Elusive Tangibility IV: 月見 (Tsukimi) (2008)
手を打てば
木魂に明くる
夏の月
I clap my hands
and the echoes carry the dawn -
a Summer moon
蒼海の
浪酒臭し
今日の月
Waves on the blue ocean
smell of rice wine -
the moon of tonight
雲をりをり
人をやすめる
月見かな
Clouds -
a chance to rest
from moonviewing
冬庭や
月もいとなる
虫の吟
Winter garden
the moon thins to a thread -an insect's cry.
Basho Matsuo (1644-1694)
Duration: 10 Minutes, 30 Seconds
Instrumentation: 1(=AFl).0.1(=BCl).1 / 0.0.0.0 / 2Perc (Vib, Almglocken, Tuned Gongs, 2Chinese Opera Gongs, Holzkante, 5TBl, 2SD, BD) / Mezzo-Soprano Solo / Pno / Strings (1.1.1.1.0)
World Première: 15th May 2009, Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, Royal College of Music, London. RCM New Perspectives Ensemble; Emilie Rénard (Voice), Tim Lines (Cond.)
Russian Première: 9th June 2009, Rachmaninov Concert Hall, Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Moscow. Studio for New Music Ensemble; Ekameruna Kichigina (Voice), Igor Dronov (Cond.)
Swiss Premiére: 17th October 2017. Studio Ernest-Ansermet, Geneva. Ensemble Contrechamps;
Hélène Fauchère (Voice); Yann Kerninon (Conductor)
This piece was featured on the CD "Shadow Walker", and released on the Col Legno label.