Performed by Kimihiro Yasaka
Programme Note:
These seven miniatures are based on seven poems from the famous mediaeval Japanese anthology Hyakunin Isshu (One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each). Each of these poems - chosen from among my favourites and the favourites of the pieces’ dedicatee, Hiroshi Iwamoto - were analysed numerologically, and arranged in quasi-serial matrices that became the harmonic bases of the pieces. The overarching title, mountain / cherry / blossoms, comes from poem 66 (the seventh and final piece), though the three characters straddle a semantic break, leading to the slashes in the English title. Most of the poems include images of either mountains, cherries, or flowers. Ageing, loneliness, and love are the main themes of these seven short pieces.
(Daryl Jamieson)
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Three Views of the Keyboard
2022 Concert Series
Concert 1: The Japanese / Canadian Contemporary Keyboard ―Vox Fibrae―
Date: 3 July 2022
Venue: Kyushu University, Faculty of Design, Acoustic Research Centre
Series Concept:
The piano: with its 52 white and 36 black keys, the piano continues to attract many musicians for its wide range and deep musicality. The "Three Views of the Keyboard" project is centred around the piano as an instrument and looks at the history, present, and future of cutting-edge keyboard music using acoustic, prepared, and electronic methods.
This series of concerts follows on from "Feldman meets freq", which took place in February 2022. Enjoy the music of outstanding composers and performers from the Kyushu University's Faculty of Design and from around the world. We will be very happy if you can see another side of the keyboard in a new light.
17 авг 2022
