上昇の彼方 (Josho no Kanata) - Hikaru Sawai

Disclaimer!! there is white noise during this recording, the sound engineer might have had tech problems with the microphone but only w this piece :(
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Composed by Hikaru Sawai, Arranged for Koto Ensemble and String Quartet by Jr Mon-Alon and Dave Dagta - Beyond the Rise conveys a message of our journey through life, like an endless set of stairs we are destined to climb as we move forward. Should we go further or not? are we all bound to go beyond ourselves? is there an end to each new horizon we set upon?

"The first movement depicts the slow but firm rise and reaches the point at the top. Increasing the layers of the sound in unison, the second movement shows a new world spread out in front. No one knows if it is the end, the passing point, or beyond the fall." (沢井比河流; Hikaru Sawai)

Performers:
Koto 1: Harold Santos, Julia Eunice Yabes, Joshua Prieto
Koto 2: Hannah Malonzo, Bart Jimenez, Jacques Dufourt
jūshichi-gensō: Kundiman Langit
Violin 1: Isaac Roldan
Violin 2: David Ipapo
Viola: Paul Anthony Evangelista
Cello: Celyn Ponce

Video by: Jezreel Custodio 2018
Edited by me...