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To celebrate the world premiere of American composer Nico Muhly’s How Little You Are, KMFA created an exclusive online playlist featuring 24 hours of Muhly’s music, influences, interviews, and related performances. It features music from Austin’s Grammy-award-winning choral ensemble, Conspirare, and the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, who will both be performing in the world premiere on Saturday. The stream also features Muhly’s influences and collaborators, like Philip Glass and Bjork. For more information please visit http://kmfa.org Playlist Section 1 | 12 p.m. (time stamps are approximate) Clear Music Nico Muhly It goes without saying Nico Muhly Quiet Music Nico Muhly Interview with Nico Muhly | March 2015 Mothertongue Nico Muhly Wonders Nico Muhly Drones (Viola) Nico Muhly Section 2 | 1:31 p.m. Drones in Large Cycles Nico Muhly © KMFA 89.5. All rights reserved. Two Voices Nico Muhly Balance Problems Nico Muhly The Revd Mustard his Installation Prelude Nico Muhly Hudson Preludes Nico Muhly O Sapientia Nico Muhly Music from the Time of Cervantes William Kanengiser Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Six Ricercars Denis Bogdanovic Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Music in Four Sharps Ian Krouse Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Section 3 | 3:04 p.m. Interview with Nico Muhly | August 2010 Drones (Violin) Nico Muhly Seeing is Believing Nico Muhly Miserere Mei Nico Muhly © KMFA 89.5. All rights reserved. By all means Nico Muhly One man with courage makes a majority Nico Muhly Section 4 | 4:09 p.m. Two Boys (Complete Opera) Nico Muhly Section 5 | 6:04 p.m. Cello Concerto No. 1 Philip Glass Cello Concerto Nico Muhly Cello Concerto No. 2 Philip Glass Section 6 | 7:32 p.m. Honest Music Nico Muhly Pillaging Music Nico Muhly Hudson Cycle Nico Muhly The Only Tune Nico Muhly Drones (Piano) Nico Muhly © KMFA 89.5. All rights reserved. Mon Pere si ma Marie Arranged by Richard Savino Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Three French Chansons Scott Tennant Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Section 7 | 8:25 p.m. Possibly Maybe Bjork Bachelorette Bjork Symphony #3 “Vespertine” Kevin Puts If I were a swan Kevin Puts Conspirare Slow Twitchy Organs Nico Muhly O Adonai Nico Muhly O Radix Jesse Nico Muhly Four Movements for Two Pianos Philip Glass Three movements from ‘The Hours’ Philip Glass Muhly Interviews Clare © KMFA 89.5. All rights reserved. Section 8 | 9:58 p.m. Keep In Touch Nico Muhly O Oriens Nico Muhly O Rex Gentium Nico Muhly Fast Cycles Nico Muhly Motion Nico Muhly This is the Record of John Nico Muhly Step Team Nico Muhly Music in Four Sharps Ian Krouse Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Triptych Tarik O’Regan Conspirare The Ecstacies Above Tarik O’Regan Conspirare Section 9 | 11:43 p.m. Reincarnations Samuel Barber Conspirare © KMFA 89.5. All rights reserved. Sure on this shining night Samuel Barber Conspirare Solstice Poem Vince Mendoza Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Spin Andrew York Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Mass for Three Voices William Byrd Mass for Four Voices William Byrd Section 10 | 12:57 a.m. Beaming Music Nico Muhly Mass for Five Voices William Byrd 6 Etudes for Piano Philip Glass Unravel Bjork Cover me Bjork The Anchor Song Bjork All Neon Like Bjork I’ve Seen It All Bjork © KMFA 89.5. All rights reserved. Play Dead Bjork 3:25 a.m. Sections 2, 3, 5, 7, 1, 9, and 10 will be repeated (in that order). © KMFA 89.5. All rights reserved. .

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