Collon/ Aurora Orchestra
Kings Place, 5th April 2019
“Dark with excessive bright thy skirts appear.” This quotation, an evocative description of God from Book 3 of Milton’s Paradise Lost, intrigued composer Missy Mazzoli, who writes “I love the impossibility of this phrase.” It’s a phrase, however, which she feels describes the “dark but heartrending” sound of the double bass. She adopts it for the title of her terrific double bass concerto, given its European premiere by co-commissioners Aurora Orchestra as part of a fabulous programme which frequently hit the heavenly heights.
Ben Griffiths performs Dark with Excessive Bright
© Nick Rutter
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