In Between

作曲・改訂年／2018
編成／アルトサクソフォン、打楽器、プリペアドされたピアノ
演奏時間／約9分
Delian Academy for New Music 2018（ミコノス・ギリシャ）において、Trio Accantoのために作曲

Year of composition and revision: 2018
Instrumentation: alto saxophone, percussions, and prepared piano
Duration: approximately 9 minutes
Written for Delian Academy for New Music 2018; performed by Trio Accanto
Revised first premiered at Real Accanto - Darmstädter Ferienkurse

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プログラムノート

　私はいつも、過去と現在の間、日本と世界の間、または、言語、音と音楽の間など、いくつかの対象や、いくつかの文脈の間に、答えを見出そうとしています。この作品では、同時に、しかし、個々に円環状に存在する、テンポのちがう二種類の音楽の間に形式を見出そうとしました。
　第一の音楽では、三者三様の方法でグリッサンドの線形（私は、あらゆる楽器において、どうしたら「曲がる」音を書くことができるかを、いつも考えています）が表現され、それらの組み合わせにより、一本の太い紐のような音像が描かれます。拍子の頻繁な変化と強拍の位置の入れ替わりによって、独特のうねりを表出します。第二の音楽は、一拍子を基本とする点描の音楽です。
　私たちは、ラジオのチャンネルを切り替えるようにして、二種類の音楽を行き来しながら聴いていきます。第一の音楽から聴き始めますが、それが、第二の音楽の挿入によって中断されます。中断の頻度が増え、その間隔が次第に長くなっていくと、最後には第二の音楽が優勢となり、曲が閉じられます。

Programm note

　I have always been trying to explore an answer which intermediates in-between some things or some contexts; sometimes in-between the past and the present, in-between Japan and the rest of the world, or in-between language, sound, and music.
　This piece is like listening to two kinds of music while switching between two radio channels. I have tried to find a way to create one form to deal with those two kinds of music, each of which has its own distinguishable character and tempo, and each of which keeps going on in a circle individually. In other words, I tried to integrate two different time fields.
In the first music, the same gesture, which consists of glissandi played by three performers in their own ways (I am always thinking about how I can bend the sound in a distinctive way of each instrument), is repeated while being kept subtle changes. On the other side, the second music, which mainly consists of dots and goes on one beat, is developing little by little. We start listening to the first music, which is interrupted by inserts or breaks of the second music. The interruptions appear more often, and they get longer and longer. Then finally, the second music gets the upper hand over the first music.
　“In Between” was written for the world premiere in the Delian Academy for New Music in Mykonos, Greece, performed by Trio Accanto.

https://ultraschallberlin.de/aufsatz/yu-kuwabara-in-between/

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Score

Edition Gravis - In Between eg2789

CD

Other Stories | Marcus Weiss - saxophone / Nicolas Hodges - piano / Christian Dierstein - percussion | Trio Accanto

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Video

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Performance & broadcast history
(As of 4 August 2022)

16 June 2018 - world premiere
Delian Academy for New Music 2018 - SYNAVLIA 6
Grypario Cultural Center, Epar.Od. Mikonou-Ano Merias 1422, Mikonos 846 00, Greece
Trio Accanto
Marcus Weiss, saxophone｜Christian Dierstein, percussions｜Nicolas Hodges, piano
www.delianacademy.com

15 July 2018 - revised premiere, German premiere
Real Accanto - Darmstädter Ferienkurse
Orangerie, Bessunger Str. 44, 64285 Darmstadt, Germany
Trio Accanto
Marcus Weiss, saxophone｜Christian Dierstein, percussions｜Nicolas Hodges, piano
internationales-musikinstitut.de/de/ferienkurse/festival/programm/real-accanto/
internationales-musikinstitut.de/en/ferienkurse/ueber/musiker-dozenten/yu-kuwabara/

[broadcast] 3 December 2018, via Deutschlandfunk
ter Ferienkurse 2018 - Reizüberflutung versus Kontemplation
www.deutschlandfunk.de/darmstaedter-ferienkurse-2018-reizueberflutung-versus.1987.de.html?dram:article_id=429511
Trio Accanto
Marcus Weiss, saxophone｜Christian Dierstein, percussions｜Nicolas Hodges, piano
Leonie Reineke, Am Mikrofon

13 April 2019 - Spanish premiere
Funambulista. - Festival Mostra Sonora
Sueca, Valencia, Spain
Trio Accanto
Marcus Weiss, saxophone｜Christian Dierstein, percussions｜Nicolas Hodges, piano
mostrasonorasueca.com/actuacions/
www.evs-musikstiftung.ch/en/prize/prizes/grants-aid-2019/festivals-englisch/mostra-sonora-sueca-2019.html

