Sohn | The Magnitude of Verticality

Nicky Sohn

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The Magnitude of Verticality For String Sextet

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Nicky Sohn

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The Magnitude of Verticality

For String Sextet

(2025)

Instrumentation

Violin I

Violin II

Viola I

Viola II

Cello I

Cello II

Duration - ca. 22 minutes

Program note:

e Magnitude of Verticality was commissioned by BalletCollective in collaboration with choreographer Alysa Pires and visual artist Linn Meyers.

In our early conversations, we kept returning to BalletCollective’s theme this year: Echoes of the Invisible. We explored the unseen forces that shape our lives— both literal and metaphorical. ese ranged from the microscopic (pathogens, bacteria, atoms) to the technological (AI, digital networks), and to the ine ffable e ffects of history and memory that ripple through the present.

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From these discussions emerged the idea of gravity: a force so constant and omnipresent that it becomes nearly invisible to us, yet it grounds and de fines every movement. For me, this force also became a metaphor for the creative process. Working with Alysa and Linn, I felt an artistic kind of gravity—an anchoring presence of trust and inspiration that is rare for a composer, whose work is often solitary.

e music of e Magnitude of Verticality traces gestures shaped by gravity’s pull: swirling, floating, reaching upward, surrendering downward. ese musical forms mirror the paradox of living within a force that never changes, while our responses to it—our resistance, acceptance, or flight—are endlessly varied.

I am deeply thankful to Alysa for her trust and for choosing to work with me on this special project.

Nicky Sohn

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April 23, 2025, Fountain Valley

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