Composed specifically with COVID restrictions in mind, this orchestral work premiered online in November 2020, with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting. The work is divided into 13 movements:
Mesh
Chorale
Together/Apart
Berceuse
Low Metal
Low Pattern
Three Fast Lines
Improvisation No. 2
Trouble
Low Wood
A...
Remov'd from Town
As if no Kings
On Earth there were, or living Things
The silent Skies salute mine Eyes, the Seas
My Soul surround; no Rest I found, or Ease
My roving Mind
Search'd ev'ry Corner of the spacious Earth
From Sky to Sky
From Sky to Sky
From Sky to Sky
Throughline was written by Nico Muhly.
Nico Muhly released Throughline on Sat Nov 14 2020.
From the concert’s program note:
A maximum of six orchestral players could be on stage at once, none of which could be a breath-based instrument, who had to be recorded individually. Soloists would be recorded remotely from across the globe, and it would all be assembled through an intricate editin...