Patrick Nunn - Escape Velocity, played by Owen Murray, accordion, and Waves Ensemble

Owen Murray, accordion, and Waves Ensemble play Escape Velocity by Patrick Nunn.
Recorded at the Royal Academy of Music, June 2013.
Escape Velocity
Commissioned by the Royal Academy of Music to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Hans Christian Anderson, Escape Velocity explores the conflict between integration and separation and the possibilities of transformation and individuality - a narrative that is borrowed from the story of The Ugly Duckling'. For many accordion players, their instrument can be perceived as 'the ugly duckling' of the instrumental palette yet the diversity of the modern day free bass accordion has potentially rendered such a view as somewhat dated. In this work, it is the accordion which initially attempts to integrate with the string quartet, shifting from a dark and awkward place, often hidden, transforming with increasing bursts of energy and ultimately freeing itself from the masking constraints of the quartet.
The work is dedicated to Owen Murray
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