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Trouble

for violin and chamber orchestra
violon et orchestre de chambre
Edition: Matériel d'exécution

Détails du produit

Description

“Good trouble,” “necessary trouble” — these are favorite phrases of U.S. Representative John Lewis, referring to the strategies and tactics of the Civil Rights movement and the ongoing struggles for equality and justice in the last six decades.

When meeting with Jennifer Koh over the past year to discuss the details of this piece, I often found it difficult to focus; typically we found ourselves instead recoiling in horror at the events of any given day. This pattern has only intensified since January 20th, as we find our communities, our country, and our planet in greater peril with each passing hour. In creating the piece I found myself both channeling and pushing against the sensation of extreme precarity that pervades our moment.

I didn’t want to rehash the typical narrative positioning a heroic individual over or against a multitude. Ms. Koh told me that the soloist could instead be viewed as someone willing to be vulnerable, to publicly venture where most people won’t, to accept a role that no one else will accept, to bear the unbearable. In other words, the soloist can embody the relationship of an artist to her community: not so much a “leader” or “hero,” but something more like a shaman, a conduit for the forces in motion around us.

The third movement is dedicated to Vincent Chin, whose murder in the early 80s signaled an ongoing pattern of violent hate crimes against people of color. His death became a watershed moment for antiracist activism, which is as urgently needed today as it has ever been.

– Vijay Iyer

Orchestral Cast

1(afl, pic).1(ca).1(bcl).1-1.1.1.1-timp.2perc(gong, rain stick, s.d, b.d, cym, tub bells, glsp, xylo, mar, vib, finger cym)-pno-str

Contenu

I Prelude: Erasure
II Normale
III For Vincent Chin
IV Cozening
V Interlude: Accretion
VI Assembly

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Titre:
Trouble
for violin and chamber orchestra
Edition:
Matériel d'exécution
Niveau de difficulté:
avancé
Maison d'édition:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
2017
Durée:
25 ′
Première:
8 juin 2017 · Ojai, CA (USA)
Libbey Bowl
Ojai Music Festival 2017
Jennifer Koh, violin · Musikalische Leitung: Steven Schick · International Contemporary Ensemble; Oberlin Conservatory Contemporary Music Ensemble

Travaux commandés :
Co-commissioned by the Ojai Music Festival, Cal Performances at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, music director
Série:

Détails techniques

Numéro du produit:
LSMC 50755

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