Kuuki no Sukima (2017)
for nine instruments and an interactive conductor, duration 21:30
Featuring the digital conducting glove (ConGlove) for live control of electronic sounds.
Kuuki no Sukima – Between the air
The title can be transcribed literally as “the gap of the air” or even ”in between the air” both very suitable for the composer’s vision of creating a sonic landscape of sounds that are somewhere there, in-between or in the gap of being a sound or a pitched note. If sonority is a vibration of traveling air pressure, could there be a gap?
Could there be a sonic world somewhere there in-between the air?
1st. movement
Niður – Murmur – せせらぎ Duration c.a. 9 ́00 ́ ́
A soft, indistinct sound made by a person or group of people speaking quietly or at a distance. It could also be linked to nature sounds such as a low continuous sound of the wind murmuring through the trees or an atmospheric sound of a river.
2nd. movement
Hviss – Hiss – ビュービュー Duration c.a. 5 ́30 ́ ́
A soft but still loud gust of wind hissing over the rooftops. It could also be a sound of an object passing by with a sharp short hissing sound. According to the English dictionary, it means as a noun: “a sharp sibilant sound” or as a verb: “make a sharp sibilant sound as of the letter S”
3rd. movement
Suð – Buzz – ビュービュー Duration c.a. 8 ́45 ́ ́
A very soft sound like a buzzing sound from electronic hardware like a refrigerator or from an electric light-bulb. English dictionary mentions “the buzz of the bees” which is not quite the right explanation since the bee-buzz is in this case too loud and variant.
Here the buzzing sound has more a humming sonority.
Excerpt of the score of Kuuki no Sukima.