An Unexpected Encounter for String Orchestra (or String Quintet)

2010 | Commissioned by A Far Cry | 5 minutes 30 seconds

Contact for score and parts.
Also available for solo piano.

Frazin’s new work, An Unexpected Encounter, is a modest piece, a kind of rolling, sighing adagio indebted to Barber in its elegiac mood and in its chosen sound world. The Criers, as they have dubbed themselves, gave the work a well-prepared and lucid reading.
Jeremy Eichler, The Boston Globe

The piece was well-crafted, reminding one of Pärt in its ritualistic repetitions and evolving diatonicism.
Classical Voice of New England

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Past Performances

MusicFest Canada

National Arts Centre
Ottawa, Canada
May 18, 2012

Rivers Conservatory Honors String Ensemble
Magdalena Richter, director

Rivers Conservatory 34th Annual Seminar on Contemporary Music

Bradley Hall
Weston, MA
April 29, 2012

Rivers Conservatory Honors String Ensemble
Magdalena Richter, director

A Far Cry

University of New Hampshire’s Johnson Theatre
Durham, NH
April 8, 2010

A Far Cry

A Far Cry

St. John’s Episcopal Church
Jamaica Plain, MA
April 3, 2010

A Far Cry

A Far Cry (Premiere)

Jordan Hall
Boston, MA
April 2, 2010

A Far Cry