Nach dem Sturm

Name: Nach dem Sturm
Brand: Schott Music
SKU: 334801
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for two sopranos and orchestra

based on "Blumen nach einem Unwetter" by Hermann Hesse

Edition: Performance material

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For me, music expression used to be a method to find the harmony between human and nature; however, since the Tohoku earthquake in 2011, I began to re-contemplate how the existence of music should be. Music is a type of Shamanism; people pray by music, and calm the spirit of the deceased, creating a bridge between this world and afterlife. The two sopranos are Mikos in this piece. The first half of the music is an expression of a storm using only the orchestra. In the second half, the two sopranos sing Hermann Hesse’s poem which is a depiction of a flower that experienced storm and gradually regains the world of light. Toshio Hosokawa

Orchestral Cast

3(2.pic, 3.pic&bfl).2(2.ca).2.bcl.2(2.cbsn)-4.3.2.btbn.1-4perc(I: b.dr, Shime-daiko[Japanese drum, small], anti cym; II: 4bng, 4Japanese Fûrins[small metal bells], III: s.dr, tam-t, Shime-daiko[small], whip, Schellen; IV: 4bng, anti cym, 4Rins[Buddhistic Metal Bowls] on the Timpani with pedal)-2hp-str

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Title:

Nach dem Sturm

for two sopranos and orchestra

based on "Blumen nach einem Unwetter" by Hermann Hesse

Language:

German

Edition:

Performance material

Publisher/Label:

Schott Music

Year of composition:

2015

Duration:

18 ′0 ′′

World Premiere:

November 2, 2015 · Tokyo (J)
Suntory Hall
Susanne Elmark, soprano; Ilse Eerens, soprano · Conductor: Kazushi Ono · Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

Commissioned work :

Commissioned by Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra for its 50th anniversary

Keywords:

#climate #climate change #nature #storm #fauna #hermann hesse #flower #alienation #natural disasters