Elena Ruehr

An evocation of the sound world of Schubert's Sonatas, especially channeling Schubert's D959. The references to Schubert are sometimes direct, but often altered in slight ways to evoke the dreamy sens...

Crecí en una parte muy hermosa del mundo, la península de Keweenaw, en la Alta Península de Michigan, que fue un centro de minería del cobre pero que ahora es un maravilloso desierto de bosques, lagos...

Long Pond es un pequeño y hermoso lago de Cape Cod, donde he pasado mucho tiempo. Quería escribir una pieza que evocara unos días encantadores en ese lugar concreto. Comienza con la salida de la luna...

En marzo de 2023 escuché un concierto de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Boston de Canciones dolorosas de Górecki, y me recordó al famoso Adagio para cuerdas de Barber. En ese momento estaba escribiendo mi U...

Elena Ruehr's first string quartet is an exploration of four distinct and storied ideas. The first movement, 'Patterns, ' may be performed on its own, and combines traditions of form, rhythm, and moti...

All four movements of this quartet have a basis in ancient traditional music from different parts of the world. The first movement's melody was composed on a small toy flute, making use of Middle East...

Each year the Cypress String Quartet selects two works from the standard quartet repertoire and commissions a third work based on inspiration derived from two older works. String Quartet No. 4 was wri...

A string quartet in ten movements based on the novel by Ann Patchett (Bel Canto), commissioned by and dedicated to the Cypress String Quartet. This piece takes one through the novel, develops its char...

Written for the Cypress String Quartet, partially commissioned by the Fromm Foundation, and dedicated to Todd Donovan. If there were a nickname for this quartet, it might be the 'Romantic Quartet. ' A...