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World Premiere of Atsuhiko Gondai "Strings between Time and Eternity"
On February 28, Atsuhiko Gondai’s Strings between Time and Eternity was premiered at Aichi Chamber Orchestra’s 72nd Subscription Concert at MS&AD Shirakawa Hall by soloist Ayana Tsuji, conductor Kazufumi Yamashita and the above orchestra.
Like Gondai’s other recent works, Strings between Time and Eternity for violin and orchestra was also composed with si (=death in Japanese) as its central note.Gondai has recently taken to writing his works with the hearts of people in suffering in mind; Si ambulem in medio umbrae mortis which he wished would be a beacon of light to all those who faced death during the coronavirus pandemic and walked on a dark path with no exit in sight, and Chorales without Words, a collection of chorales that could not be sung by people together due to coronavirus restrictions, and therefore was entrusted instead to be sung by the ‘sound’ of the viola and the ‘resonance’ of the piano.
According to the composer, this new work Strings between Time and Eternity is a requiem for a certain person, and was written as music to accompany the departed soul as well as to guide it on its eternal journey.
The violin solo will be performed by Ayana Tsuji who was commissioner and dedicatee of Gondai’s Post Festum in 2019. Her powerful and beautiful sound on the strings will indeed accompany the departed soul warmly and tenderly together with the orchestra.This year began unexpectedly with consecutive difficult events. This performance has provided a valuable moment for the listeners too, a moment in which they could think about their loved ones and listen closely to their hearts.