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| Title: Deep Pool |
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| Artist: Elizabeth Falconer |
| (c): (C) 2000 Koto World |
| (p): (P) 2000 Elizabeth Falconer |
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6.93 $ |
2002-06-18 |
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Colorful yet contemplative works for solo koto inspired by turn-of-the-century Japanese paintings.
Turn-of-the-century Japanese paintings inspired Elizabeth Falconer to compose these works for solo koto and bass koto. Classical koto forms combine with contemporary techniques to creat a meditative, thoughtful musical landscape.
Koto Master Elizabeth Falconer began studing koto in 1979. After over a decadeo of studies in Japan under koto masters Sawai Kazue, Sawai Tadao, and Nagane Utayumi, she returned to the states to perform. She is the recipient of Parents' Choice and NAPPA awards and is active in the Pacific Northwest as a performer, composer, storyteller and collaborator in a wide variety of artisic projects. She created the Koto World label in 2000 to promote Japanese koto music and storytelling. She has also recored for Narada, Paras, Sparking Beatnik, and Music and Arts.
Review by Wiley Fox:
I was reading a really good book and thought to put on the Deep Pool CD I had just received. Immediately I found myself unable to read, giving undivided attention to the CD. By track 4, a tear ran down my face, it was just so beautiful. The next 5 tracks are interesting sound-art-recollections of bird songs and flights. The last two tracks are long and deeply unusual, underlining what the entire album made me feel. It's like something came out of the composer's head and came to live in my head, by way of koto, and you are not even particularly 'hearing' the music anymore. Amazingly, "Moon at Uji" strikes a comparison to Captain Beefheart's "Dali's Car." My guess is that Deep Pool must be some kind of peak of Falconer's composing skills.
Review by Randy Raine-Reusch in MUSICWORKS:
Deep Pool is a beautiful series of new compositions by Elizabeth Falconer that are written with a more traditional koto aesthetic. Elizabeth studied koto in Japan with the Sawais and others for more than ten years, and has developed her own unique voice on the instrument. The works on Deep Pool were inspired by a series of artworks from Kyoto that were displayed at the Seattle Asian Art Museum in the fall of 1999. The music at times certainly parallels the rich elegance of the paintings. These pieces fall easily on the ear and, to the average listerner, may sound like the traditional koto music to which they are accustomed. Yet these are contemporary works, reminiscent of the compositions of Michiyo Miyagi and the early works of Tadao Sawai. |
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