Sei brevi brani per percussioni ed elettronica di Kaija Saariaho. In ciascuno dei brani l’autrice sviluppa un aspetto ritmico particolare collegato a quello specifico materiale musicale.

Le sonorità strumentali sono arricchite da suoni naturali, canti rituali e altri suoni percussivi eseguiti dal percussionista giapponese Shinti Ueno, registrati e modificati dall’elettronica.

Kaija Saariaho - Six Japanese Gardens (1993/95)

• Tenju-an Garden of Nanzen-ji Temple
• Many pleasures (Garden of the Kinkaku-ji)
• Dry Mountain Stream
• Rock Garden of Ryoan-ji
• Moss Garden of the Saiho-ji
• Stone Bridges

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Lichtbogen è ispirato alle luci del nord che Kaija Saariaho ha visto nel cielo artico della sua Finlandia.
La pulsazione costante dell’aurora boreale è presente in questa musica sotto forma di cambiamenti continui nella sonorità e nel ritmo.

Lichtbogen was inspired by the Northern Lights, which Saariaho had seen in the Arctic sky. The constant flickering of the aurora borealis can be heard in the music as unending changes in sonority and rhythm.

Lichtbogen (1985–1986) - flute, percussion, harp, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass and live electronics

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I like her music so much…
Here you can listen to
from Six Japanese Gardens (1992), percussions and electronics, 3rd mvt.

Six Japanese Gardens is a collection of impressions of the gardens I saw in Kyoto. Each of the six parts gives a specific look at a rhythmic material, including complex polyrhythmic or ostinato figures and purely coloristic materials. The percussion is extended with the electronic part, in which we hear nature’s sounds, ritual singing, and other instruments.
from a note by Kaija Saariaho

from Près (1992) for cello and electronics, 1st mvt.

Près for cello and electronics is in three movements. The electronic element (synthetic sounds, modified pre-recorded cello, and live sound processing) expands the musical gestures of the cello in many different directions. The title of the work links it to Gauguin’s painting By the Sea; and hence to the experience of the sea itself and waves, their rhythms and sounds, stormy weather and calms.
from a note by Kaija Saariaho

Performers: Odd Appetite (Ha-Yang Kim cello, Nathan Davis percussions).

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