instrumentation: seven double basses
Premiere: at the tanglewood music center at seiji ozawa hall, Lenox, MA, July 5, 2026, performed by Dennis mcintyre, eugene zhang, kevin fink, alexis schulte-albert, yu-hsuan huang, nicholas boettcher, christian harvey, conducted by julian gilewski
Duration: ca. 10′
Commissioned by the Tanglewood Music Center with the generous support of the Merwin Geffen M.D and Norman Solomon M.D. New Commissions Fund.
Viriditas is a sonic depiction of life and vitality, a shimmering, luminous green. The work weaves threads of sound exploring the unique tactile, spectral, and spacious sonic qualities of the double bass, with gestures expanding, slipping away, and then at times aligning as harmonies. Melodic lines emerge across multiple instruments, sometimes faintly, sometimes clearly. The continuous movement, endlessly evolving while preserving its essence, gives rise to an organic evolution within its complex inner structure, evoking rich gradients of brilliant color, from which splashes of green spring forth.
Liann J. Kang
Liann J. Kang 
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