Composed in 1974 and commissioned by the McKim Fund in the Library of Congress Duo was first performed by Paul Zukofsky and Gilbert Kalish on March 21 1975. It reflects the contrast between the sounds made by stroking the violin with the bow and those made by striking the piano.

Platinum Spirals was commissioned in 1976 by the American National Endowment for the Arts and dedicated to the composer?s father who was a geologist and mining engineer. It explores the malleability and flexibility of the metal stretching the melodic lines into spirals. Scored for solo Violin. Joan Tower (b. 1938) is a contemporary American composer pianist and conductor. She has become renowned for her bold and spirited compositions. The New Yorker has described her as ?one of the most successful woman composers of all time? and she is still in demand for commissions today.

Score-Wallingford Riegger's Study In Sonority Op. 7 for 10 Violins (or any multiple thereof).

This is one of Martinu's most dramatic and darkest duo works. This is not surprising; the sonata dates from 1944 when Martinu had exiled himself to the United States and Europe was still struggling amid the turbulence of WorldWar II.