Takashi Matsudaira

The Corona disaster is the reason why I decided to exhibit my moving image works in the auditorium, but it is also the reason why I made this arrangement of Schoenberg's late masterpiece "A survivor of Warsaw", because the Corona disaster gave me some free time, and not because I had a specific performance opportunity in mind. It was not intended for any particular performance occasion. By substituting two pianos and percussion for the orchestral parts, the arrangement was intended to bring out Schoenberg's strong musical structure and to make it possible for a small group to perform it. 　The 'narrator', a survivor from the ghetto, is an unflinching denunciation of the inhumanity of the Nazis in the Jewish camps. The final part of the work, in the male chorus, is the prayer of a Jew about to be sent to the gas chambers. (Matsudaira)

¥500

The ”Variations” is based on the theme of Shigeru Matsui's idiosyncratic book of poems, ”The Voice of Time", which is composed entirely of onomatopoeia (onomatopoeia and mimetic words).　Not only are "variations" applied to the poetry reading through various electronic modulations, but the sounds of doors, railroad crossings, and even the letters of the original text are superimposed on the text, which is stripped of its meaningfulness and further superimposed on the meaninglessness of the text.

¥750