Mamoru Fujieda, "Today Is A Very Good Day To Die" (Patterns of Plants, Astra Concerts

Today Is a Very Good Day to Die (今日は死ぬのにもってこいの日) (1999-2017）
voice / shō / recorder / violin / gamba / koto-I / koto-II (bass koto)
This song is an Antiphon in Antiphon Resounded. The text is a poem by American poet Nancy Wood. The Native American view of life and death is expressed in simple words.
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Part of Patterns of Plants project featuring a cross-cultural ensemble of traditional Japanese and baroque Western instruments performing new arrangements from Mamoru Fujieda's Patterns of Plants with traditional Japanese music and early baroque works.
Presented by Astra Concerts in September 2023 at Eleventh Hour in Melbourne and directed by Andrew Byrne
Miyama McQueen-Tokita, koto
Laura Vaughan, viola da gamba
Simone Slattery, baroque violin
Brandon Lee, koto
Ryan William, recorders
Henry Liang, sho
Alexander Ritter, countertenor

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So beautiful

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Thank you! Cheers!