Arakida Moritake (1472-1549)

did a wilted sheet fly back
to its branch there?
oh no - It was a butterfly!

Gielen: Variations for String Quartet

Soseki Natsume (1867-1916)

A red sun
Falls into the sea
What summer heat!

Roderik de Man: "Magnetic Fields" for orchestra and tape (1999)

Arnold Schoenberg, 6 little pieces op. 19 - "Orchestral version"

Arnold Schoenberg: Serenade op. 24 (Excerpts)

Kenji Sakai's "Reflecting Space I - Bell, Cloud and Disincarnations" for piano solo (2007). Performed by Hana Kurasawa.

Mukai Kyorai (1651-1704)

returning from a funeral
I saw this very moon
high above the moor

Brewaeys

Soji

Pierre Boulez

Pierre Boulez

Mukai Kyorai (1651-1704)

what for !
one viewing flowers
carries a long sabre

Alban Berg (1885-1935) - Streichquartett op. 3 - 2. Mässige Viertel

Arakida Moritake (1472-1549)

those falling blossoms
all return to the branch when
I watch butterflies

Julio Estrada

Takai Kito (1741-1789)

"Marvelous!" I say,
as I watch, now this, now that --
and the springtime goes away.

Earle Brown (1926-2002)

Mukai Kyorai (1651-1704)

awakening faith
at the time when blossoms
are just in the bud

Kyorai

Soseki Natsume (1867-1916)

The crow has flown away:
swaying in the evening sun,
a leafless tree.

Babbitt: "Swan Song No. 1" 1/2