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- Bryce Dessner
Lachrimae (2012)
- Chester Music Ltd (World)
Lachrimae was commissioned by the Amsterdam Sinfonietta, the Scottish Ensemble, and the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
Programme Note
Lachrimae is a direct reference to John Dowland's work of the same name. I had played that that piece in school on guitar and decided that I wanted to base something on it. Dowland himself adapted the piece several times into different versions and there's also a Benjamin Britten composition based on the same piece of music, so that was part of my inspiration. When I wrote my work I was listening to string orchestra music and I think Bartók's Divertimento is the pinnacle of string writing. So the piece is kind of equally inspired by Dowland's Rennaissance Lachrimae and by Bartók's Divertimento.
Media
Lachrimae
Scores
Reviews
Dessner's qualities become apparent: pulsating energy, good timing, dramatic power - and especially the ability to fan out, roughen and vary the string sound. This lively music is therefore an enormous enrichment for the string orchestra repertoire.
Discography
Tenebre
- LabelResonanzraum
- Catalogue NumberRPR 002
- EnsembleEnsemble Resonanz
- SoloistMoses Sumney
- Released11th October 2019
St. Carolyn by the Sea
- LabelDeutsche Grammophon
- Catalogue Number479 2388
- ConductorAndré de Ridder
- EnsembleCopenhagen Philharmonic
- SoloistBryce Dessner (electric guitar), Aaron Dessner (electric guitar)
- Released3rd February 2014
More Info
- Bryce Dessner portrait concert and world premiere of violin concerto for chamber orchestra in Munich
- 4th April 2024
- The Munich Chamber Orchestra presents a portrait concert of Bryce Dessner on April 13, and later, on June 13 premieres Dessner’s Violin Concerto (chamber version) with soloist Pekka Kuusisto.
