Thravsma V for clarinet quintet (1970)
for 2 violins, viola, 'cello, clarinet
By Masato Uchida
Japanese
Japanese
This work was written between January and May 1970 and performed for the first time on 30 June of the same year at the Tokyo Metropolitan Hall on the second concert of the group, Shiranami.
On February 5th of the following year, it was performed again at the Music Festival of Contemporary Music sponsored by the Japan Society of Contemporary Music, at the same place.
This piece is divided into 7 short movements, using new techniques for woodwind developed Bartolozi in the parts of clarinet.
“Creation of a thing, and creation plus full understanding of a correct idea of a thing, are very often parts of one and the same indivisible process and cannot be separated without bringing the process to a stop.”
--Paul K. Feyerabend, Against Method