PROGRAM
NOTES
Two believers,
on opposite sides of
the same ocean,
transcribing the
same sky, at the same
time, one at sunset,
the other at sunrise
on opposite sides of
the same ocean,
transcribing the
same sky, at the same
time, one at sunset,
the other at sunrise
For Sho
and Bb Clarinet
2003
Notes by
Ken Ueno
Ken Ueno
Composed
for Duo X:
Laura Carmichael,
clarinet;
Naomi Sato,
sho.
for Duo X:
Laura Carmichael,
clarinet;
Naomi Sato,
sho.
In this piece, I wanted to investigate new harmonic possibilities that could result from blending the tempered chords of the sho with multiphonics played by the clarinet. Delicate, often unstable, resonances resulted, featuring beautiful (to me) beatings. The aggregate chords transform over time. They are entities that have a life span: they blossom and decay.