Solo
The Weight of Silence
Written for and premiered by Yuja Wang, 2023.
Program Notes
The Weight of Silence was composed during a period of enforced quiet - a six-week residency in rural Iceland with no internet and limited human contact. The piece unfolds as a single, slowly evolving arc, moving through a series of delicately shaded passages, as if the music is searching for something it cannot quite name.
Performance History
October 2023
November 2023