Commissioned by Kronos Quartet for the Celebrate Brooklyn Festival. Premiere 12th March 2009 at the MusicNOW Festival and 18th July 2009 in Prospect Park Brooklyn.Bryce Dessner is a composer/guitarist/curator based in NewYork City. He has received widespread acclaim as a composer and guitarist for the improvising new music quartet Clogs. Bryce has performed and/or recorded with some of the world’s most creative musicians including songwritersSufjan Stevens Bon Iver and Antony Hegarty Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo composers Steve Reich Philip Glass Nico Muhly and Michael Gordon the contemporary ensembles Kronos Quartet the Bang on a Can All-Stars andvisual artist Matthew Ritchie.
