Two Haikus for Men’s Chorus
Format
Composer's Club Concerts
Faculty Mentor Name
Francois Rose
Faculty Mentor Department
Conservatory of Music
Additional Faculty Mentor Name
Robert Coburn
Abstract/Artist Statement
Sick on my journey
Only my dreams will wander
These desolate moors
A weathered skeleton
In windy fields of memory
Piercing like a knife
Before composing this piece, I decided that I wanted to use a haiku for the text. I was reading the haikus of a couple of different poets and I came upon these two haikus by Matsuo Basho. I found them quite dark, but also hauntingly beautiful, and this piece is all about trying to capture that haunting beauty and serenity within darkness, and to illustrate it musically. I thought that the two haikus flowed together quite well and decided to use both of them together in my piece.
Location
Faye Spanos Concert Hall
Start Date
24-4-2013 2:00 PM
End Date
24-4-2013 3:30 PM
Two Haikus for Men’s Chorus
Faye Spanos Concert Hall
Sick on my journey
Only my dreams will wander
These desolate moors
A weathered skeleton
In windy fields of memory
Piercing like a knife
Before composing this piece, I decided that I wanted to use a haiku for the text. I was reading the haikus of a couple of different poets and I came upon these two haikus by Matsuo Basho. I found them quite dark, but also hauntingly beautiful, and this piece is all about trying to capture that haunting beauty and serenity within darkness, and to illustrate it musically. I thought that the two haikus flowed together quite well and decided to use both of them together in my piece.