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        • Nico Muhly

        • From Here on Out (2007)

        • St. Rose Music Publishing (World)

        Commissioned by American Ballet Theater

        • 2+pic.2.2(bcl).2(cbn)/4.3.2+btbn.1/3perc/hp.pf/str (14.12.10.8.6)
        • 22 min

        Programme Note

        When Benjamin and I first met in Paris in 2006, he was always playing Bach. For our project with ABT, I thought I would incorporate his love of repeated chords into a set of variations on a bass line, making a simple outline for the structure of the piece (an energetic ramp with a plateau representing the central pas de deux). The music begins with a brief introduction outlining the harmonic language and pulse-based rhythms. The passacaglia theme emerges in the double-basses and celli. Instruments are drawn towards the line – a bassoon, a piano, a marimba, an insect-like rustling of strings, and the piece becomes a gradual process of addition, as the sonority changes from earthly obscurity to piercing brightness. The pas de deux interrupts this process, with a new bass line, a louche, French texture, and some ominous growling from the low brass. The energies of the final section clear the air, and a loud statement of the bass line closes the piece.

        Nico Muhly

        Media

        Muhly: From Here On Out / Part I (Fast)
        Muhly: From Here On Out / Part II (Slow)
        Muhly: From Here On Out / Part III (Fast)

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