Takashi Yoshimatsu - Piano Concerto 'Memo Flora' Op.67 (w/sheet)
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Played by Japan philharmonic orchestra conducted by Sachio Fujioka
Written as a Memorandum on flowers, this concerto for piano consists of three movements: Flower, Petals and Bloom, that are, respectively, fast, slow and fast.
The Words Memo Flora were written by the poet Kenji Miyazawa on the cover of a notebook that contained notes for a diagram of the placement of flowers (melody) in a flowerbed (score).
1. Flower - An Allegro in a pseudo-sonata form celebrating flowers blooming quietly in a spring field against a background of shifting colors. As the texture of birds, described by the woodwind draws close by, the piano sweeps through a spring storm and into a blue sky.
2. Petals - A light Andante, like flower petals floating on the water. A faint song on the quietly flowing water appears and disappears like a dream of long ago.
3. Bloom - The finale, in which spring speed away from the spring field, in full bloom. A 4/8 and 5/8 rondo that dashes lightly into the distance.
Movements:
0:00 - Instrumentation
0:02 - 1. Flower
14:25 - 2. Petals
25:08 - 3. Bloom
![Takashi Yoshimatsu [吉松隆]: Within Dreams, Without Dreams (1998)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/W0EuoDu7V1U/mqdefault.jpg)
![Takashi Yoshimatsu [吉松隆]: Within Dreams, Without Dreams (1998)](/img/tr.png)
Movements:
0:00 - Instrumentation
0:02 - 1. Flower
14:25 - 2. Petals
25:08 - 3. Bloom
Bro sees a flower on the street and just goes home and drops the most beautiful music ever
I confirm this is exactly how it happened
@@igo.spekkyjarvonvreich I confirm this confirmation.
For no reason in particular UA-cam just decided to recommend Takashi Yoshimatsu to me. I almost never listen to classical music, but felt strangely attracted to the video. I clicked it and oh my God. This is some of the most mesmerizing music I have ever heard in my life.
Nice! Now check out Ravel, Scriabin, Debussy, John Adams
@@somebody9033was just listening to Paul Barton playing Debussy prelude 1 book 2. The harmonic pedal makes it sound insane
5:38 This sequence is probably one of the most beautiful moments of music ever composed.
Well, if the uploader uses Ravel as a profile picture you will only get masterpieces.
Well, that is a nice inference, thanks :)
which is a weird belief that is contradicted in the uploading of this garbage piece.
@@Whatismusic123 yo ive seen you multiple times and you need to stop hating. as Oscar Wilde put it in the Picture of Dorian Grey: "Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope."
@@Whatismusic123This guy's comments are ragebait to get you to listen to his music on his channel. Ignore him
@@ryanzhang1619dw it's clearly a nosesense calling something beautiful garbage. Trolling or baiting
9:23 that chord is just delightful
This is a masterpiece.
Let's face it, with all the chromaticism and cataclysm of the 20th century, diatonic music survived and continues to delight. This music gave me the impression of a minimalist Ravel having tea in a Japanese garden. What you hear is certainly inventive and user-friendly.
Well, Ravel must be on heaven right now, having tea in a Japanese garden, and I think this is the music that sounds in the background :)
There’s a whole lot more than just chromaticism that occurred throughout the 20th century in music. This isn’t necessarily minimalistic Ravel style music either.
@@stacey_1111rh Each of us is entitled to our own opinion.
Beautiful description
I can’t believe I’m barely discovering this. This is just beautiful music! Gives the atmosphere of movie scoring music. The textures, colors, timbres, and harmonies are so lush and gorgeous. I am sadly unfamiliar with Japanese composers but you’ve totally opened up a new door for me! The section at S in the first movement is just mesmerizing and puts you in a trance. The string writing is just fantastic and greatly voiced too. So glad I found this!
He has many more great compositions, although it is quite diverse and versatile ranging from post-modern to neo-romantic styles.
Since you are new to his music, I can recommend:
Cello Concerto Op.91
White Landscapes Op.47
Dream Coloured Mobile
Kogetsu from Three Aquarelles (also a recording on my channel)
And Birds are still...
