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Zvony Nagy
Shakuhachi (Suizen)
UES102793-219
Type: Solostimme(n)
Format: 210 x 297 mm
Pages: 8
Description
Influenced by traditional Asian religious practices and music performance, this evocation for shakuhachi and orchestra is inspired by ‘suizen’ — a blowing meditation; suizen is known as a form of Zen practice characterized by the ritual of playing the shakuhachi bamboo flute (a Japanese end-blown flute) as a means of achieving a state of self-realization. Suizen may be best described as a tone poem for orchestra — a sound image of the moments of inner reflection and musical experience. The instrumentation enhances this experience whereby the oscillations of harmonies, melodies, and rhythms resemble one’s breathing – the experience suggested in the opening and closing sections of the work.
Recipient of the 2011 Seattle Symphony Composition Prize “Celebrate Asia Festival.”
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Type: Solostimme(n)
Format: 210 x 297 mm
Pages: 8