Toward the Sea, by Toru Takemitsu

Toward the Sea, by Toru Takemitsu Sam Um - Marimba Evan Fojtik - Flutist Recorded at Yale University - School of Music Hendrie Hall, Blocker Rehearsal Hall Audio by Michael Laurello More with Sam Um: Isabelle Dances, by Steve Stucky -    • Isabelle Dances by Steve Stucky - Marimba ...   Rebonds B, by Iannis Xenakis -    • Rebonds B, by Iannis Xenakis   Aria, by Christopher Theofanidis -    • Aria by Christopher Theofanidis - Marimba ...   Libertango, by Eric Sammut -    • Libertango by Eric Sammut (Sam Um) - Marim...   Burritt Variations, by Alejandro Vinao -    • Burritt Variations by Alejandro Vinao - Ma...   https://www.samumpercussion.com/ --------------------------------- MALLETS vfM121 - Robert van Sice Signature Series http://vicfirth.com/products/keyboard... vfM122 - Robert van Sice Signature Series http://vicfirth.com/products/keyboard... vfM123 - Robert van Sice Signature Series http://vicfirth.com/products/keyboard... --------------------------------- ABOUT THE COMPOSER Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu had a strong interest in images of water in nature. He even composed an electronic composition in 1960, Water Music (Mizu non kyoku), that is entirely made up of recorded sounds of water. In the early 1980s Takemitsu's style was evolving from a serial-based technique to a more linear and rhapsodic approach. His early interest in French music (particularly that of Debussy and Messiaen) was also reasserting itself in a personal adaptation of the kind of rich harmonies favored by both Frenchmen. Toward the Sea was composed as a contribution to the "Save the Whales" campaign of Greenpeace. In Japan, historically a whale-hunting nation, this contribution was a political statement. In writing about this composition, Takemitsu said that his interest was in the sea as a "spiritual domain" and cited a passage in Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick: "Let the most absent-minded of men be plunged in his deepest reveries...and he will infallibly lead you to water.... Yes, as everyone knows, meditation and water are wedded together." Melville's novel also provided the form of the work, which is an 11-minute composition in three movements named "The Night," "Moby Dick," and "Cape Cod." Its tone, overall, is calm and meditative. --------------------------------- FOLLOW US! ➤Website: http://www.vicfirth.com ➤YouTube:    / vicfirthdrumsticks   ➤YouTube (Marching):    / vicfirthmarching   ➤YouTube (Concert):    / vicfirthconcert   ➤Twitter:   / vicfirth   ➤Instagram:   / vicfirth