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Composer Tod Machover’s ground-breaking Hyperstring Trilogy with Matt Haimovitz on hypercello, Kim Kashkashian on hyperviola, Ani Kavafian on hyperviolin, and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, conducted by Gil Rose.

“Hyperstrings” are instruments enhanced with technology, designed “to enable the performer’s normal playing technique and interpretive skills to shape and control computer extensions to the instrument, thus combining the warmth and personality of human performance with the precision and clarity of digital technology.”

Called “brilliantly gifted” by The New York Times and “America’s most wired composer” by the Los Angeles Times, composer Tod Machover breaks traditional musical boundaries, combining richly layered textures with immediate impact, sophisticated orchestration with rock-like rhythms, and offering melodies that are subtly intricate but always memorable.

The 70-minute Hyperstring Trilogy has been recognized as one of Machover’s most important works. The three pieces which make up the trilogy, Begin Again Again… for Hypercello Solo (1991), Song of Penance for Hyperviola, Computer Voice, and 17 Instruments (1992) and Forever and Ever for Hyperviolin and Chamber Orchestra (1993) are loosely based on the dramatic and psychological sweep of Dante’s Divine Comedy, they explore loss and gain, pain and recovery, despair and hope and, in passing, what is lost and gained by technology.

Writing about Hyperstring Trilogy, Pulitzer Prize winning music critic Lloyd Schwartz says: “What is most exciting about Machover’s pieces is how beautiful and moving they are, what lyrical and exotic melismas keep surfacing (and how scintillatingly they contrast with the shattering electronic textures), how dramatically they build, how they haven’t a dull moment, and what magnificent opportunities for performers they provide.”

Schwartz contributes eloquent liner notes to this eagerly-awaited album, and renowned cyber artist John Maeda’s inspired artwork complements the epic score.

1	Tod Machover: Begin Again Again for Hypercello Solo – Intro	Matt Haimovitz, hypercello
2	Tod Machover: Begin Again Again for Hypercello Solo – Delicate And Varied	Matt Haimovitz, hypercello
3	Tod Machover: Begin Again Again for Hypercello Solo – Energetic	Matt Haimovitz, hypercello
4	Tod Machover: Begin Again Again for Hypercello Solo – Emphatic – Warm And Singing	Matt Haimovitz, hypercello
5	Tod Machover: Begin Again Again for Hypercello Solo – Very Rapid And Precise	Matt Haimovitz, hypercello
6	Tod Machover: Begin Again Again for Hypercello Solo – Timbre Dream	Matt Haimovitz, hypercello
7	Tod Machover: Begin Again Again for Hypercello Solo – Lyrical And Intimate	Matt Haimovitz, hypercello
8	Tod Machover: Begin Again Again for Hypercello Solo – Fluttering – Interior	Matt Haimovitz, hypercello
9	Tod Machover: Begin Again Again for Hypercello Solo – Growing – Majestic	Matt Haimovitz, hypercello
10	Tod Machover: Begin Again Again for Hypercello Solo – Broad – Intense	Matt Haimovitz, hypercello
11	Tod Machover: Begin Again Again for Hypercello Solo – Coda: Powerful And Steady	Matt Haimovitz, hypercello
12	Tod Machover: Song Of Penance For Hyperviola, Computer Voice, And 17 Instrumentals – Intense	Kim Kashkashian, hyperviola; BMOP, Gil Rose conducting
13	Tod Machover: Song Of Penance For Hyperviola, Computer Voice, And 17 Instrumentals – Buoyant	Kim Kashkashian, hyperviola; BMOP, Gil Rose conducting
14	Tod Machover: Song Of Penance For Hyperviola, Computer Voice, And 17 Instrumentals – Resolute	Kim Kashkashian, hyperviola; BMOP, Gil Rose conducting
15	Tod Machover: Song Of Penance For Hyperviola, Computer Voice, And 17 Instrumentals – Buoyant	Kim Kashkashian, hyperviola; BMOP, Gil Rose conducting
16	Tod Machover: Song Of Penance For Hyperviola, Computer Voice, And 17 Instrumentals – Coda: Full And Sweet	Kim Kashkashian, hyperviola; BMOP, Gil Rose conducting
17	Tod Machover: Forever And Ever For Hyperviolin And Chamber Orchestra – Intro	Ani Kavafian, hyperviolin; BMOP, Gil Rose conducting
18	Tod Machover: Forever And Ever For Hyperviolin And Chamber Orchestra – I Gently Flowing	Ani Kavafian, hyperviolin; BMOP, Gil Rose conducting
19	Tod Machover: Forever And Ever For Hyperviolin And Chamber Orchestra – II Calm	Ani Kavafian, hyperviolin; BMOP, Gil Rose conducting
20	Tod Machover: Forever And Ever For Hyperviolin And Chamber Orchestra – III Jaunty And Light	Ani Kavafian, hyperviolin; BMOP, Gil Rose conducting
21	Tod Machover: Forever And Ever For Hyperviolin And Chamber Orchestra – Coda: Joyous	Ani Kavafian, hyperviolin; BMOP, Gil Rose conducting