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Sarah Alice Steranka - Tokeru Reibo - 溶​け​る​鈴​慕 - Yearning for the Molten Bell

from Tokeru Reibo - 溶​け​る​鈴​慕 by Sarah Alice Steranka, flutes

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Tokeru Reibo - 溶ける鈴慕 - Yearning for the Molten Bell was composed in 2018 for flute quartet, all doubling on piccolo and is my first attempt to trying to translate the sensations and memories of melting silver in a crucible. It is also an homage to traditional Japanese music, specifically the solo literature of the shakuhachi (end blown bamboo flute) and gagaku (court music).

The word Reibo may be found in many titles of pieces in the shakuhachi. The legendary ‘father’ of the honkyoku tradition, Fuké (ca. 9th century China), did not play shakuhachi, but rang a handbell instead. To his disciples, Fuké’s bell has come to symbolize enlightenment. Yearning for the Bell” can therefore be defined as ‘yearning for enlightenment.

The composition begins with the four flutists, playing piccolos, surrounding the audience, a physical manifestation of a ringing bell. As the piece progresses, the bell begins increase in temperature, and sections of the bell begin to fracture and melt. As the deformations become more and more severe, the temperature decreases drastically, and the cracking and melting metal settles, producing a new and uneven sound.

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from Tokeru Reibo - 溶​け​る​鈴​慕, released March 18, 2021
Sarah Alice Steranka, flutes and piccolos
Devon Osamu Tipp, mixing and mastering

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