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Shizuka Naru Toki

静かなる時

[Genre]Modern
[Also Known As]At Times of Quiet
[Composed]Sawada Joji - Shakuhachi - 1997

Shizuka Naru Toki appears on the following albums

Album Artist
Play ButtonAt Times of Quiet Shakuhachi : Tanabe Shōzan
This selection is from 'Scenes with Suikinkutsu,' a composition for suikinkutsu (water chime) and 'Ondes Martenot' first performed in 1997 at Tokyo's Suntory Hall. It is the introductory portion of the work and begins with a solo shakuhachi calling out to the water chime. The piece progresses with a response and then conversation between the instruments. It is the composers wish that the faint sound of the water drops tailing and resonating would bring a sense at the inner universe within us all. It is up to the individual, however, to listen as the suikinkutsu marks the passing at time, and interpret the quiet.