Hiyoli Togawa - Songs of Solitude (2021)
Hiyoli Togawa - Songs of Solitude (2021)
FLAC tracks +booklet | 01:18:42 | 358 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: BIS
FLAC tracks +booklet | 01:18:42 | 358 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: BIS
Songs of Solitude was conceived by the violist Hiyoli Togawa at a time when a virus was forcing people across the world into isolation and she herself needed to find a new rhythm of life as concert after concert was being cancelled. As she relates in the booklet to the disc, playing Bach music that combines powerful emotions with a crystal-clear structure became part of her daily routine, along with walks along the empty streets of Berlin. During these, the importance of remaining creative became even clearer to her, along with the idea to offer people the opportunity through music to reflect upon the difficulties of living through a pandemic. Having recently collaborated with the composer Kalevi Aho, she came upon the idea of asking him and a number of other composers to write for her pieces that would reflect life and work in the time of the coronavirus and that distil isolation in music. The result is Songs of Solitude works for solo viola commissioned from 11 different composers and interwoven with sarabandes from Bachs cello suites. The individual pieces range from the meditative (Toshio Hosokawa reminiscing in his version of the traditional Sakura) to the defiant (Johanna Doderers Shadows). Some of them even provided Hiyoli with musical company Ahos Am Horizont requires her to play two parts on the viola while singing a third, and the piece by John Powell is written for nine voices, recorded in multitrack. The album was recorded in Berlin during three periods, June to October 2020, as the various pieces arrived and the restrictions in place at the time permitted.
Track List:
01. Sakura (Arr. for Viola) - Solitude
02. Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: IV. Sarabande (Arr. for Viola)
03. Shadows
04. Nostalgia
05. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: IV. Sarabande (Arr. for Viola)
06. Ode an die Stille
07. Silence
08. Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: IV. Sarabande (Arr. for Viola)
09. Am Horizont
10. Perfect Time for a Spring Cleaning
11. Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: IV. Sarabande (Arr. for Viola)
12. Keep Moving
13. Salve nos
14. Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: IV. Sarabande (Arr. for Viola)
15. 5 Impressions of Self-Isolation: No. 1, Calling Out
16. 5 Impressions of Self-Isolation: No. 2, Wine for One
17. 5 Impressions of Self-Isolation: No. 3, Only Birds in the Sky
18. 5 Impressions of Self-Isolation: No. 4, How Many Weeks?
19. 5 Impressions of Self-Isolation: No. 5, Back to the English Garden
20. Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: IV. Sarabande (Arr. for Viola)
21. Consolation
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