general information

composition date
2000
editor
Schott

type

Solo (excluding voice) (Organ)

detailed formation

organ

information about the creation

date
July 21, 2003

France, Avignon, Collégiale Saint-Agricol

interpreters

Olivier Grodecœur.

Program note

In this work the organ takes the place of the Shô, a Japanese mouth-organ which is part of the Gagaku orchestra. The sounds and chords made by the right and the left hand and by the pedals represent three different Shô instruments, each playing music of a different type and philosophical dimension. These three layers of sounds form a dense and intricate web of sound, at times converging and uniting into rich harmonies similar to the harmonic clusters of the original instrument, then drifting apart into contrasting textures.

Dans cette pièce, l’orgue remplace le shô, orgue à bouche japonais accompagnant la musique gagaku. Les sons et les accords joués par les mains et les pédales représentent des shôs distincts qui interprètent chacun une musique de type et de dimension philosophique différents. Ces trois couches de sons forment une toile dense et fournie, convergent et s’unissent par moments en harmonies riches semblables aux fragments de l’instrument d’origine, puis divergent en textures contrastantes.



Toshio Hosokawa.

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Composed by Toshio Hosokawa , concert on June 16, 2009


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