Hachimura, Yoshio : Meditation higan-bana
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Instrumentation:Piano Solo
Genre:Various works
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Author : Sudoh, Eiko
Last Updated: April 25, 2018
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"Fantasy of Higanbana" was composed in 1969 at the commission of the Toho Gakuen School of Music for Children. The score is included in "Contemporary Piano Pieces for Children II", compiled by the same music school.
The composer, Yoshio Hachimura, created this piece based on the vivid impression of higanbana (red spider lilies) he had in his childhood, intending to evoke a "transparent and ominous premonition." The score lacks a time signature, requiring the performer to shape the musical spatiotemporal continuum according to the momentary emergence of sounds. Three types of fermatas and breath marks are used, respectively, and various instructions are written throughout.
The piece is in ternary form. Following an exposition characterized by descending ominous three-note figures, and intensely persistent dissonances and trills, a middle section appears, briefly presenting bright and beautiful sonorities, after which the eerie soundscape of the opening is briefly recapitulated, bringing the piece to a close.
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