Weissberg Previews Music for Strings and Brass

Music for Strings and Brass will be Weissberg's first work to be released for a record label. String Quartet No. 2 Mvt. II provides the first preview from the collection. Weissberg says the movement was the first one he composed for String Quartet No. 2.

The quartet was composed using a traditional structure, while this movement was written intuitively. Weissberg wrote its melodies by singing while riding his bicycle. He describes the movement as more lyrical and similar to a folk song.

Over the past decade, Weissberg has become known for work as a jazz and pop instrumentalist and arranger. His early work includes The Cradle's Bag of Holding and Girlpool's What Chaos Is Imaginary. More recent and upcoming work includes projects with The Lemon Twigs, More Eaze, June McDoom, Caroline Rose and Allegra Krieger.

Weissberg has moved further toward classical composition, working on pieces for guitar and winds as well as film scores for chamber orchestra. He draws inspiration from late Romantic and modernist composers.