■新實徳英：〈神の木〉─尺八とチェロのために【世界初演】

演奏：黒田鈴尊（shakuhachi）、山澤 慧（vc）
演奏所要時間：約15分

2025年12月12日、東京文化會館　小ホール
四人組とその仲間たち・その31　現代室内樂の夕べ（主催：全音樂譜出版社）

　古來、木は聖なるものとして敬われてきた（『 宇宙樹＝the『cosmic『tree』のように）。尺八もチェロも木の樂器といって良く、そこに魂が宿っているように感じられる。
神のみが遊ぶことができた/この神の世界に關わるとき、人もともに遊ぶことができた』（白川『靜）。尺八・チェロの木の魂の交感が「神の遊び」のようなものに昇華する、そんな世界を想いながら作曲を進めた。自らの裡に「Stop『the『Killing」という平和への祈りを呟きながら。
全體は續けて演奏される９段の構成である。尺八は長管のG管とA管、１尺８寸のD管の持ち替え。
黒田鈴尊さん、山澤慧さん、お二人の名手のサウンドの記憶が大きな足掛かりとなった。初演の勞をお取りくださることに、また關係各位の皆樣方に、この場をお借りして心よりの感謝を表したい。(新實徳英)

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■Tokuhide Niimi: "The Sacred Tree" for Shakuhachi and Violoncello [World premiere]

Performed by Reison Kuroda (shakuhachi), Kei Yamazawa (vc)
Duration: ca. 15’

12th December 2025 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Recital Hall (Tokyo)
Groupe des Quatre et ses ami(e)s: 31ème cycle (Produced by Zen-On Music Co., Ltd.)

Trees have traditionally been regarded as sacred, hence the universal archetype of the ‘cosmic tree’. Both the shakuhachi and the cello are essentially wooden instruments and convey a sense of being invested with a soul. The interplay between the wooden souls of the shakuhachi and the cello are sublimated onto the level of the play of the gods, in the sense of play as being an activity representing absolute freedom and creativity in which, through divine benevolence, human beings are also free to participate. Underlying the piece is also my own prayer for peace and a stop to the killing of our fellow human beings.
The piece as a whole is divided into nine continuous section. The shakuhachi player alternates between three instruments, the lower pitched instruments in G and A and the standard D instrument.
The main foundation for this piece was my memory of the sound worlds generated by the two brilliant musicians Reison Kuroda and Kei Yamazawa. I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to them for their work in preparing for the first performance of this work and to everyone else who assisted in this regard. (Tokuhide Niimi)

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