THE STUDIO RECORDING: Heidi Wait: flutes • Lindsay Leach-Sparks: alto flute • Wendy Spitzer: oboe • Carrie Shull: cor anglais • Ben Riseling: clarinet • David Jordan: clarinet • Rachael Elliott: bassoon • Joseph Provenzano: horn • Zenia Zheng: horn • Kent Foss: trumpet in C • Andy Shull: trumpet in B-flat • Daniel Zhu: trombone • Hank Pellerin: trombone & tuba • Jackson Valentine: timpani & percussion • Leslie Noyce Howard: percussion • Billy Sugarfix: percussion • Lucy Vander Kamp: harp • Katherine Gill: violin • Rebekah Givens: violin • Kathryn Pearson: violin • Omar Ruiz-Lopez: violin • Laura Thomas: violin • Hjordis Tourian: violin • Emily Yuan: violin • Sara Moore: viola • Laura Quillen: viola • Ken Rogerson: viola • Katherine Stalberg: viola • John Barrile: cello • Chris Eubank: cello • Joshua Starmer: cello • Daniel Thune: double bass • Douglas Vuncannon: double bass
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Word Premiere October 6th, 2017
Sydney International Composers Concert 2017
Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney, Australia
Performed by the Sydney Contemporary Orchestra

THE WORLD PREMIERE: Conductor: Dr. Brian Chatpo Koo • Flute: Samantha Joseph (Principal & Alto Flute); Rachel Herbert • Oboe: Hamish Spicer (Principal & Cor Anglais); Callum Hogan • Clarinet: Andrew Doyle (Principal); Jason Xanthoudakis • Bassoon: Sarajane Hansen (Principal); Long Nguyen • French Horn: Radu Boros (Principal); Genevieve Campbell; Rafael Salgado; Cindy Sims • Trumpet: Andrew del Riccio (Principal); David Johnson • Trombone: Ellie Shearer (Principal); Chris Upton • Tuba: Gregory Bennett • Timpani: Steven Machamer Percussion: Kaylie Dunstan (Principal); David Zucker • Harp: Loni Fitzpatrick • Violin I: Beata Stanowska (Concertmaster); Naomi Warr; Anny Bing Xia (Co-concertmaster); Dorothy Sercombe; Paul Pokorny (Co-concertmaster); Jelena Cvetkovic; YeRi Lee; Macaren Herbert; Mar'yana Sywak • Violin II: Armine Gargrtsyan (Principal); Sonya Meher; Jacinta McPhillamy; Elena Tobalkina; Isabel Tzorbatzaki; Claudia Seibold; Rosy Timms • Viola: Rosemary Davidson (Principal); Parvin Afandiyeva; Eleanore Vuong; Julia Pokorny; Kathryn Ramsay • Cello: Michal Wieczorek (Principal); Marcin Wolski; Wendy Burge; Nazli Sendurgut; Christina Kim; Kayla Flaxman • Doublebass: Vitalily Palitsyn (Principal); Jeremy Fox; Ethan Ireland; David Potts

Program Note

Sinfonietta Fukushima (2013), a satirical tone poem in reaction to the eponymous disaster in Japan, is by turns serious and whimsical. It expresses restlessness in mood and tonality, and attempts to balance pessimism with evocations of nostalgia and a searching, clear-eyed resolution.

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Instrumentation

2 Flutes (Flute 1 doubling Alto Flute)
Oboe (doubling Cor Anglais)
2 Clarinets in Bb
Bassoon

2 Horns in F
Trumpet in C
Trombone
Tuba

Timpani

Percussion (2 players)
Claves, Crash Cymbal, Medium Gong, Snare Drum, Splash Cymbal, Tam-tam & Tubular Bells

Harp

Strings
First Violins, Second Violins, Violas, Cellos & Basses

Abandoned City of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. 2014.
35mm color negative strip

 

 

In 2014, the composer visited the radioactive ghost towns of Fukushima. View Fukushima Travelogue, which includes standard and panoramic 35mm photographs and text.

Acknowledgments

For assistance, thanks to Jay Cartwright, Sara Woodmansee and, especially, Wendy Spitzer. And also thanks to Masao Nakahara for giving me a ride out of the abandoned city of Tomioka.
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