Work
Mono (もの)
for shō, recorder and koto
Films, Audio & Samples
About
‘Mono’, in Japanese, means ‘thing’. In English, ‘mono-’ is used as a prefix to indicate ‘one’. This piece continues my ongoing consideration of ‘ordinary’ musical materials in a highly constrained context. I've also been thinking a lot about awkwardness, repetition and boredom. I am grateful to Mayumi Miyata, Nanae Yoshimura and Tosiya Suzuki, the extraordinary musicians for whom this piece was written.
Commissioned note
Composed with support from the Creative New Zealand Asia/New Zealand Co-Commissioning fund.
Performance history
11 Feb 2016: Performed by Mayumi Miyata (shō), Nanae Yoshimura (koto), Tosiya Suzuki (recorder) at Wesleyan Holiness Yodobashi Church, Tokyo, Japan
25 Feb 2016: Performed by Mayumi Miyata (shō), Nanae Yoshimura (koto), Tosiya Suzuki (recorder) at Hopetoun Alpha, Auckland.
28 Feb 2016: Performed by Mayumi Miyata (shō), Nanae Yoshimura (koto), Tosiya Suzuki (recorder) at St Andrew's on the Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand.
29 Feb 2016: Performed by Mayumi Miyata (shō), Nanae Yoshimura (koto), Tosiya Suzuki (recorder) at St. Mark's Church, Lower Hutt, New Zealand.