Fumio Hayasaka 早坂文雄 - Yukara - Symphonic Suite (1955)

早坂文雄 - 交響的組曲 《ユーカラ》（1955年） Kazuo Yamada 山田一雄 conducting the Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra 日本フィルハーモニー管弦楽団 00:00 I. Prologo 03:34 II. Hanrokka 10:52 III. Santatoripaina 18:22 IV. Panchikiki 26:23 V. Nōpē 39:58 VI. Kenepe-tuitui ------------------ Yukara, Hayasaka's last composition, is a symphonic suite in six movements, with texts taken from an epic Ainu saga. According to the composer, he stated that it had not been his intention to write program music or to try to represent in music the images conjured up by Ainu mythology. What he had wanted to convey were his emotional and intuitive reactions to this ancient saga. Yukara was written as a reaction against the spreading tide of westernization and, because he felt the need to reaffirm basic oriental values such as irrationality and essentiality, Hayasaka deliberately avoids any hint of «folklore.» He wrote: «While composing I aimed to render every single detail as simply and as clearly as possible and to achieve immense power with as little material as possible... In my orchestration I avoided the prevailing Western technique of using orchestration to emphasize the musical structure and I worked on the development of a method based on oriental concepts in which emphasis is placed on elements such as 'lines' and 'dots'» The first movement (which functions as a sort of prologue) is a single linear phrase played by a solo clarinet (Andante molto tranquillo mistico). The second movement (Allegretto) is subtitled...