作家たちの記憶：清水大輔 [サクソフォン4重奏]

作家たちの記憶

作曲をはじめる前に、ハッピー☆マッキーSAXカルテットのメンバーであり大学の尊敬する先輩である河西麻希さんより「ロシア作曲家のメドレー的ではあるけど、私自身のオリジナル性も織り込んだ曲にしてほしい」とのご依頼で、特に選曲してほしい曲を事前にメンバー内で決めていただき、それらを踏まえて制作を開始しました。誰のどの曲が入っているかを説明してしまうと楽しみが半減してしまうので、この解説に記すのは止めておきます。

ただ、この作品は単純なメドレーではありません。才能溢れる大作曲家達の人生の岐路をドキュメンタリーテイストで描き、表現しようと思った作品です。さまざまな経験を経て書かれた有名な旋律の裏にはいったいどんなドラマがあったのか・・・、是非想像しながら聴いて頂けたら幸いです。

同音型の繰り返しが皆さんにどう伝わるのか、楽しみでありちょっぴり不安でもあります・・・。

仕様

楽器編成

CIRCLE OF GENIUSES

I started writing this piece in 2021 after being commissioned by the HappyMakky SAX Quartet, and I completed it in August of the same year. This piece, which is around 7 and a half minutes long, premiered at the quartet's 10thanniversary concert held on September 23rd, 2021.

Prior to the composition of this piece, Maki Kasai, a member of the quartet and a senior of mine at university whom I respect, requested me to write a piece that resembles a medley of the works of Russian composers but without abandoning a sense of originality. I began writing the piece based on several works that the members of the quartet had decided on in advance. I will not disclose the composers or the works that I had consulted in this commentary, as doing so might compromise your appreciation of the piece.

However, this piece is more than just a medley. In writing the piece, I had wanted to depict and present the crossroads in the lives of these talented composers in a documentary style. I hope that you will enjoy listening to this piece while imagining the drama behind the famous melodies that had been written on the back of a variety of different experiences.

I am excited, but also a little nervous, to find out what everyone thinks of the repeated homophonic sections in this piece.

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