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Ftarri's Harmonium

by Masamichi Kinoshita

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Track notes by Masamichi Kinoshita (translation by Cathy Fishman)

1. 47/19=2 . 9/19
I prepare a grid of 49 squares (7 x 7). I black out two of the squares to make a grid of 47, and fill in the grid with a previously created random sequence made up of numbers from 1 to 19. I apply each of 19 prearranged sound fragments to the corresponding numbers. The resulting score is played first in the usual way, and after that with the musicians looking at the score in a spiral-like pattern. For each musician I determine a different method for creating a spiral.

7x7= 49のマスを用意し、そのうちふたつをつぶして47マスにする。あらかじめ作っておいた1から19までの数を含むランダムな 数列でマスを埋める。19種類の音の断片を用意しそれぞれ当てはめる。こうしてできた楽譜を、最初は普通に、次からは渦を巻くように見ながら演奏する。渦の巻き方は各奏者違うように設定する。

2. Count to 11!!
While individually counting to 11, each musician sets down sounds in such a way that the sounds gradually increase.

各自11を数えながら、次第に音が増えていくように音を置いていく。

3. 17 Melodies, 13 Sustained Sounds, 1 Silence
I create a rather long original melody. I break this melody down into 17 melodies, like a series of nesting boxes, and adjust them to suit the special characteristics of the guitar and the gaku-biwa. For the sho and harmonium, I prepare 13 chord connections similar to a continuous musical fifth, and these are redistributed over a performance time of about 22 minutes.

もともとの、かなり長い旋律を作り、それを入れ子になるような17の旋律に分解し、かつギターと楽琵琶の特性に合うように手を入れる。笙とハルモニウムには、ある五度がずっと続くような和音のつながりを13個用意する。それを約22分の演奏時間の上に再配分する。

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Why is there a harmonium (reed organ) at Ftarri? It all goes back to the Ftarri Festival held in Tokyo in November 2019. A quartet made up of Klaus Lang (harmonium), Johnny Chang (violin), Samuel Dunscombe (bass clarinet) and Michiko Ogawa (clarinet) was planned for the festival's final day, so Ogawa quickly purchased a used harmonium for Lang. As she lives in Berlin, Ogawa and Ftarri decided that the harmonium would be housed there temporarily and used in Ftarri concerts.

Composer Masamichi Kinoshita, who often performs at Ftarri, was interested in holding concerts featuring the harmonium. He planned the series "Ftarri's Harmonium," the first concert of which took place in February 2020. The second concert, on March 14, was performed by Kinoshita and three other musicians, and it was decided that three pieces composed for the concert by Kinoshita would be released on an album. Composer Masamichi Kinoshita was born in Fukui Prefecture in 1969. He has long been known for his diverse and fascinating musical activities--in addition to composing many pieces each year, with a particular focus on chamber music, he plans concerts and performs improvisation using junk electronics.

For the second concert of the "Ftarri's Harmonium" series, Kinoshita invited three energetic musicians active in the fields of gagaku (traditional Japanese court music) and contemporary music--Hanako Nakamura (sho), Yumiko Kiyota (gaku-biwa) and Gaku Yamada (guitar)--and Kinoshita himself played the harmonium. This CD is made up of three pieces composed by Kinoshita and performed by all four musicians--"47/19=2 . 9/19" (19 minutes), "Count to 11!" (8 minutes), and "17 Melodies, 13 Sustained Sounds, 1 Silence" (22 minutes). Through the combination of Japanese/western stringed instruments with Japanese/western instruments producing sustained tones, compositional structures highlighting the special qualities of the harmonium and other instruments--as well as the musicians' superb performances--can be savored to the fullest in this endlessly fascinating album.

Ftarri になぜハーモニウム (リード・オルガン) があるのか。話は2019年11月に東京で開催された Ftarri Festival に遡る。同フェスティヴァル最終日に、クラウス・ラング (ハーモニウム)、ジョニー・チャン (ヴァイオリン)、サミュエル・ダンスコム (バス・クラリネット)、小川道子 (クラリネット) のカルテットの出演が決定。急遽、メンバーの小川道子がクラウス・ラングのために中古のハーモニウムを購入。小川はベルリンで暮らしているため、Ftarri でハーモニウムを預かり、コンサートでも使用させてもらうことになった。

Ftarri によく出演している作曲家の木下正道がハーモニウムを使ったコンサートに興味を持ち、「Ftarri のハルモニウム」と題したコンサート・シリーズを企画し、2020年2月にその第一回を開催。そして翌月の3月14日に、木下を含む4人の出演で第二回のコンサートをおこない、そこで演奏された木下正道作曲の作品3曲をアルバムに収録し、リリースすることとなった。木下正道は1969年福井県出身の作曲家。毎年、室内楽曲を中心に多くの曲を作るばかりでなく、演奏会の企画やジャンク・エレクトロニクスを用いた即興演奏も活発におこない、精力的な活動はつとに知られる。

「Ftarri のハルモニウム」第二回コンサートに、木下は雅楽や現代音楽の分野で活躍する気鋭の演奏家3人、中村華子 (笙)、清田裕美子 (楽琵琶)、山田岳 (ギター) を招き、木下はハーモニウムを演奏。本CDには、4人全員が演奏に参加した木下作曲の「47/19=2・9/19」(19分)、「11数えろ!!」(8分)、「17の旋律、13の持続音、1つの沈黙」(22分) を収録。和楽器と洋楽器それぞれの持続音を出す楽器と弦楽器を組み合わせ、ハーモニウムや他の演奏家の楽器の性質を考慮した曲構造といい、演奏の妙といい、聴きどころ満載。

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released September 6, 2020

All compositions by Masamichi Kinoshita

Hanako Nakamura: sho
Yumiko Kiyota: gaku-biwa
Gaku Yamada: guitar
Masamichi Kinoshita: harmonium

Recorded live at Ftarri, Tokyo, March 14, 2020
Recorded and mastered by Masamichi Kinoshita

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