994)
     For Trombone & Piano
 
MUSICA DOLOROSA No. 2
     (1988) For Trombone Quartet
 
NIGUN (2010)
     Version for String Quartet
 
PASTORALE (1992)
     For Flute & Harp (version for Flute & Piano)
 
PASTORAL-ELEGY (2013)
     For Flute and String Trio
 
PRAYER (1994)
     For Viola & Piano (version for Violin & Piano, 1995)

PIANO TRIO (1976)
     For Violin, Violoncello and Piano 

SHULAMIT (1996)
     For Flute, Bassoon & Harp
 
SONATA FOR BASSON AND PIANO (2023) 
SONATA FOR VIOLA AND PIANO (2012) 
SONATA FOR VIOLIN & PIANO (1980) 
STRINGS OF LOVE (2015)
     For Viola d’Amore, Guitar (or Harp) and Violoncello
 
STRING QUARTET (1974)
     
For Violin, Violoncello and Piano 
STRING QUARTET No. 2 (2014) 
THE SCARLET SAIL (1995)
     For Violin & Piano
 
THE SHORT MUSICAL TRAVEL (2008)
     For 2 Marimbas
 
THE SILENT MUSIC (1997)
     For Viola & Harp (versions for Viola & Piano,
     Violin & Piano, Clarinet & Harp)
 
THREE PIECES FOR FLUTE QUINTET (2008) 
TWO PIECES FOR TUBA & PIANO (1999) 

SONATA FOR BASSOON AND PIANO (2023)

  • Duration: ca. 16 minutes

JERUSALEM (2022)

Poem for Harp Duo

  • Duration: ca. 14 minutes

DEDICATED TO MARC CHAGALL ("HAVA NAGILA") (2015)

For Saxophone Quartet

  • Duration: ca. 9 minutes
  • Premiere

     Jerusalem Academy of Music of Dance Saxophone Quartet
     Jerusalem, 2015

  • Recording from the performance by the

     Mestizo Saxophone Quartet
     2018

STRINGS OF LOVE (2015)

For Viola d'Amore, Guitar (or Harp) and Violoncello

  • Duration: ca. 10 minutes
  • Premiere

     Archi d’amore Zelanda
         Donald MAURICE – Viola
         Emma GOODBEHERE – Cello
         Jane CURRY – Guitar
     Viola D’amore Congress
     Poland, 2016Tirana, Albania, September 17, 2021

STRING QUARTET No. 2 (2014)

  • Duration: ca. 27 minutes
  • Premiere

     Philharmonic String Quartet Berlin
         Dorian XHOXHI – Violin
         Helena MADOKA BERG – Violin
         Kyoungmin PARK – Viola
         Christoph HEESCH – Violoncello
      Israel – Albania Cultural Festival
      Tirana, Albania, September 17, 2021

"PASTORAL-ELEGY" (2013)

For Flute and String Trio

  • Duration: ca. 7 minutes
  • Premiere

     Lior EITAN – Flute
     IPO Members
     Israel, 2013

  • Recording from Premiere:

SONATA FOR VIOLA AND PIANO (2012)

  • Duration: ca. 26 minutes
  • World Premiere at International Viola Congress, Krakow, Poland, Sep 2013

     Donald MAURICE – Viola
     Wioletta FLUDA – Piano

  • Included in "Home Is Where" CD launched by by Attol, NZ, 2012. Starred by:

     Donald MAURICE – Viola
     Richard MAPP – Piano

  • Recording from US premiere (Movements 1, 2, 3) by:

     Peter MINKLER – Viola
     Lura JOHNSON – Piano
     USA, 2015

BOTTICELLI'S MAGNIFICAT (2010)

For Viola and Piano (the first movement of Sonata for Viola & Piano as an independent piece)

  • Duration: ca. 10 minutes
  • Premiere:

     Donald MAURICE – Viola
     Richard MAPP – Piano
     New Zealand, 2012

  • Recording from performance by:

     Elvira MISBAKHOVA – Viola
     Irina KRASNYANSKAYA – Piano
     Canada, 2018

  • Recording from performance by:

     Matan NOUSSIMOVICH – Viola
     Pazit GAL – Piano
     2013

NIGUN (2010)

Version for String Quartet

     Dominion String Quartet
         Donald MAURICE – Viola
         Yuri GEZENTSVEY – Violin
         Rosemary HARRIS – Violin
         David CHICKERING – Cello
     2010

THE SHORT MUSICAL TRAVEL (2008)

For 2 Marimbas

  • Duration: ca. 13 minutes
  • Premiere:

