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- Nico Muhly
Doom Painting (2024)
(Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra)- St. Rose Music Publishing (World)
Commissioned by the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, NTR SaturdayMatinee, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, and Hallé Concerts Society with the generous support of their sponsors CMS and the Hallé Commissioners Circle
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Unavailable for performance.
- tpt + 2(II:pic).2.2.1+cbn/2.2.1+btbn.1/2perc/pf(cel)/str
- Trumpet
- 25 min
- 14th March 2025, Queen Elisabeth Hall, Antwerp, Belgium
- 15th March 2025, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke, Ghent, Belgium
Programme Note
Doom Painting, for Tine Thing Helseth, is a concerto in three sections which engages with the history, both real and symbolic, of trumpets in the bible. The first movement (Clarioun) treats the trumpet as a ceremonial object: accompanying processions, sacrifices, and rituals both solemn and celebratory. The second movement (Doom Painting), explores in abstraction the very musical rhythms of sacred wall-paintings depicting the last judgement and the end of the world. The third movement (Every Thing That Hath Breath) is a purely joyful tour of the trumpet’s role in the psalms; I’ve long maintained that the psalms are, in many ways, an orchestration manual, ending with psalm 150: a short but concise list of instruments of jubilation. In this piece, I try to explore the trumpet’s expressive possibilities as an ancient instrument, predating most other instruments in the modern orchestra.
-Nico Muhly
More Info
- Muhly premieres over coming months
- 17th January 2025
- It's an exciting and busy few months for Nico Muhly, with three World Premieres and two Country Premieres taking place around the globe.