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Performance by Dean Frenkel from the CD Ambient voice |
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The sweet light of day : for clarinet in B flat and string quartet / Mark Clement Pollard.
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Work Overview
The sweet light of day was composed for the 'Ensemblinx' Australia - Japan Project at the request of virtuoso clarinetist Robert Schubert. The work draws on the sound world, ritual and mysticism of the sacred 'Shinto' music of Japan. The style of this music is solemn, slow and ambient. The main voice is pure with little vibrato and is often echoed by the accompanying instruments. For this work the 'oshikiho' scale is used which is the 3rd mode of the 'Togako' system. " The traditional origin of 'Shinto ' music is the obscene dance performed by the goddess Ama no Uzume no Mikoto before the door of the Rock Cave of Heaven to entice out the sun goddess, who is hiding her light from the world and causing the crops to fail" (New Grove).
Work Details
Year: 1998
Duration: 7 min.
This arrangement, featuring harmonic vocals, by Dean Frenkel for the Move Records CD release Ambient Voice.
Subjects
- Inspired by: Japanese culture
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