"Nostalgie Fragile" for Wind Ensemble (2024)-Noel Hiyamizu

"Nostalgie Fragile" for Wind Orchestra (2024)

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Composed by Noel Hiyamizu
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World Premiere
Musashino Academia Musicae Wind Ensemble Concert 2024

Conductor: Norichika Iimori
Ensemble: Musashino Academia Musicae Wind Ensemble

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Notes for "Nostalgie Fragile"

This piece was originally composed in 2018 as a work for koto trio and was later arranged for wind ensemble. In the realm of traditional Japanese music, it is classified as a gendai sōkyoku (contemporary koto piece), blending traditional and modern koto performance techniques while being based on Western music principles. It has been frequently featured in national koto competitions (such as the Japanese Music Division of the National High School Comprehensive Cultural Festival) and is widely appreciated, particularly among the younger generation, as an ensemble piece.

A vulnerable, yet precious memory of a summer far away.-
‘Summer’is the theme for this composition.
Fireflies dancing in the dark, the vivid colors of fireworks,
cicadas’scream and a dripping Morning Glory....
Summer is perhaps an exceptionally nostalgic season.
Memories far away.
Supposedly rooted into our hearts, yet they bubble away as we attempt to recall. Now, as the fragile, ephemeral memories melt into chaos,they project a fantastic summer that never existed.
(translated by Kotaro Aaron Loo Miyagi)

"Nostalgie Fragile" for Koto Ensemble
   • 【1万回再生】脆性ノスタルジア 箏三重奏のための -冷水乃栄流（現代邦楽、箏/琴、箏曲）