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From me flows what you call Time - Wikipedia

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From me flows what you call Time
by Tōru Takemitsu
Composed	1990
Duration	c. 31 minutes^[1]
Scoring	five percussionists and orchestra
Premiere
Date	October 19, 1990 (1990-10-19)
Location	Carnegie Hall, New York City
Conductor	Seiji Ozawa
Performers	Nexus and the Boston Symphony Orchestra

From me flows what you call Time is a 1990 concerto for five percussionists and orchestra by the Japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu. It is considered one of the best of Takemitsu's late works.^[2]

Conception

From me flows what you call Time was commissioned by the Carnegie Hall Foundation to celebrate Carnegie Hall's centennial season, and was premiered on October 19, 1990 by Nexus and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Seiji Ozawa.^[3] The title is taken from the poem "Clear Blue Water" by Makoto Ōoka, a Japanese poet and a friend of Takemitsu's.^[4]

Composition

Takemitsu intended the work to represent the music that had "flowed" through Carnegie Hall throughout its hundred-year history.^[4] As in many of Takemitsu's works, a blend of European and Japanese traditions creates a unique idiom.^[2]^[4]

The piece includes several improvised sections, an element inspired by John Cage's indeterminacy.^[5] In the score, Takemitsu noted that "the performance should give the impression of being completely improvised."^[2]

After a brief flute solo at the piece's opening, the five solo percussionists enter the hall. Each is wearing a pocket square of a different color, each meant to represent one of the natural phenomena (blue for water, red for fire, yellow for earth, green for wind, and white for sky). These colors are meant to represent the Tibetan Buddhist principle of Wind Horse. In the same colors are long ribbons, linking the stage to bells and chimes hung from the hall's ceiling.^[2]^[4] Later in the piece, the ribbons are used by the players to ring these bells.^[6]

Structure

The piece is separated into thirteen sections:^[3]

Introduction
Entrance of the Soloists
A Breath of Air
Premonition
Plateau
Curved Horizon
The Wind Blows
Premonition
Mirage
Waving Wind Horse
The Promised Land
Life's Joys and Sorrows
A Prayer

Instrumentation

The piece is scored for the following orchestra:^[3]

Percussion soloists

Percussion I:

Percussion II:

7 Pakistani Noah bells

5 Thai gongs

Crotalphone

2 Japanese temple bowls on pedal timpani

6 Chinese winter gongs

2 Crotales

Angklung

Darabukka

Wind chimes

Percussion III:

2 Crotales

5 Almglockens

Set of boobam (or log drums)

5 Tom-toms

Angklung

2 Snare drums

Wind Chimes

Percussion IV:

2 Crotales

Glockenspiel

Angklung

Percussion V:

2 Crotales

Glockenspiel

Marimba

Angklung

2 Japanese temple bowls on pedal timpani

Woodwinds: 3 Flutes (2nd and 3rd doubling piccolo, 3rd doubling alto flute); 3 Oboes (2nd doubling Oboe d'amore, 3rd doubling English Horn); 4 Clarinets (2nd doubling E♭ clarinet, 3rd doubling bass clarinet, 4th doubling contrabass clarinet); 3 Bassoons (3rd doubling contrabassoon)

Brass: 4 Horns; 3 Trumpets; 3 Trombones

Keyboard: Celesta

Strings: 2 Harps

16 Violin I

12 Violin II

10 Violas

8 Cellos

6 Double basses

References

^ "From me flows what you call Time". englisch. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Tarnow, Volker. "Yutaka Sado Conducts Shostakovitch and Takemitsu". Digital Concert Hall. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
^ ^a ^b ^c Takemitsu, Toru. "From me flows what you call Time". Schott. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "From Me Flows What You Call Time (Toru Takemitsu)". LA Phil. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
^ Service, Tom (2013-02-11). "A guide to Toru Takemitsu's music". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
^ Higgins, Jim. "John Williams will help Milwaukee Symphony open its new concert hall next season". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 2020-08-15.

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