Name: Nico Muhly - How Little You Are Preview by KMFA, Classical 89.5
Duration: 20 min 4 s
Description: Nico Muhly talks about his newest work, How Little You Are with KMFA's Content Director John Clare. They also talk about second performances, writing about Byrd versus Madonna, as well as his start in composition.

The piece is an expression of my anxiety about the impending climate catastrophe and frustrations regarding our collective short-sightedness in not enacting immediate and serious change to prevent it. The title is a combination of "The Keeling Curve" - a graph of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from 1958 to present - and "keening" - wailing in grief for the dead.

It was written for a collaboration with Life/Art Dance Ensemble and performed by the New Dawn Quartet

The Keening Curve

Ravel Prelude in a minor for electric guitars.

Ravel Prelude in a minor (1913)

Premiere of Septet by EEMS at Austin TX March 9th 2023, Januibe Tejera conducting.

Septet

Septet performed by the University of Texas New Music Ensemble led by Marc Sosnowchik - 22 September 2023

Reversal of Fortune (2012) for violin and cello

Commissioned by Life/Art Dance Ensemble (Denver, CO)

Reversal Of Fortune

Nico Muhly talks about his newest work, How Little You Are with KMFA's Content Director John Clare. They also talk about second performances, writing about Byrd versus Madonna, as well as his start in composition.

Nico Muhly - How Little You Are Preview

KMFA, Classical 89.5

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