“MUYUY, The circle of life”

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“MUYUY, The circle of life”

“MUYUY, The circle of life”
Commissioned by The Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director
World premiere:
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
December 07, 09 & 10 | 2023
Verizon Hall | Kimmel Cultural Campus | Philadelphia

SCORING
Piccolo
2 Flutes
2 Oboes
English horn
2 Clarinets in Bb
Bass Clarinet in Bb
2 Bassoons
Contrabassoon
4 Horns in F
3 Trumpets in C
2 Trombone
Bass Trombon
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion (3)
I – Glockenspiel, xilophone, suspended cymbal,
mark tree, wind wood chimes (bamboo), maracas, grelots, rain stick, reco reco
II – Marimba, crotales, tam tam (also played by the percussionist III), 4 roto-toms, 2 congas,
5 wood-blocks
III – Vibraphone, bass drum, tam tam (also played by the percussionist II)
.
Harp
Piano (doubling celesta)
Strings
Duration: 12 minutes

COMPOSER’S NOTE
Note in english
Muyu is a term from the Quechua language that means circle.
The original indigenous peoples of the Andes Mountains considered life as a circle, we know that a circle has neither beginning nor end.
Therefore, in the Andean conception, life has neither beginning nor end, in any case, it continues turning.
It is also a verb, “MUYUY” where life and death are articulated with each other and disease is articulated with life.
The disease arises because there is an imbalance in this path of the circle (“MUYU”)
This work was composed during the 2020 pandemic, inspired by that concept of the Quechuas that tells us that life is a “MUYU” circle whose
verb “MUYUY” tells us about the disease as part of that cycle of life where life, illness and death are integrated in a continuity without beginning or end,
everything is transformed and continues.
This work composed in an ABA structure.
A = Represents the dizzying and chaotic rhythm of man on his planet.
B: represents the calm to which the earth invites us in quarantine, nature regenerates, lowers pollution levels,
the planet is cleansed of the damage done by man, the sounds of nature, mineral sounds are heard more , vegetable, aquatic, aerial.
And in the final section, the dizzying rhythm of section A returns, life continues, death is transformation, everything continues,
nothing has a beginning or an end in this circle of life.
The Earth remains.

 

Nota en español

Muyu es un término de la lengua quechua que significa circulo.
Los pueblos indígenas originarios de la Cordillera de los Andes consideraban a la vida como un círculo, sabemos que un círculo no tiene ni principio ni final,
por lo tanto, en la concepción andina la vida no tiene principio ni final, en todo caso, sigue dando vuelta.
También es un verbo, “MUYUY” donde la vida y la muerte se articulan una con la otra y también la enfermedad, se articula con la vida.
La enfermedad surge porque existe un desequilibrio en este recorrer del circulo (“MUYU”).
Esta obra, fue compuesta durante la pandemia del 2020, inspirándome en ese concepto de los quechuas que nos dice que la vida es un círculo “MUYU”
cuyo verbo “MUYUY” nos habla de la enfermedad como parte de ese recorrido circular de la vida donde vida, enfermedad y muerte se integran en una
continuidad sin principio ni final, todo se trasforma y continua.
Esta obra compuesta en una estructura ABA.
A: Representa el ritmo vertiginoso y caótico del hombre en su planeta.
B: Representa la calma a la que la tierra nos invita en la cuarentena, la naturaleza se regenera, baja los niveles de polución, el planeta se depura de los daños
realizados por el hombre, se escuchan más los sonidos de la naturaleza, sonidos minerales, vegetales, acuáticos, aéreos.
Y en la sección final, se retorna el ritmo vertiginoso de la sección A: la vida continua, la muerte es transformación, todo continua,
nada tiene ni principio ni final en este círculo de la vida. La Tierra permanece.
Esteban Benzecry
August 2020

Year

2020

Instrumentation

Piccolo
2 Flutes
2 Oboes
English horn
2 Clarinets in Bb
Bass Clarinet in Bb
2 Bassoons
Contrabassoon
4 Horns in F
3 Trumpets in C
2 Trombone
Bass Trombon
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion (3)
I - Glockenspiel, xilophone, suspended cymbal,
mark tree, wind wood chimes (bamboo), maracas, grelots, rain stick, reco reco
II - Marimba, crotales, tam tam (also played by the percussionist III), 4 roto-toms, 2 congas,
5 wood-blocks
III - Vibraphone, bass drum, tam tam (also played by the percussionist II)
.
Harp
Piano (doubling celesta)
Strings

Duration

12 minutes

Premiere

The Philadelphia Orchestra
December 07, 2023
Verizon Hall | Kimmel Cultural Campus | Philadelphia

Conductor

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Commission

Commissioned by The Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director

Published

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