🇯🇵Toru Takemitsu ： Burning Autumn

Toru Takemitsu’s *Burning Autumn* is a work for piano that allows silence and spaciousness to shape the music, gradually transforming the colors of its sonorities rather than advancing through densely connected sounds. Rather than following only the melodic flow, listen closely to the placement of pitches, the overlap of chords, and the resonance created by the pedal; this reveals how the music’s expression changes over time. The contrasts between sections and the length of each pause also deserve attention. In performance, it is important to preserve a focused tone even at quiet dynamics, carefully control the depth of the keystroke and the speed of release, and keep the pedal from blurring the sound. By resisting haste and treating silence as part of the music, the pianist can convey its delicate shading and depth.