ETHERIC VISIONS II，pour saxophone Alto（2019）

Etheric Visions II is a work inspired by theosophy that follows on from my Etheric Visions I，which I composed in 2017 for the guitarist Daisuke Suzuki. On several occasions I’ve sensed a haze-like aura descend on the concert hall when listening to the web of sound woven by an outstanding performer. I began working on this series of pieces with the aim of evoking just such a state of ‘etheric vision’. I greatly enjoyed the process of composition while imagining how the performer at the premi?re of the work might interpret and perform it，and I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall for enabling this encounter.
The work is based on the same harmonic sequence as appears in the first work in the series and is interlaced throughout with virtuosic passages. The conceptual focus in this piece is placed on melody. Although there are occasional moments where tonality makes its presence felt，the undulations of melody constantly waver between the intervals of major and minor thirds that define major and minor tonalities. I wanted to consider the meaning of melody created and heard in the present century.
Etheric Visions II is dedicated to the saxophonist Kohei Ueno.