Kenichi Nishizawa: Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra op.84

西澤健一：ヴァイオリンと管弦楽のための幻想曲(2014)
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Scoring: Solo Violin, Orchestra (2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 Cl, 2 Bsn, 4 Hr, Timp, Glockenspiel, Bass Drum, Str. 2 Tp on Banda)
Performance: Oct. 2022 at Tokyo, Meguro Persimmon Hall - Main Halll /Oleh Krysa (Vn), Kenichi Nishizawa (Cond), Manji Project Orchestra
I started working on this piece in 2013, right after the release of my "Symphony No. 1". I started writing it because it was scheduled to be performed that year, but unfortunately while I was writing it, the project was canceled. The completed work remained on hold on one of my hard disk drives until June 2022, when I premiered it as a piano-reduction version with Chie Sawada on violin and myself on piano.
After that first performance, a lady gave me a very appreciated comment. She said she got the following impression while listening, "A lonely young man walks through a dimly lit forest, climbs a mountain, meets a philosopher, and descends the mountain quietly satisfied”. I had not imagined “the philosopher” myself, but after what she said, I remembered that the theme was originally planned to be "nature" and "mountains". I am quietly satisfied that I was able to convey that with this piece. Now, with the best co-stars I could ever dream of, for the first time it will be performed in its original state.

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Thank you, Kenichi Nishizawa, for this lovely "Fantasy." Beautiful playing by the orchestra and Oleh Krysa. I enjoy your sensitive and beautifully melodic music that suggests expansive landscapes and horizons for me. Would you ever consider composing a beautiful KOTO concerto? Or a HARP concerto? These would be very beautiful creations from you. Or a beautiful "Garden Concerto ( a la Henri Sauguet). Thank you. May the infinite Light continue to bless and inspire you.