For Unaccompanied Violin
By Oliver Knussen
Item:
12-0571525318
UPC:
9780571525317
ISBN 10:
0571525318
ISBN 13:
9780571525317
PRICE:
$8.25
Series:
Faber Edition
Category:
String - Violin Alone
Format:
Part
Instrument:
Violin
Instrumentation:
Violin
Level:
Advanced
Secret Psalm was originally written in 1990 for Nona Liddell to play at the memorial concert for Michael Vyner (1943-1989), Artistic Director of the London Sinfonietta for many years, who began life as a violinist and particularly loved the slow movement of one very well-known concerto, which provided the starting-point for the three "verses" of this short meditation.
In 2003 Oliver Knussen reworked Secret Psalm to include in a retrospective concert of his chamber music at Weill Hall in New York, where it was first performed by Jennifer Frautschi.