On Friday, January 28th, the sTREga trio's violinist Ewa Sas performed the 11-movement suite of miniatures, "The 53 Stations of the Tokaido, Book One". "Tokaido" was commissioned by Ewa, and she performs it so beautifully. This was the first time the revised final movement had been performed.
Says Ewa, "The Friday concert went GREAT! We had a great turn-out with Dean of UofT, Chen Yi and Chan Ka Nin (we played their compositions too) in the audience and everyone absolutely loved your piece. They thought it was great and original idea with the pictures in the background... and I got a lot of comments about how cool all the effects were... The people especially liked the singing-tapping the violin part. And I totally [warmed-up] the audience because your piece was the first that I had to bow-go back-bow again 3 times! They LOVED IT!"
Congratulations, Ewa!!
I've taken a bit of a externally-imposed sabbatical from composing over the past 18 months. Last November, I started a new job, and now that I'm getting the hang of it, I have a bit more time in my life for writing, which I plan to do. I'm not sure what I'll write first, but I would definitely like to follow up on the "Tokaido" series: 5 books of 11 miniatures each, all based on the paintings of Ando Hiroshige. Which book I do next depends on what instrument I feel like writing for - and which performers might be available to play it once it's done!
Speaking of time - time to get off the internet and go make something.
