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"Chikap" for Orchestra - Takashi Yoshimatsu

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sachio Fujioka. Part I. Andante - Poco più mosso - (attacca) 0:00 Part II. Meno mosso - (attacca): 5:40 Part III. Moderato - Tempo I: 7:24 Yoshimatsu's "Chikap" was composed in 1981, being originally scored for a flute orchestra (2 piccolos, 8 flutes, 2 alto-flutes, 2 bass-flutes,& a contrabass-flute) and premiered in February 15 of 1982, performed by the Tokyo Flute Ensemble Academy conducted by Akira Aoki. Much later in 2003, the composer rearranged it for full orchestra for this recording. "Chikap" means Birds in Ainu, the language of the aboriginal people of Hokkaido. The work is divided in three movements played without stop. Written using the theory of "septaphony", music composed of points instead of lines, using harmonic clusters created by an array of sound points (instead of phrases or melodies) within a tonal scale of seven whole (and no half) tones. This work is also the second part of a trilogy about birds, the first being "Threnody to Toki" (1979-80) and the third "The Age of Birds" (1986). The first movement has no formal structure. It opens with notes of the flute, resembling bird songs under the previously mentioned technique. The rest of the wood follows in a complex dialogue. More instruments are slowly added, enriching the music; harp, percussion and strings. These dialogues become sustained by static chords of the strings. Follows a lyrical passage in which woods and strings alternate, leading to a lyrical climax. The music calmly dissolves as it leads us to the next movement. The second movement also has no structure. It opens in asimilar fashion as the first movement, with bird-like songs shared between the winds. These songs become more capriccious as harp and vibraphone enter to accompany. More instruments are added but very soon it goes to the last part. The third movement has no structure. It opens with birdsongs over sustained strings, briefly followed by dissonant clusters. The music becomes denser and richer, leading us to a lyrical climax. The winds resume their bird-like chants accompanied by the strings. After a calm reminiscence of the opening chants, the work concludes with the winds simply vanishing in the air, as if the birds had left. Picture: "Birds on a Flowering Branch" (c1887) by the Japanese painter Watanabe Seitei. Musical analysis written by myself. Source: https://bit.ly/3plsuHK