Vita Historia Hito-Monogatari

In the first half of this recital, Sibelius, who celebrates the 160th anniversary of his birth this year, will present his works expressed through story and sound, and in the second half, Ms. Minako Tokuyama will present the complete "Memento Mori".

In 1917, when Finland gained independence from Russia, the country was very conscious of its national identity. Pelleas et Melisande" expresses the world view that Sibelius, after pursuing Finland's own language and culture, moved away from nationalistic expression and continued to seek.
In "The Lonely Spoor," Sibelius will be accompanied by a narration.

Memento Mori" is a chamber orchestral work for ballet, which won the first prize at the 1995 Vienna International Composition Competition (Claudio Abbado, music director), was choreographed by the Vienna Opera Ballet at the Vienna Moderne Festival, and was premiered in 1997.
This is the world premiere of the complete solo piano version.

Memento mori" means "Think of death," but it also means "the souls of the dead continue to live on," and it represents, according to Tokuyama, "the way human beings should return in the form of music, a form of prayer that transcends Shintoism, animism, Christianity, and other religious denominations.

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