1. |
I. Kisetsu no Oto - 1
00:21
|
|
||
|
Inspired by the following haiku:
snow melts
and the village floods
with children (Issa)
Translation by Cobb, D. (2002). Haiku: The British Museum. British Museum Press.
Image by Irina Iriser
|
||||
2. |
I. Kisetsu no Oto - 2
00:21
|
|
||
|
Inspired by the following haiku:
summer rain —
it drums on the heads
of the carp (Shiki)
Translation by Cobb, D. (2002). Haiku: The British Museum. British Museum Press.
Image by Chris F.
|
||||
3. |
I. Kisetsu no Oto - 3
00:22
|
|
||
|
Inspired by the following haiku:
the moon:
I wandered around the pond
all night long (Bashô)
Translation by Cobb, D. (2002). Haiku: The British Museum. British Museum Press.
Image by Ahmed Radwan
|
||||
4. |
I. Kisetsu no Oto - 4
00:10
|
|
||
|
Inspired by the following haiku:
no escaping it —
I must step on fallen leaves
to take this path (Masajo)
Translation by Cobb, D. (2002). Haiku: The British Museum. British Museum Press.
Image by Negative Space.
|
||||
5. |
I. Kisetsu no Oto - 5
00:11
|
|
||
|
Inspired by the following haiku:
on the ebb tide beach
everything we pick up
is alive (Chiyo-ni)
Translation by Cobb, D. (2002). Haiku: The British Museum. British Museum Press.
Image by Magda Ehlers.
|
||||
6. |
I. Kisetsu no Oto - 6
00:13
|
|
||
|
Inspired by the following haiku:
cool clear water
and fireflies that vanish
that is all there is . . . (Chiyo-ni)
Translation by Cobb, D. (2002). Haiku: The British Museum. British Museum Press.
Image by Mari Loli.
|
||||
7. |
I. Kisetsu no Oto - 7-8
00:23
|
|
||
|
Inspired by the following two haiku:
the harvest moon —
rabbits go scampering
across Lake Suwa (Buson)
it’s play for the cranes
flying up to the clouds
the year’s first sunrise (Chiyo-ni)
Translation by Cobb, D. (2002). Haiku: The British Museum. British Museum Press.
Image by Eiji Kikuta
|
||||
8. |
II. Tsubasa no Oto - 1
00:41
|
|
||
|
Inspired by the following haiku:
unexpectedly
a chick has hatched
midwinter rose (Hekigodô)
Translation by Cobb, D. (2002). Haiku: The British Museum. British Museum Press.
Image by mendo-co0.
|
||||
9. |
II. Tsubasa no Oto - 2
00:54
|
|
||
|
Inspired by the following haiku:
in the far depths of the forest
the woodpecker
and the sound of the axe (Buson)
Translation by Cobb, D. (2002). Haiku: The British Museum. British Museum Press.
Image by Luca Cagnasso.
|
||||
10. |
II. Tsubasa no Oto - 3
00:55
|
|
||
|
Inspired by the following haiku:
the footsteps of a sparrow
walking on the tatami floor
sound familiar (Hôsai)
Translation by Cobb, D. (2002). Haiku: The British Museum. British Museum Press.
|
||||
11. |
II. Tsubasa no Oto - 4
00:46
|
|
||
|
Inspired by the following haiku:
from the cage
fireflies
one by one
turn into stars (Seisensui)
Translation by Cobb, D. (2002). Haiku: The British Museum. British Museum Press.
Image by Garik Barseghyan.
|
||||
12. |
III. Views of Edo - 1
02:41
|
|
||
|
Music inspired by a woodblock print from Utagawa Hiroshige’s “100 Famous Views of Edo” (1857): Fukagawa Susaki and Jūmantsubo, No. 107 (see the cover art).
|
||||
13. |
III. Views of Edo - 2
02:16
|
|
||
|
The music was inspired by a woodblock print from Utagawa Hiroshige’s “100 Famous Views of Edo” (1857): Tsukudajima From Eitai Bridge. No. 4 (see the cover art).
|
||||
If you like Derek R. Brookes, you may also like:
Moments Remixes
by Michael Vincent Waller
There’s a quiet beauty to this remix album of compositions by Michael Vincent Waller, with contributions from JLin, Prefuse 73, & more.
go to album
A cycle of 9 duets, “Isolario” is by turns intricate, sparse, mysterious, and moving.
go to album
Conversations in Ritual
by Balladeste
This new album from the contemporary classical duo was completely improvised.
go to album
Imprints 1 & 2
by Simeon Walker
These almost heartbreakingly gentle felted piano compositions have the delicacy and loveliness of slow-falling snow.
go to album
Landscape Traces: New music for khaen, volume two
by Christopher Adler
The khaen—a free-reed mouth organ from Laos and Northeast Thailand—comes to life on this compilation EP.
go to album
Landvættirnar fjórar
by Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson
Icelandic composer Gudmundur Steinn Gunnarsson builds playful, experimental motifs around 13th-century mythological creatures.
go to album
Gorgeous and haunting performances of contemporary classical pieces for piano and electronics from Alfredo Ovalles.
go to album
