🇯🇵Toru Takemitsu ： The Crossing

The Crossing is a work that carefully shapes the placement of sounds and the resonance of silence, bringing subtle changes into focus within a quiet atmosphere. Groups of sounds and chords appear and fade away, and rather than being driven by a clear melodic line, the music unfolds through changing timbres and overlapping resonances. One of its attractions is the way tension and release gradually intersect as the musical scenes shift. In performance, it is important to listen closely to the attack and decay of every note and to avoid clouding the resonance with the pedal. Treating rests as part of the music, while attending not only to dynamic range but also to the sense of time and depth of the pauses, helps convey its delicate expression.