small, still voices, for orchestra
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By Paul Paccione (1997), Program NoteTRANSCRIPT
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small
still
voices
for orchestra
Paul Paccione
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small, still voices for orchestra
These four pieces were inspired by my reading of Kenneth Rexroth’s translation of 8th-century Japanese poetry, entitled One Hundred Poems from the Japanese (New Directions, 1964). The poems express a deep
consciousness of the seasons and the individual pieces are arranged according to the their cycle. I have tried to capture the same subtle effects of
the poetry in the music.
Paul Paccione, 1997
Flute Oboe English horn Bb clarinet Horn in F
Violin I Violin II
Viola Violoncello Contrabass
(All instruments in the score “sound where written” except for the contrabass which sounds one octave lower.)
Published by Frog Peak Music, Box 1052, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03766; www.frogpeak.org
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i. autumn
The hanging raindrops Have not dried from the needles
Of the fir forest Before the evening mist
Of autumn rises.
The Monk Jakuren.
ii. winter
The snow falls and falls. The mountains and meadows sleep.
Only an old mill Stays awake.
Okura Ichijitsu
iii. spring
As I approach
The mountain village Through the spring twilight
I hear the summer bell Ring through drifting petals
Noin
iv. summer
The lower leaves of the trees Tangle the sunset in dusk.
Awe spreads with The summer twilight
Sone NoYoshitada