Pleiades Dances I and II
@@Simon-ro9hz thank you! I appreciate the list so much! I’m definitely checking out more of his stuff, all just fantastic!
@@noraazemog You're welcome :)
I realise that you wrote your comment a year ago, and I hope that, during that time, you have discovered Yoshimatsu's six symphonies. If you haven't, please check them out.
The part of the concerto's first movement starting from 11:25 onwards always nearly makes me want to cry. At times I did actually end up breaking into tears. For that reason it's literally my favorite moment of the entire concerto. The whole piece overall fills you with such intense emotions, such as you would never experience from any other piece of music, perhaps besides Psalm 130 "Du fond de l'abîme" by Lili Boulanger . There's literally nothing quite like this.
I can definitely say that this was a life-changing experience for me when I first listened to it, certainly one of many.
I'm not the type of guy that cries but that part made me cry like a baby. Several times.
ME TOO I WAS JUST GONNA WRITE THIS. THAT PART IS SO SPECIALLL 😭😭😭
I've sung that Boulanger piece, and I understand what you're saying here.
That 2nd movement is so delightful my god.
It truly is
My school orchestra is going to perform this is June and omg the rhythm is crazy. Just hoping that we won't spoil such a masterpeice😄
Are you playing all 3 movements? I am so jealous!
@@jeremy8473 nah just the first movement🥲and I’m playing the trumpet which has the least notes
Walked away from my phone with my headphones still on, auto play turned this on. Wow... I'm speechless. The most amazing discovery I've made
I am here in a FABULOUS dream , and I don't want to wake up , wish this atmosphere continues . It's just the first time that I listen to this prodigious composer , sure , I'll go to discover more of his work ❤
Я пойду с тобой, только скажи ,как его зовут?
@@rousygetmey5617 Takashi Yoshimatsu , just clik or tap on his name in the title or search in Google or UA-cam
Sooooo beautiful and natural and surreal at the same time! I love this piece ❤❤❤
I have never heard of this composer before today and I am 67, inexcusable I know. This was delightful and it will not be the last I will listen to of this fabulous composer. Wonderful chording, and he uses every possible note on the piano from lowest to highest, simply stunning.
1.
0:00 Andante tranquilo
0:52 poco pui mosso
2:47 Animato
3:50 Allegro
4:24 Andante Amabile
4:49 Allegro
5:00 Memo mosso
5:15 Andate amabile
6:34 (Bird songs) Senza Tempo
7:00 Piu mosso
7:44 Allegro
9:52 Andante (pf solo)
11:24 Allegro
2.
14:27 Andante
15:46 Tranquilo
17:31 Piu mosso
17:46 (BIrd songs) Tempo ad lib
18:20 Tempo 1
18:59 Andante
19:29 vn solo
21:14 Allegretto
23:05 Andante (Tempo 1)
23:43 Tempo di Waltz
24:00 Andate (Birthday Romance from Two Romances (1996))
24:30 Piu mosso
24:41 Andante
3.
25:10 Moderato
25:20 Allegro
29:23 Memo mosso (pf solo)
30:21 Allegro molto
7:42 this is way to beautiful
fantastic contemporary classical music!
One of the most beautiful underrated piano concertos, and one of the most fantastic melodies I ever heard
I want to express my great gratitude for hearing and seeing this miracle💫
Thank you!
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
yoshimatsu writes in a genuine and personal style, despite it being sentimental and formulaic
Didn't know beautiful music still existed!
I bow to the master. Epic stuff!
The "bird songs" section from 17:46 is too beautiful
Pure poetry. Ethereal. A real masterpiece.
吉松の最高傑作だと思う。美しすぎる。
I agree ❤
21:15-23:00 such a satisfying buildup
最高にきれい。
The opening theme of this work is a calming, beautiful musical description of water dripping slowly at first, and building as it goes. Thank you for posting.
This is a lovely piece. Just stumbled upon it. So playful, with lush harmonies and very interesting mixture of ever-shifting time signatures. Often when composers use multiple time signatures the effect is somewhat forced. Here it seems organic and fitting of the pastoral title
Wow... this music has cured my headache... thank you.. thank you...