     Tomer YARIV and Adi MORAG
     Tel-Aviv (Israel), 2008

THREE PIECES FOR FLUTE QUINTET (2008)

  • Duration: ca. 13 minutes
  • Premiere:

     Petah-Tikva Conservatoire Fluite Quintet
     Tel-Aviv (Israel), 2008

JEWISH WEDDING (2008)

Version for Clarinet and String Quartet

  • Duration: ca. 9 minutes
  • Recorded for "Klezmer & Strings" CD, release by "Pianissimo Musik"
  • Premiere in Germany and European Tour (Germany, Austria, Holland, Switzerland, Russia and Ukraine) by:

     Giora FEIDMAN & Gershwin Quartet

BOTTICELLI'S "SPRING" (2007)

For Piccolo & Harp

  • Duration: ca. 12 minutes
  • Premiere:

     Lior EITAN – Piccolo
     Julia ROVINSKY – Harp
     Raanana (Israel), 2008

  • Recording from another peformance by Lior EITAN and Julia ROVINSKY (2019):

TWO PIECES FOR TUBA & PIANO (1999)

  • Duration: ca. 6 minutes

THE SILENT MUSIC (1997)

For Viola & Harp (versions for Viola & Piano, Violin & Piano, Clarinet & Harp)

     Donald MAURICE – Viola
     Carolyn MILLS – Harp

  • Recording from performance by:

     Barbara SUDWEEKS – Viola
     Susan DEDERICH-PEJOVICH – Harp
     2013

  • Recording of version for Violin and Piano, from peformance by:

     Litsa TUNNAH – Violin
     Petr LIMONOV – Piano
     2011

SHULAMIT (1996)

For Flute, Bassoon & Harp

     Lior EITAN – Piccolo
     Tzipi EITAN – Bassoon
     Julia ROVINSKY – Harp
     1996

  • Recording from performance by:

     Lior EITAN – Piccolo
     Uzi SHALEV – Bassoon
     Julia ROVINSKY – Harp
     2000

IZKOR (1996)

For 3 Marimbas & Timpani

THE SCARLET SAIL (1995)

For Violin & Piano

          The best was The Scarlet Sail, a lyric and imaginative work by the Israeli composer Boris Pigovat, played by Jonathan Gandelsman

  • Premiere:

     Jonathan GANDELSMAN – Violin
     Janna GANDELSMAN – Piano
     Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition
     Vienna, 1996

  • Recording from performance by:

     Litsa TUNNAH – Violin
     Alison RHIND – Piano
     2008

PRAYER (1994)

For Viola & Piano (version for Violin & Piano, 1995)

     Carmit ZORI – Violin
     Gilbert KALISH – Piano

     Donald MAURICE – Viola
     Richard MAPP – Piano

     Gilad KARNI – Viola
     Anna KEISERMAN – Piano
     2016

     Gilad KARNI – Viola
     Anna KEISERMAN – Piano
     2016

  • Recording of version for Violin and Piano, performed by:

     Litsa TUNNAH – Violin
     Petr LIMONOV – Piano
     2011

MEDITATION (1994)

For Trombone & Piano

PASTORALE (1992)

For Flute & Harp (version for Flute & Piano)

     Uri SHOHAM – Flute
     Irena KAGANOVSKAYA-KESSLER – Harp

MUSICA DOLOROSA No. 2 (1988)

For Trombone Quartet

     F. List Music Academia Trombone Quartet (Hungary)
     Barch (Hungary), 1989

  • Recording from premiere:

SONATA FOR VIOLIN & PIANO (1980)

     Ruslan YUSUPOV – Violin
     Vitaly FINKELBERG – Piano
     Dushanbe (Tadjikistan), 1980

  • Recording from performance by:

     Litsa TUNNAH – Violin
     Petr LIMONOV – Piano
     2010

  • Recording from peformance by:

     Alexander STARK – Violin
     Bella STEIBUCK – Piano
     2006

PIANO TRIO (1976)

For Violin, Violoncello and Piano

     Lara LEV – Violin
     Nonna NATZVLISHVILI – Violoncello
     Anatoly SHELUDYAKOV – Piano
     Moscow, 1976

  • Recording from performance by:

     Ruslan YUSUPOV – Violin
     Georgy CHERKASSOV – Violonchello
     Vitaly FINKELBERG – Piano
     1980 (old recording)

STRING QUARTET (1974)

For Violin, Violoncello and Piano

  • Duration: ca. 16 minutes
  • Premiere:

     Zina STRUTINA – Violin
     Olga KISELEVA – Violin
     Inna HIGER – Viola
     Nonna NATZVLISHVILI – Violoncello
     Moscow, 1974