Work

Programme Note

Whilst studying at Goldsmith College, University of London, I began to enjoy Japanese Haiku. The book “The Mountain Poems of Stonehouse” made a very strong impression and as a result I wrote the music for a very short song entitled Alone. The words of the poem are so simple and charming:

The cranes call
As they cross to the reeds,
Faint and helpless,
Now I lie alone.

And yet there is a hint of sadness…

Text Note:

Text from Tajihi in "The Penguin Book of Japanese Verse"

Difficulty:

Intermediate

Influences:

• Japanese
• Language and Literature