Nico Muhly

This short work for piano was commissioned by Adam Tendler as part of his "Inheritances" project. It is a sort of memory-piece, which began as a simple chorale with a set piece of text from the book o...

Viola Concerto is a piece composed by Nico Muhly for Viola and Piano Reduction. This piece is dedicated to the violist Nadia Sirota, for whom it was written and by whom it was first performed. A full...

Spring Figures is a short reaction to Charline von Heyl’s reimagination of Botticelli’s Primavera . The piece, for solo cello, takes its cue from the menace of the vertical lines of the background of...

Commissioned by Gondwana Choirs and Lyn Williams, Artistic Director. The first performance was given on July 15th, 2019 at Sydney Opera House Concert Hall.

A treble voice setting of a text by Australian poet Roberta 'Bobbi' Sykes. Commissioned by the Gondwana Choirs and their Artistic Director, Lyn Williams. It was premiered at Sydney Opera House Concert...

Commissioned by Chanticleer and premiered in April 2022, "Beauty of the Day" is a setting of texts that capture the wonder and grandeur of the natural world, and we can't imagine a more perfect topic...

Commissioned by Dartington Music Summer School & Festival - Summer 2021.

For The Reverend Graeme Napier, Rector of St John's in the Village, New York City, on the occasion of his Silver Anniversary of Ordination to the Priesthood, celebrated on 12 September 2021. Gift of t...

Commissioned by the Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford. A setting of Thomas Traherne from The Anticipation.

With text by Alice Goodman (2024), after John of Grimestone (14th Century), this carol is scored for SATB choir, male voice semichorus and organ. It was commissioned by Harrow School and first perform...

This short anthem sets a text from the wartime poem Candlemas, 1915 by Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941). It was first performed on 2 February 2025 by the Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, conducted by Ma...

Moving Parts' is the music for Benjamin Millepied's ballet of the same name. Scored for Violin, Clarinet and Pipe Organ, the piece is a series of rhythmic etudes. The slow movement is a very slow pass...

Big Time is a composition by Nico Muhly for String Quartet and Percussion (1 player). Commissioned by the Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival for their 20th anniversary in 2012, the performance las...

Big Time is a composition by Nico Muhly for String Quartet and Percussion (1 player). Commissioned by the Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival for their 20th anniversary in 2012, the performance las...

Nico Muhly’s New-Made Tongue sets text by Thomas Traherne for countertenor and small ensemble. It was Commissioned by Oliver Zeffman as one of Eight Songs from Isolation for a premiere recording with...

Nico Muhly’s New-Made Tongue sets text by Thomas Traherne for countertenor and small ensemble. It was Commissioned by Oliver Zeffman as one of Eight Songs from Isolation for a premiere recording with...

An arrangement of Dowland’s I Saw My Lady Weep followed by a set of variations for trombone and string quartet.

A fourteen-minute work for ensemble commissioned by Omega Ensemble and premiered in Melbourne in 2021.

A nine-minute work for ensemble. Commissioned by Wigmore Hall and Aspen Music Festival and School, Robert Spano, Music Director. The first performance was given by the Jess Gillam Ensemble at Wigmore...

This short work is written for a chamber ensemble of flute, clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), violin and cello. It takes its title from a man named James Drown, who in the early 19th century spent 5...

Written for countertenor and string ensemble, this is a setting of Consummation by Thomas Traherne, and is in response to Bellini’s St. Francis in Ecstasy. Commissioned by The Frick Collection, the fi...

Nico Muhly 's Fast Dances (2014) for two Harps. Score and parts.

Transcribed for Harp, Falling Berceuse was written for solo piano by Nico Muhly during the Coronavirus lock-down and premiered by the talented musician and cellist Leo Popplewell.