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for SSATTB solo voices, Children's Chorus and SSATTB Chorus, a cappella.

Mezmer for string quartet is an adaptation of the last movement of Re-Collecting ASTORoids, an earlier suite for orchestra from Kats-Chernin. Commissioned by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the suite was written in tribute to Astor Piazzolla and is clearly inspired by tango, though Kats-Chernin uses various rhythms as her source of inspiration. Mezmer is a miniature and has an intimate, smoky feel with a bluesy violin solo laden with vibrato. An air of solitude and reflection surrounds the piece.

Selections for intermediate to advanced level pianists, including Butterflying, Eliza Aria, Fast Blue Village, Russian Rag and more. This beautiful collection of contemporary solo piano music by Elena Kats-Chernin, a prolific and celebrated Australian composer, is a feast for the intermediate to advanced pianist...Kats-Chernin's understanding of the language of balletic movement, at once both highly rhythmic and lyric, is strongly felt. Through all - moods whimsical, sorrowful, contemplative and soaring - the composer's voice is clear and colorful. - American Music Teacher

Originally written for a suite called Silver Poetry, a Suite on Australian Images, for German flautist Christiane Meininger, whose specially designed flute bears that name (Poesie in Silber), this short piece was composed on the day I went for a walk in Russell Falls in Tasmania, and I encountered the small pink breasted robin, a rare tiny and very pretty bird. It had such a charming aura about it as well as something very theatrical in the way it just took off in a flash. This piece has something of a circus character. -Elena Kats-Chernin

Transcriptions and original piano works from the composer of Wild Swans Suite and Book of Rags. Easy to Intermediate level.

Elena Kats-Chernin wrote this for her son, diagnosed with mental illness, wishing the label to be taken off his back. The combination of syllables reflects the emotions and turmoil of his condition.

After the success of her piano album Piano Village, Elena Kats-Chernin now presents a new volume: unsent love letters is a tribute to the eccentric genius Erik Satie. In Satie's apartment, dozens of unsent love letters were found after his death. Elena Kats-Chernin now sends these letters in 26 meditative and passionate piano miniatures.