{"product_id":"池田亮司-ryoji-ikeda-music-for-strings-lp","title":"池田亮司 Ryoji Ikeda - music for strings (LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Vinyl Factory presents a brand new Ryoji Ikeda release. music for strings comprises three works written between 2020 and 2023, commissioned by Ensemble Modern, Muziekgebouw aan \u0026#39;t IJ, and DTzM, and built entirely around the physical behaviour of bowed strings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“In 2016, I had a series of audiovisual concerts at a festival in Kyoto. Ensemble Modern from Frankfurt was there, performing a large piece by Heiner Goebbels. We became friends, and years later, in 2021, they commissioned me to create a new piece for their 2023 season,” Ikeda explains. “Through a workshop with their players, I decided to focus exclusively on strings”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eREFLECTION [for string nonet], op.13 has all nine players locked into a seven-eight rhythm, but staggered so the parts seem to answer each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePRISM [for string nonet], op.14 takes the idea of white light splitting into a spectrum and applies it to sound, with Ikeda working through almost the entire pitch range of the ensemble, pulling out clusters of notes the way a prism pulls out colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMIRROR [one for two], op.12 is built on a sheet of music where the staff notation is mirrored, allowing it to be read simultaneously from both the normal and opposite directions. As a result, two players share the single notation, performing together while reading it in opposite directions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“For many years, I had ideas for MIRROR [one for two] that exists only as a dream. It seems simple, but it is extremely difficult to make sense of due to its very restricted rule. At the start, I decided to tackle this piece,” says Ikeda.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Another dream of mine was to form a string ensemble arranged linearly on stage. Usually players perform in a semicircular formation to see each other. A linear formation, however, denies this visual connection. The challenge was implemented with PRISM [for string nonet] and REFLECTION [for string nonet].”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePerformed by Ensemble Modern and recorded by SWR, the work premiered in Amsterdam on 8 February 2024 before its UK premiere at the Barbican on 20 February 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Vinyl factory","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49711451963651,"sku":"VF468","price":6167.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0285\/1694\/1956\/files\/6ab05babec1f420150bf1686_RyojiIkeda_MusicForStrings_1.jpg?v=1790496984","url":"https:\/\/meditations.jp\/en\/products\/%e6%b1%a0%e7%94%b0%e4%ba%ae%e5%8f%b8-ryoji-ikeda-music-for-strings-lp","provider":"Meditations","version":"1.0","type":"link"}