After the Summer Rain
Hideko Kawamoto
About this work:
After the Summer Rain for amplified piano and two-channel tape, dedicated to the memory of Clarence Asher Peevey (17 July 2000 – 28 July, 2000) and written for his mother, Cecilia Peevey, was inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke’s poems, (Nos Pleurs) and Before the Summer Rain. This piece is Part II of Summer Rain, which was composed immediately after Part I Summer Rain - Dawn for two-channel tape in the summer of 2000. The visual images of a summer forest including rain pouring onto trees, shiny silver spider webs and dark wet ground in a forest in summer time were transferred into sounds using piano as the basic sound source for creation of the tape part. The pitch motive in the piano part is derived from “Clarence,” C-D-A-Bb-E-F-C-E,” and the intervals within this motive are used linearly and horizontally throughout the piece. The piano part represents a person, who has been inside the wet forest after experiencing the heavy summer rain. The tape part represents the natural phenomenon of the summer forest.
Year composed: 2000
Duration: 00:12:00
Ensemble type: Keyboard:Piano
Instrumentation: ,1 Piano soloist(s), ,1 Prerecorded Sound (Tape/CD/Other) soloist(s)
Instrumentation notes: piano (or amplified piano) and prerecorded sound