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- Nico Muhly
Shrink (2019)
(Concerto for Violin and Strings)- St. Rose Music Publishing (World)
Co-commissioned by Australian Chamber Orchestra, Melbourne Recital Centre, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra with the kind support of the MCO Foundation and Scottish Chamber Orchestra
- vn + str(5.4.3.3.2)
- vn + str(3.3.3.2.1)
- Violin
- 20 min
Programme Note
Shrink (Concerto for Violin and Strings) is in three movements. Each movement obsesses over certain intervals: the first, ninths; the second, sevenths; and the final, a tiny set of anxious intervals between unisons and fourths. The overall structure suggests an intensifying focus on these small building-blocks, a process which is reflected in the speed of each movement. The first proceeds quickly, becomes aggressive, and dissolves into small fragments. The second movement is slow and taut, with a looped sequence of chords whose character becomes increasingly thick and heavy. The last movement is fast, nervous, and scattered, with occasional giant unisons coming in and out of focus. Shrink is dedicated to Pekka Kuusisto.
– Nico Muhly
– Nico Muhly
Media
Shrink: I. Ninths
Shrink: II. Sixths
Shrink: III. Turns
Scores
Reviews
Muhly’s Shrink (2019), a glittering, jittery, mischievous violin concerto written for Kuusisto ...
The work reflects its title, contracting and intensifying as it progresses, a perfect mirror of the word “shrink” and a platform for Kuusisto in hyperactive, virtuosic mode ...
19th June 2021
Discography
First Light: Muhly & Glass
- LabelPentatone
- Catalogue NumberPTC5186745
- EnsembleNorwegian Chamber Orchestra
- SoloistPekka Kuusisto, violin; Nico Muhly, piano
- Released4th June 2021