Tai Murray, Njioma Grevious - C. Stewart: Invention #1 Double Down

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Praised for playing with “a fire lit under every phrase” (The Boston Globe), the Sphinx Virtuosi release their new digital album “American Mirror”, from which this track is taken: https://dgt.link/AmericanMirror

It is Sphinx Virtuosi’s second album following its critically acclaimed debut, Songs for Our Times, released on Deutsche Grammophon in 2023, which was hailed as “a knockout” by Gramophone, who praised its “consistently polished and passionate performances.”

This track, Invention #1 Double Down for two violins by Curtis Stewart, explodes with chromatic runs, funk rhythms, and fearless flair — a nod to Bach, Wieniawski, and the electric energy of two violins in motion. A virtuosic duel meets gospel groove.

The composer Curtis Stewart comments: “Double Down: violin invention #1 in two parts is a play on words - the two hand invention made canonic by Bach, the Double down violin bow stroke which lends extra energy to rhythmic music, and doubling down on virtuosic elements presented in the Wieniawski + Prokofiev duos for two violins. It is a scherzo moving between colorful chromatic runs and gospel riffs, wild bariolage and songful passage work, funk grooves and thrown bow strokes. Double Down was commissioned by the Sphinx Organization for Tai Murray and Njioma Grevious, two of my own violin inspirations - get down!”

Written for Tai Murray and Njioma Grevious
Commissioned by the Sphinx Organization (2024)
Curtis Stewart (b. 1986)

Artistic Curator: Afa S. Dworkin
Chief Programming Officer: Andre Dowell
Director of Ensemble Advancement: Bill Neri
Producer and Recording Engineer: Alan Bise

Recording Location
Reservoir Studios
36 West 37th Street, New York, NY 10018

Video Production
42-Productions
Camera Operator 1: Brandon Unpingco
Camera Operator 2: William Copeland
Director/Post Production: Alessio Romano
Njioma Grevious – Violin
Tai Murray – Violin

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