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大長編、２部作。腰を降ろして臨まないと、読み切れないかもしれないですよ。第一部「顕れるイデア編」に続き、第二部の「遷ろうメタフォー編」。時に、ハリーポッター風の冒険談にもなり、超恋愛小説にもなり、哲学書にもなる。でも、語り方は、一貫して村上春樹調。読者の私は、大破に呑まれながらも、行き先を失わずに最後までたどり着いたのです。要約するのはとても難しい小説でしょうね。逆に言えば、パンデミックの中、現実というものの儚さを実感し、この小説に共感を得た部分がある事も、事実。主人公の「私」が、小田原近郊の隠れ屋風の家で過ごした数ヶ月の、夢とも、現実ともつかない日々の回想録。そして、輪廻の如く、再び現実に戻り、小田原以前の暮らしに戻るまでの日々。最後に辿り着くと、「ええー、こんな終わりで良いの？？」と自問してしまいがちだが、人生というものは、そういうものなのだろう。メタフォーもイデアも遠くに置き去りにして・・ Large feature, it is a two-part work. If you don’t have a strong will, you may not be able to read it through. I read this book in an original language, Japanese. Following the first part, “Appearing Ideas,” the second part, “Transitional Metaphor.” Sometimes it’s a Harry Potter-style adventure story, a super-romance novel, and […]

First of all, it is so wonderful to get out from 2 dimensional world to go into 3 dimensional world! The museums are reopened in LA, California. Nara is one of leading pop artists in Japan. The museum has a lot of restrictions to follow, but it is so nice to walk around the galleries […]

  I am looking forward to performing my concert “Leipzig Connection: Schumann and Bach”. The program includes Schumann: Arabeske Op. 18 and Abegg Variations Op. 1, and Bach – Busoni: Chaconne. During the concert, I will share composers’ anecdotes and my personal affection to those composers. The live-streaming concert will be on Saturday April 17, […]

Carnaval, Op. 9, was written in 1834-35. It consists of 21 short pieces woven with 4 notes (Cipher) so those 4 notes make Carnaval cohesive. Carnaval represents a masked festival before Lent. In 2021, Lent season starts this coming Wednesday, February 17, known as Ash Wednesday. Personally, Ash Wednesday is one of my favorite liturgical […]

Chaconne, Italian Ciaccona, forms the fifth and final movement of the Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004. It is one of J. S. Bach’s monumental works (It may not be an appropriate description because there are so many of them), and written for solo violin. The Chaconne is the longest movement of this […]

Happy Birthday, Mr. Beethoven, It is your 250th birthday. In honor of your birthday, I would like to send a letter to you. You reign over us, but I know you are a true human being. That is why your music speaks to me so deeply. Your music makes me cry and laugh. You often give […]

For flowers that bloom about our feet, Father, we thank Thee. For tender grass so fresh, so sweet, Father, we thank Thee. For the song of bird and hum of bee, for all things fair we hear or see, Father in heaven, we thank Thee. For blue of stream and blue of sky, Father, we […]

Psalm 98:4-6 You raise your hand and gently begin the concerto of creation: birds carry the melody while stars keep the beat; mountains dance in merriment and little children clap their hands with joy. Love’s Composer, our new songs are lifted to you. The old, old song is made new in our hearts: Christ is […]