Secret Psalm
For Solo Violin
by Oliver Knussen
Small Ensemble - Sheet Music

Unaccompanied violin - Advanced

SKU: AP.12-0571525318

For Solo Violin. Composed by Oliver Knussen. Masterworks; Solo; Solo Small Ensembles; String - Violin Alone. Faber Edition. 20th Century; Masterwork. Part(s). Faber Music #12-0571525318. Published by Faber Music (AP.12-0571525318).

ISBN 9780571525317. English.

Secret Psalm was originally written in 1990 for Nona Liddell to play at the memorial concert for Michael Vyner (1943-1989), Artistic Director of the London Sinfonietta for many years, who began life as a violinist and particularly loved the slow movement of one very well-known concerto, which provided the starting-point for the three verses of this short meditation.
In 2003 Oliver Knussen reworked Secret Psalm to include in a retrospective concert of his chamber music at Weill Hall in New York, where it was first performed by Jennifer Frautschi.