Mountain Goats
Composed by Nahre Sol
Performed by Narumi Higuchi (violin) and Nahre Sol (piano)

Commissioned by the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra with the assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts.

This work was commissioned by the MCO to honour the beauty of the BC mountains, as experienced by MCO violinist, Narumi Higuchi, who regularly runs in this landscape. After the terrible wildfires of the summer of 2021, we wanted to pay homage to this intersection of nature and music.

Recorded in California and BC, autumn 2021 and winter 2022; Narumi Higuchi, violin and runner; Nahre Sol, piano; videography of mountain running: John Swerdelian; video editing: Ivan Hughes.

The Manitoba Chamber Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Manitoba Arts Council, the Winnipeg Arts Council, The Winnipeg Foundation, the Richardson Foundation, the Department of Canadian Heritage, and the B.A. Goodman, M.E.M. Goodman and Dorothy Jean Goodman Foundation, and the support of its many patrons, donors, and sponsors.

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