The first collection of Haïkus for clarinet, cello and piano was composed between 2013 and 2014. It was inspired by Natsume Sôseki’s short Japanese poems and a text I wrote. My aim was to retain the brevity and structure of these pieces in music, so as to convey the deeper meaning of the text. Then, in 2015, following a commission by Yves Ballan, the oboist, in the context of his submission for the End of Studies Certificate at the Lorient (France) Conservatory of Music, I struck upon the idea of composing a second volume of Haïkus with an English horn, bearing in mind that I needed to include the possibility of replacing it by the ‘cello, whilst remaining in the same arrangement as the first collection. So, still in the same spirit, I sought inspiration from the poems by Masaoka Shiki and Yosa Buson. There is a melodic unity at the heart of the two cycles, which makes it possible to perform the two volumes as a whole, one after the other.
Haïkus for clarinet, english horn, cello and piano
24 (score) + 18 (3 part.) pages , 21 x 29,7 cm
Clarinet Bb, Englishorn, Cello and Piano
Duration :
00:07:00
Material :
Score and parts
Date of publication :
2018
Style :
Contemporary
Code EAN :
9790232115528
Level :
(5/8) Medium
Output format :
Printed format