Hikaru Suzuki
Toscana
Duration: 25'
Instrumentation details:
piano
violoncello
Toscana
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Work introduction
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We had a lot of fun in the forest and by the sea, but the most memorable moment was in Sant'Anna di Stazzema. Our daughter's name is Anna, so we looked it up on a map and really found a place called Sant'Anna and visited it, without knowing anything
know anything about it. There was a monument on the top overlooking the sea. In any case, we were shocked. Something tragic had happened here in the past.
1. "Toscana": Memories of Tuscany.
2. "A Day in the Life of a Tuscan Forest": A day in the Tuscan forest, from the
morning, when the sun has not yet risen, to the end of the day, when the sun has almost set.
the sun has almost set.
3. 'The night in the storm': I was sleeping at night when suddenly I was woken by a great noise.
woke me up. Because of the strong wind, all the windows in the room in which I was
I was sleeping were completely open, and strong wind and heavy rain were blowing through the room.
It was an old house and it seemed that it could not withstand the force of the wind.
This piece begins with this real experience.
4. "Sant'Anna": it is about my feelings for these people, their feelings and the fact,
that it happened at all. At the end of the play, I imagined how the sky would
the feelings of pain, hatred and sadness and the feelings become calmer.
5. "Waltz": This waltz was written for these people.
6. "The interplay of sky, sea, clouds and wind": It is about sitting by thethe Tuscan sea and observing how the wind, the colours of the sky and the shapes of the cloudsand the shapes of the clouds change so quickly. I could watch it all the timeand never get tired of it. At the same time, I wished in my heart that
their souls could also fly around freely.