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Sayo Kosugi - Nebula, Blooming for solo harp by Sayo Kosugi

from Japanese Music Now by Dai Fujikura, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Sayo Kosugi, Kenji Sakai

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Nebula, Blooming was originally intended as a work for dance, with the idea of having a solo harpist positioned in the center of the stage. This concept was suggested by my friend, the harpist, Gwenllian Llyr. Likewise, when I started composing, I imagined a harpist playing, surrounded by dancers. The first half of this piece was performed at a Juilliard Dance Workshop in the Spring of 2013. For a dance piece, the music progresses and develops quite slowly. But that is because instead of writing in collaboration with a choreographer, I decided to approach this work for harp as a pure concert piece. Writing for harp, especially for solo harp, was a challenge. But, a few months before composing this piece, I had the fortune of taking a few harp lessons from Gwenllian. As basic as it was, learning to play a short simple tune on the instrument became my biggest source of imagination and inspiration for this work. Also, hearing the harp up close and played by such a fantastic player really helped in creating this work. I set the music very freely. Starting with simple unmetered gestures, the sound unfolds into music, like a flower gently blooming. I titled this piece Nebula, Blooming, envisioning spots of light on a dark dance floor that then gradually spread out softly against the darkness.
--Sayo Kosugi

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from Japanese Music Now, released July 25, 2018
Composed by Sayo Kosugi (2013)
Jennifer Craig, harp

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