[broadcast] 15 May 2019, via SWR2
SWR2 JetztMusik - Trio Accanto (1/2)
Trio Accanto
Marcus Weiss, saxophone｜Christian Dierstein, percussions｜Nicolas Hodges, piano
www.swr.de/swr2/programm/sendungen/jetztmusik/swr2-jetztmusik-trio-accanto-1-2

13 October 2019 - Asian premiere
PRISM Chamber Music Festival
Feature Concert I: Exordium Collective
Y-Studio, 2/F Youth Square, 238 Chai Wan Rd, Chai Wan, Hong Kong
EXORDIUM Collective
Angus Lee, conductor
Charles Ng, saxophone｜Karen Yu, percussions｜Thomas Ang, piano
www.novaensemble.com/pcmf-feature-concert-i-exordium-collective
www.facebook.com/events/673800376463986/

16 January 2020
Ultraschall Berlin
Heimathafen Neukölln, Karl-Marx-Straße 141, 12043 Berlin, Germany
Trio Accanto
Marcus Weiss, saxophone｜Christian Dierstein, percussions｜Nicolas Hodges, piano
ultraschallberlin.de/konzert/2020-01-16_trio-accanto/
ultraschallberlin.de/aufsatz/yu-kuwabara-in-between/
www.visitberlin.de/en/event/ultraschall-berlin-festival-new-music
www.facebook.com/events/2549767611909689/

[broadcast] 27 January 2020, via Deutschlandfunk Kultur Tonart Klassik
Ultraschall Berlin
Trio Accanto
Marcus Weiss, saxophone｜Christian Dierstein, percussions｜Nicolas Hodges, piano
ultraschallberlin.de/konzert/2020-01-16_trio-accanto/

[broadcast] 5 February 2020, via rbb Kultur
Musik der Gegenwart
Ultraschall Berlin
Trio Accanto
Marcus Weiss, saxophone｜Christian Dierstein, percussions｜Nicolas Hodges, piano
ultraschallberlin.de/konzert/2020-01-16_trio-accanto/

[broadcast] 4 August 2020, via ORF
Japans zeitgenössische Musikproduktion - Japans junge Komponierende
Gestaltung: Marie-Therese Rudolph<br />
Trio Accanto
Marcus Weiss, saxophone｜Nicolas Hodges, piano｜Christian Dierstein, percussions
oe1.orf.at/programm/20200804/607861/Japans-zeitgenoessische-Musikproduktion

3 October 2020 - French premiere
Festival Musica 2020
Concert de clôture #3 - L’Imaginaire + Ensemble Linea + Les Percussions de Strasbourg + Voix de Stras’ + AxisModula + Quatuor Adastra + Les Chapeaux Noirs + HANATSUmiroir + lovemusic
Cité de la musique et de la danse, 1 Pl. Dauphine, 67076 Strasbourg, France
L’Imaginaire + Ensemble Linea + Les Percussions de Strasbourg
Philippe Koerper, saxophone｜Reto Staub, piano｜Hsin-Hsuan Wu, percussions
festivalmusica.fr/documentation/editions/2020/manifestation/1717/

9 July 2021 - US premiere
CHAMBER MUSIC II - Twin Cities New Music Festival 2021
The Andy Boss Thrust Stage, Park Square Theatre, 20 West Seventh Place, Saint Paul, MN 55102 U.S.
Jeffery Kyle Hutchins, saxophone｜Scotty Horey, percussions｜Shannon Wettstein Sadler, piano
www.113collective.com/tcnmf21
parksquaretheatre.org/113-composers-collective-twin-cities-new-music-festival/
www.facebook.com/events/949396595821406

12 August 2021
Concert - New Music Gathering Day 1
Landmark Center, 75 W 5th St, St Paul, MN 55102 U.S.
Jeffery Kyle Hutchins, saxophone｜Scotty Horey, percussions｜Shannon Wettstein Sadler, piano
www.newmusicgathering.org/nmg2021/schedule/day-1-thursday-august-12th

4 & 5 December 2021 
Concert II: I will learn to love a perso
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 11 East 40th Street, Kansas City, MO 64111-4909, U.S.
newEar Contemporary Chamber Ensemble
fb.me/e/1YC01oVY
fb.me/e/4aJp5tevH

5 February 2022
Gesellschaft für Zeitgenössische Musik Aachen
Klangbrücke, Kurhausstraße 2, 52062 Aachen, Germany
Trio Abstrakt
Salim Javaid, saxophone｜Shiau-Shiuan Hung, percussions｜Marlies Debacker, piano
www.gzm-aachen.de/?p=2994

26 March 2022
Trio Abstrakt: EDGES
Altes Pfandhaus, Kartäuserwall 20 50678 Köln, Germany
Trio Abstrakt
Salim Javaid, saxophone｜Shiau-Shiuan Hung, percussions｜Marlies Debacker, piano
altes-pfandhaus.de/event/trio-abstrakt/

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