Interesting piece. What we hear is 32 minutes of total consonance. It never travels to the dark side or gets angry or bitter. A perfect example of Neo-triadic music. I kept expecting it to get boring, but it never did. It is most pleasant and entertaining. I am sure Miss Tabe was pleased with her gift.
Well, I wouldn't say it's triadic, triad has 3 notes, maybe a better term is tertian. But even then, I probably think that it doesn't matter the chord structure, neo-modal is likely the most useful description. For me this sounds like a very Japanese piece, with influence from old french music in spirit, with a touch of film music (of the non generic kind) but still pretty contemporary
@@musicfriendly12 So, we both enjoyed the piece whatever it may be...
@@stephenjablonsky1941 Certainly, some of the best orchestral music in the last decades. I also recommend Er Huang by Qigang Chen
@@musicfriendly12 Oh my god, yes! Er Huang by Qigang Chen always tears my heart apart, great recommendation ;))
Much better that what most contemporary Western composers are calling music. Beautiful. Imagine breathing new life into a tradition not your own as well as this composer has. There’s always more to explore…
Music is very broad and there is a time and place for all music. Contemporary composers who explore unfamiliar territories of sound do still definetly find tonal pieces beautiful and they do not compose those pieces to downplay traditional tonal music. Maybe you shouldn't listen to a piece by Berio or Cage the same way you would listen to this... or maybe you could. Some contemporary music might lack any logical structure or tonality but maybe you can try to listen passively and not try to hear something familiar like a beginning and/or an end or a low/high point. Some contemporary music is certainly complex but sometimes it's okay to not try to understand it and just listen to what reaches your ears.
I like both of yalls takes; idk what to tell you guys, yall are both right lmao. That said, hearing the music in the weird makes this music infinitely more beautiful, so that’s something to look forward to for all of us 😂🤘Everything you hear (and I don’t mean listen to, I mean hear) has greater dimensionality!!
For instance, there’s strange bits in this music that I would imagine myself writing if I got myself in that musical situation. Those solo ppp parts are so gorgeous, it just tickles air. I think contemporary music works when we think about its sonic physicality, so to speak, “sound as sound” is always the way to go. I also think this piece is quite a concerto, it works great, and fits in my top 10 now lol.
Pezzo straordinario, non lo conoscevo... è come immergersi nella natura più viva!!! Grazie!!!
Immense compositeur, que je place aux côtés de Ravel et de John Adams ! Rien chez lui ne déçoit jamais. Ce concerto est une merveille, comme ses symphonies et son délicieux cycle pour piano "Les pléiades".
Merci pour le partage.
The vivid imagery created by the sounds in the the third movement is extremely accurate to that of Japan!
Thank you for introducing me to who, I think, will become one of my favourite composers. I have goosebumps listening to this and feel moved to tears.
My favourite style in music is romanticism, but this... I cannot even describe how amazing this piece is. It is somehow a "more advanced version of romanticism" , if you could say that... No, but seriously, that is the best way I can put it
A very good introductory modern concerto!
My God, how beautiful....
Thank you very much for sharing this jewel of music!
unbelievably gorgeous. !!! what a huge gift!
Refreshing as the clear waters of a spring-fed stream rushing through a wildwood in Spring. A masterful immersion into the delights of a pastoral aesthetic that is essentially, and unmistakably Japanese in its delicacy of touch and economy of gesture.
So beautiful, and atmospheric ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Somehow sound like video game music but never fail to be impress Japanese composers.
Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful composition with the video score... I have been listening to TY for many years and find his music very refreshing and inspiring. Kind regards and blessings, MaxT
This reminds me a studio ghibli movie
30:20 what a magnificent coda !
Thanks for uploading this. I’ve been looking for the score for years. I can’t thank you enough.
delicate and profound music
Amazing ravelesque piano concerto
26:31 Is a reference to the Barber violin concerto!
How exactly?
I can kind of hear it.
Have you not heard the Barber violin concerto? He's right.
Literally just quartal harmony (if you're not referring to the section after it)
@@themobiusfunction In the same key, tempo, and rhythm as the Barber concerto.
