NISHIMURA, Akira西村 朗(1953.9.8-2023.9.7)

MYSTIC BELLS, for Piano(2006)

神秘の鐘

1. Twilight glow,2. Interlude,3. Misty River
Instrumentation
pf
Duration
15’00”
Category
Solo
Premiere
2006. May 11, Mie. Noriko Ikariyama(pf) (for CD recording)
Recording
CAMERATA/CMCD-28123
Description
The image of “bell” in this composition is from a lot of religious, but it is not a thing tied to specific religion like Buddhism or Christian. Various bell sounds seem to be the moment of brightness of a flow of time; also it is a world beyond the space-time. For example, it seems to be a signal that reaches for another world or life after death. Furthermore, it seems to be the light for the abyss of people hearts, and the echo of lights from far-off another world.

Ⅰ. Twilight Glow
Right after the sunset, the red afterglow remains in the sky, and brightens the leaves of trees in mountain and a snowy high peak.
The bell shakes the atmosphere of twilight zone, which is a zone to death from life.

Ⅱ. Interlude
This is an interlude of the playing heavy death knell deeply. It is a kind of lullaby that is sung slowly. A lonely sad song.

Ⅲ. Misty River
A sign of various “existences” that wriggle in a night foggy big river. Those blend with the fragrance of coquettish current, and it produces the sound of a bell such as mysterious aurora that appears from alien world continuosly. Of course, it is auditory hallucination. It is mysterious bell sound.

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