Nico Muhly: A Great Many Things
Details
| Title | Nico Muhly: A Great Many Things |
| Author | AustralianVoices |
| Duration | 5:31 |
| File Format | MP3 / MP4 |
| Original URL | https://youtube.com/watch?v=J0Yx-8OESA0 |
Description
Elinore Pruitt Stewart was a Wyoming settler and memoirist who wrote letters between 1909 and 1914 describing her life and hardships on the American frontier. Nico Muhly's setting of this letter forms part of TAV's 'Far and Near' commissions in 2020, in response to the shutdowns. Nico himself features (from faraway New York City) on keyboard.
The text:
𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑒, 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑎 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑛'𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑡, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒. 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠, 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ𝑦, 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙-𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛, 𝑚𝑦 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛, ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡 ℎ𝑢𝑠𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑, 𝑚𝑦 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑, 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑘 𝑐𝑜𝑤𝑠, 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝐼 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓.
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙, 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑦 𝑗𝑜𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒.
The Australian Voices
Conductor | Gordon Hamilton
Solo Soprano | Christina Mairs
Keyboard | Nico Muhly
A Great Many Things
Text | Elinore Pruitt Stewart
Music | Nico Muhly
Sound Engineer | David Spearritt
Director | Tnee Dyer, Raw Mint Studios
Video Edit | Sam Dale
