Somon-ka

Name: Somon-ka
Brand: Schott Music
SKU: 176544
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for voice, koto, violoncello solo and ensemble

text from the Manyoshu

Edition: Performance material

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Description

In its organization, the koto symbolizes the woman, the cello the man, and the background ensemble signifies the nature and universe that extend within and without them. The poem which became the text for Somonka is a love song between a woman and a man. The song is about the deep sorrow the lovers feel due to the long time they are not able to meet and the great distance that separates them when the man is sent from the capital to a distant land. Toshio Hosokawa

Orchestral Cast

1(afl).1(ca).0.bcl.0-0.0.0.0-2perc(4trgl, 4rins on timp, tam-t, b.d, cym.ant, wdbl)-mand.gtr.hp.pno-str(1.1.1.1.1 or more) [guitar and mandolin play only in "In Ajimano"]

Content

I In Ajimano "Ajimano ni"
II Far Away "Yamakawa o"

More Information

Title:

Somon-ka

for voice, koto, violoncello solo and ensemble

text from the Manyoshu

Language:

Japanese

Edition:

Performance material

Publisher/Label:

Schott Music

Year of composition:

2001 - 2002

Duration:

21 ′0 ′′

World Premiere:

February 3, 2002 · Amsterdam (NL)
Concertgebouw
Kyoko Kawamura, voice and koto; Yo-Yo Ma, violoncello · Conductor: Ed Spanjaard · Nieuw Ensemble
(world première of "In Ajimano", version for ensemble)