Samarasa
Title
Samarasa
Description
Japanese composer Dai Fujikura's "Samarasa" was composed in 2010 with a new version in 2014.
As written on his website, Fujikura states: "'Samarasa' is a rough translation for 'mind at rest' in Sanskrit. I composed this piece for the violinist Hae-Sun Kang who is with Ensemble InterContemporain, commissioned by the Messiaen Festival which takes place in the French Alps. As I set to work on this piece, my focus fell on the right arm of the performer and the movement and speed of the bow. Whereas contemporary music tends to focus on the pitches (which would be the performer’s “left hand”, and its fingering) - and quite understandably so - I was more fascinated with the right arm, as was the case with my viola piece “flux”. The first part begins with the same note being played alternately on three strings, where the violinist’s bow maintains its normal movement while the “left hand” shifts geographically on violin’s fingerboard. This unconventional method produces an irregular kind of melody. During the compositional process I tried drawing the neck of a violin on a piece of paper and placing my fingers along it. The constant cross-string technique employed in the piece is another “unnatural” characteristic unique to string instruments."
As written on his website, Fujikura states: "'Samarasa' is a rough translation for 'mind at rest' in Sanskrit. I composed this piece for the violinist Hae-Sun Kang who is with Ensemble InterContemporain, commissioned by the Messiaen Festival which takes place in the French Alps. As I set to work on this piece, my focus fell on the right arm of the performer and the movement and speed of the bow. Whereas contemporary music tends to focus on the pitches (which would be the performer’s “left hand”, and its fingering) - and quite understandably so - I was more fascinated with the right arm, as was the case with my viola piece “flux”. The first part begins with the same note being played alternately on three strings, where the violinist’s bow maintains its normal movement while the “left hand” shifts geographically on violin’s fingerboard. This unconventional method produces an irregular kind of melody. During the compositional process I tried drawing the neck of a violin on a piece of paper and placing my fingers along it. The constant cross-string technique employed in the piece is another “unnatural” characteristic unique to string instruments."
Duration: 9 minutes
Creator
Fujikura, Dai (b. 1977)
Source
Dai Fujikura, "Dai Fujikura - 'Samarasa' (new version) for violin" (YouTube), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0sCWPvaj0
Dai Fujikura, Samarasa (score), https://www.prestomusic.com/sheet-music/products/7635905--dai-fujikura-samarasa
Publisher
Ricordi
Date
2014
Format
0-10 minutes
Coverage
2000-
Instrumentation
violin / violon
Ensemble Type
solo
Citation
Fujikura, Dai (b. 1977), “Samarasa,” Music EnLivened, accessed November 22, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/music-enlivened/items/show/238.
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