Composition Date: 2014
Duration: 00:07:00
Genre: Solo Voice, With Chamber Ensemble, Percussion

Instrumentation:

Instrumentation Set Number 1:

• 1 x Other percussion
• 1 x Soprano

Click here to download full work (0.30 Mb - Not printable)

Programme Note:
When I was approached by percussionist Ueno Shiniti to write this piece, I must admit that I had very little knowledge about Nukada no Ōkimi, a famous poet and princess of 7th century Japan. However, being a lover of waka, I soon became very attracted to this poem, the 20th in the great Japanese poetry collection Man'yōshū, compiled in 759.Addressed to the crown prince while he was on a hunting trip in Kamau, the poem is seductive, playful, and coy, an impressive variety of moods for so short a poem. There is a reply from the prince as well, which I did not set for the singer, but which I did use as the basis for the percussion part. The two parts, percussion and voice, are moving in different worlds, yet seeking togetherness.

-Daryl Jamieson

Premiere Information:
26 Nov 2014, National Olympics Memorial Youth Centre, Tokyo, Japan
Yumi Nara; soprano, Shiniti Ueno; percussion

---

CATALOGUE INFO:

• Call Number:
• MV 1230 J321fi
• Genre:
• Solo Voice, With Chamber Ensemble, Percussion
• Date of Acquisition:
• March 11, 2016
• Type:
• Print-music, Published by CMC
• Physical Description:
• 1 landscape score (7 p.) ; 23 x 30 cm
  7 Pages
  Height: 30 cm
  Width: 23 cm
  
• Language Information
• Main language: Japanese
  
• Additional Information:
• Text by Nukata no Ōkimi
  

Request a Repertoire Consultation
Suggest Modification for this Record