Beautiful music.
Япония всегда поражала владением умения рисовать: природными красками на ткани, анимационными работами. Но меня поражает другое - это умение создавать рисунки, картины, целые шедевральные полотна звуками. Представьте, что происходит в звуковом пространстве, если бы мы видели звуковые волны в цвете, их сочетания, комбинации. Это что- то невообразимое, но предполагаемое. Спасибо автору за естественную природу , за мир, красота и краски которого были, вереятнее всего, впитаны в детстве, и проявились в этой удивительной музыкальной картине.
There is so much life in this music, makes me feel like I'm soaring :)
So magnificent and fascinating music...
Simply Beautiful! Nothing else to say!
Thank you very much for this video.
E tudo muito pictórico! ...estes orientais são tão culturalmente singelos sempre contemplando a natureza.
sooo beautifulll what its this!! how didn't I know this piece earlier?
What a beautiful piece of music. Thank you for providing this
7:48
Man, this sounds like a passage from Final Fantasy.
Terrific piece, congrats and thank you for posting this!
Нравится Музыка, которая быстро переводит слуховые ассоциации в зрительные, рисует в воображении зрительные образы. Это тот случай. Раннее летнее туманное утро, игра рыбы в воде, восход солнца... Красиво.
Gracias por existir, te amo
So good~
7:00 the heavens
Thanks for the post! There used to be a score video of this concerto some years ago, but maybe it got taken down
This is sublime (:
Does anyone know where I can get the score?
I want to play thsi concert!.... Where you found the scores?
Wow.
12:34 o my godddddd
nice piece
Flowery music.
8:00
It's like the lovechild of Zelda BOTW music with Joe Hisaishi's Ghibli masterpeices and Made in Abyss as well...
I agree
hey I'd love get a pdf of this score if that's possible. Any way you might be able to help me out?
Great recommendation from Ted Goiao on his Subtracks platform.
Thanks for this upload, ive always wanted to see the score for this. Is it possible that you could send me the score you used for this video via email please?
Unfortunately, I only have the video footage because I found it on an Asian social media site similar to youtube.
@@Simon-ro9hz Ok, thanks for the upload anyways.
@@Scriabin_fan You're welcome
You can buy the score here (I did): asks-orch.com/shopen/products/detail.php?product_id=33
@@towardthesea_ thank you!
5:59 - the two oboes sound so different.... why does the second sound so nasal....?
I second this!
21:14 Allegro
😃 Great... thank you so much...
Do you have the score of Cyberbird Concerto for saxophone alto?
Unfortunately not, no.
Isn't this the The Manchester Camerata recording, not The Japan Philharmonic?
the japanese really like jazz huh
Hi! Thanks for sharing this work
Do you have the pdf?
Thanks!
Добротная музыка для кино.
5:30
7:30
11:25
12:30
17:30
Prettyyy...
Why is the soloist not mentioned??
The soloist is Kyoko Tabe, yeah I do not know why the uploader didn't credit her in the description either.
Beautiful. Does anyone know the chords? Thanks!
All of the chords...? There's a lot of them
sounds like some movie ost
Hanz Zimmer has got nothing on this though
Does anyone know name of pianist ?
Kyoko Tabe.
7:40 😊
17:46 Does anyone know the instrument that plays the very high pitched note right after the piano here?
violin harmonics?
It's a triangle
8:10
this man has an antenna installed in his head because he cant see color !!!!
Anyone has the pdf score so I can draw little hearts on every note? ♥♥
(And perform analysis, maybe)
i'm also looking for the pdf everywhereee! I hope i can find it, if i do i'll let you know!
@@AsrielKujo yes, please! And if I find it somehow, I’ll let you know too! 🫱🏼🫲🏽
I‘m currently writing it down in my program might finish it in a few weeks
@@OmgEinWahnsinniger oh that's amazing! hope you manage to finish it! I'm considering doing a two piano reduction of this work too.. since i don't think there has been made one yet...
@@OmgEinWahnsinniger Have you finished it yet? I really need your help
吉松隆音楽のジブリ映画があれば見てみたいもんだ