Two Haiku

Description

translations of Japanese Haiku
Based on texts by Santoka and Issa

Opus Number
49
Date
February 1999, Boston
Instrumentation
soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano
Duration
3 minutes
Commissioned
Fred Cohen, Currents, University of Richmond, Virginia
Recording
tape at The Boston Conservatory
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Premiere

Currents, Fred Cohen, conducting, March 1999

Subsequent performances

Boston Conservatory Contemporary Ensemble, Larry Bell, conducting, May 2, 1999

Program notes

Two Haiku was commissioned by Fred Cohen for the Currents ensemble and first performed in Richmond, Virginia, in March 1999 at the America Haiku Association conference. It is written for the “Pierrot” ensemble and uses texts by Santoka and Issa, respectively.

Text

1. Alone silently
the bamboo shoot
becomes a bamboo

2. out from darkness
back into darkness
affairs of the cat

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