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PROGRAM
NOTES



July 23, from sunrise
to sunset, the summer
of the S.E.P.S.A. bus
rides destra e sinistra
around Ischiajust
to get tomorrow's
scatolame

For 14 Instruments and
15 Hand-cranked
Music Boxes
2004

Notes by
Ken Ueno


For the
Prism Quartet.

This piece was
written in
commemoration of
the PRISM Quartet’s
20th anniversary.



The short (one minute) piece contains references to two older pieces for saxophone by the composer (WATT and whatWALL?). These pieces have been performed by two of the members of the PRISM Quartet, and the references evoke fond memories of those collaborations. The title of the work refers to the time and place in which the work was composed. With the length of the title, I mean to relate that it is possible for a short piece to imply a larger structure. The island of Ischia is circumnavigated by two bus routes, one clockwise, and the other counterclockwise; this made me question the concept of directionality, since going forward on one route would be the same as going backward on the other. Such is the case of an anniversary, an occasion to reflect back, the celebration of which gives hope to go forward.







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