Shiroi Haru no Hana
Ken Ueno
About this work:
"Shiroi Haru no Hana"
by Ken Ueno
Text by Ken Ueno
Shiroi Haru no Hana
Tatta ichi-in-chi saitemo (Ichin-chi dake saitemo)
Ishyo no kaori
White flower of spring
only blooming for a single day
perfumes the rest of life
This piece and text was originally planned for a concert that was to have been in honor of a recently departed friend. Performed by Onda (extended voice, violin, percussion).
Onda is a Cambridge-based trio of voice, violin, and percussion, who collaborate to extend the sonic and technical possibilities of their instruments. Tonight, they will be realizing the piece. In observance of the meaning of the text, I designed the piece to be playable only once. The piece is part of a context-specific performance practice in which the iconography of sounds created by the group develops throughout a lifetime. In other words, tonight's piece can be seen as a snapshot of a moment of that lifelong process. It is at once ephemeral and permanent.
Year composed: 2005
Duration: 00:12:15
Ensemble type: Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble:Voice with Chamber/Jazz Ensemble, 2-5 Players
Instrumentation: ,1 Percussion (General) soloist(s), ,1 Violin soloist(s), ,1 Bass-Baritone soloist(s)
Instrumentation notes: Features overtone and multiphonics singing and extended techniques on violin and percussion