SATORU IKEDA
The Salutation
Duration: 9'
Solos:
alto flute
The Salutation
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Three movements for alto flute solo: "Abyss," "Awakening" and "Apparition". Inspired by these three essences of three stanzas from the English poem "The Salutation" by Thomas Traherne (1637 or 1639-1674). This is a revised version after three performances following its debut in Kitami, Taiwan, Shimonoseki and Tokyo. Dedicated to the flutist Takanori Yamane.
The CD which contains the work: NUN [Phasma-Music 069] (Iwona Glinka, alto flute)
In addition, this piece is based on "The Salutation" for chamber choir, accordion, tuba and harp, composed in 2003.
The Salutation [excerpt]
Thomas Traherne
(1637 or 1639-1674)
These little Limbs,
These Eys and Hands which here I find,
This panting Heart wherwith my Life begins;
Where have ye been? Behind
What Curtain were ye from me hid so long!
Where was, in what Abyss, my new-made Tongue?
From Dust I rise
And out of Nothing now awake;
These brighter Regions which salute mine Eyes
A Gift from God I take:
The Earth, the Seas, the Light, the lofty Skies,
The Sun and Stars are mine; if these I prize.
A Stranger here,
Strange things doth meet, strange Glory see,
Strange Treasures lodg'd in this fair World appear,
Strange all and New to me:
But that they mine should be who Nothing was,
That Strangest is of all; yet brought to pass.