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- Bryce Dessner
Wires (2016)
- Chester Music Ltd (World)
Commissioned by Ensemble InterContemporain and NTR ZaterdagMatinee, and premiered on September 24, 2016 at Philharmonie de Paris, France, conducted by Matthias Pintscher.
- 2(II/pic).1.2(II/bcl).2/1111/2perc/hp.pf/egtr/str(min. 30221 or multiple)
- 14 min
- 3rd May 2024, Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America
- 4th May 2024, Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America
Programme Note
Bryce Dessner considers Wires to be his most avant-garde work to date. The commission by the Ensemble Intercontemporain and ZaterdagMatinee provided an opportunity for Dessner to move out of his comfort zone and to write some thing using a totally new musical language. Dessner combines his influences from New York with the European Avant-Garde to create a wonderful fusion of rhythm and sound
The focus of the piece is quite literally wires: wires that connect us, wires that make sound and wires that separate us from one another. Three wired instruments stand in the foreground of this triple chamber concerto: the electric guitar, the harp and the piano.
The focus of the piece is quite literally wires: wires that connect us, wires that make sound and wires that separate us from one another. Three wired instruments stand in the foreground of this triple chamber concerto: the electric guitar, the harp and the piano.