In all honesty, when I was invited by Min Kwon to participate in this project, I was quite reluctant. I find nationalistic sentiment dangerous, and will not write or sing praise songs to this or any nation. I am surely not alone in this, especially now that we’ve seen some of this nation’s most powerful citizens implement terror, cruelty, and violence against the most vulnerable, under a false banner of patriotism. In the end, instead of declining the invitation, I managed to assemble this depleted, ambivalent, mournful echo of the original.
– Vijay Iyer
Auftragswerk : | Commissioned by and written for pianist Min Kwon and the Center for Musical Excellence |
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Difficulty: | advanced |
Performance duration: | 4' 0" |
Publisher: | Schott Music Corporation |
Year of composition: | 2021 |
page number: | 8 |
In all honesty, when I was invited by Min Kwon to participate in this project, I was quite reluctant. I find nationalistic sentiment dangerous, and will not write or sing praise songs to this or any nation. I am surely not alone in this, especially now that we’ve seen some of this nation’s most powerful citizens implement terror, cruelty, and violence against the most vulnerable, under a false banner of patriotism. In the end, instead of declining the invitation, I managed to assemble this depleted, ambivalent, mournful echo of the original.
– Vijay Iyer
Auftragswerk : | Commissioned by and written for pianist Min Kwon and the Center for Musical Excellence |
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Difficulty: | advanced |
Performance duration: | 4' 0" |
Publisher: | Schott Music Corporation |
Year of composition: | 2021 |
page number: | 8 |