Many Paradises from Hyo-shin Na
Instrumentation : Violin, Cello & Piano
Price : 20,00 €
Order-# : 2023111810
Level : Contemporary Music
About a year ago, I came across a very small book entitled “28 Paradises”, consisting of 28 paintings by Dominique Zerfuss (b. 1951). Each painting is accompanied by a poem written by Patrick Modiano, her husband (b. 1945) (Nobel Prize in Literature, 2014). 5 sets from these 28, at times rather enigmatic, painting/poems became a beginning point of my work “Many Paradises”.
From “28 Paradises”
by Patrick Modiano
“And the roses growing without thorns” – this one sentence, in particular, changed my attitude towards the world and made me hear new sounds that I’d never imagined before.
This work was composed with the generous support of the Elaine and Richard Fohr Foundation.
Sonatina from Philip Rugel
Instrumentation : Bassoon & Piano
Price : 19,50 €
Order-# : 2023121811
Level : Contemporary Music
From Korea to America – 120 years and beyond from Hyo-shin Na
Instrumentation : Clarinet Bb, Violin, Viola, Cello, Kayageum, Piano
Price : 64,50 €
Order-# : 2022081797
Level : Contemporary Music
I’ve spent much of the year 2022 writing a series of 5 pieces called “From Korea to America – 120 Years and Beyond” for clarinet in B flat, violin, viola, cello, sanjo kayageum/25 string kayageum, and piano). These 5 pieces were inspired by my interviews with 5 long-time friends who’ve come from Korea and have lived in California. The 5 pieces are titled: I. On a Cargo Ship, II. The Flow, III. While Crossing, IV. Happiness Piece, and V. Turning-Point.
“On a Cargo Ship” was inspired by a friend who came to the US on a cargo ship instead of in an airplane many decades ago. She’s become very successful as a pharmacist and has given big donations to a Korean university at which she’d been educated before coming to the US.
I began to imagine the beginning of “The Flow” while listening to a friend’s talking about her life in California as a hard working and kind neighbor.
A long-time college professor in Korea in her 50s came to the US and began a business. “While Crossing” the Pacific Ocean, my friend and her husband promised to begin over fresh in the US. They’ve become successful with their business and are now comfortably retired.
Educated as a pianist in Korea, this friend became a banker in the US. She and her husband achieved their American dream and have led a very happy life together. “Happiness Piece” came to me as I was happily listening to her story.
One of my friends came to the US when she was 3 months old as an adoptee of an American family. She didn’t have much contact with other Koreans until she moved to Northern California where she first heard traditional music from Korea. That Korean music strengthened her identity as a Korean American. She’s now a professor of music. While listening to her talking about her passion for Korean music, I thought of the last section of “Turning-Point”.
I composed this series of 5 pieces with generous support from the San Francisco Artist Grant.
Nocturne from Vasiliy G. Medved
Instrumentation : Viola & Piano
Price : 12,90 €
Order-# : 2023011806
Level : Contemporary Music
Five Dialogues (IV) from Vasiliy G. Medved
Instrumentation : Piano
Price : 11,60 €
Order-# : 2023011808
Level : Contemporary Music
Triade from Michele Cappelletti
Instrumentation : Guitar
Price : 11,60 €
Order-# : 2023011809
Level : Contemporary Music
Frankfurt Inventions from Vasiliy G. Medved
Instrumentation : 2 clarinets in B flat
Price : 15,10 €
Order-# : 2022121805
Level : Contemporary Music
Piano Sonata from Vasiliy G. Medved
Instrumentation : Piano
Price : 14,00 €
Order-# : 2023011807
Level : Contemporary Music
Instrumentation : Guitar
Price : € 11,60
Order-# : LM – 2022121804
Level : Contemporary Music
Introduction of Duccio Bianchi
His inclination for Alexander Scriabin’s music led him, 150 years after his birth, to work on these guitar transcriptions of some original piano works.
In addition to the sonatas, the short forms (preludes, studies, pieces of various genres) accompanied Scriabin’s compositional work throughout his life, forming a very conspicuous and varied corpus.
His choice is the result of a careful selection and was oriented towards those pieces of music that seemed to him more idiomatic; it was necessary to change the key to make the most of the sound of the guitar and its extension.
If in this operation, in some cases, a certain density has to be renounced, you can nevertheless gain in color and turn a look at these compositions from another perspective.
Piano Sonata No. II op. 6 from Jeroen Leentjens
Instrumentation : Piano
Price : 17,50 €
Order-# : 2022101803
Level : Contemporary Music