A piece that I co-composed with Stefan Podell and Brenton Dunnington has been released! The Tale of the Bamboo Princess is a piece for marimba and piano, and was premiered by Dame Evelyn Glennie this summer in Japan. Here is more information about the piece and where you can download it at.
for Marimba and Piano — Download PDF Score
as performed by Evelyn Glennie
by Sean Beeson, Stefan Podell, Brenton Dunnington
approx 6 minutes — Copyright © 2011
One day, while walking in the bamboo forest, an old, childless bamboo cutter called Taketori no Okina (竹å–ç¿, “the Old Man who Harvests Bamboo”) came across a mysterious, shining stalk of bamboo. After cutting it open, he found inside it a baby the size of his thumb. He rejoiced to find such a beautiful girl and took her home. He and his wife raised her as their own child and named her Kaguya-hime (ã‹ãや姫 “radiant-night princess”). Thereafter, Taketori no Okina found that whenever he cut down a stalk of bamboo, inside would be a small nugget of gold. Soon he became rich. Kaguya-hime grew from a small baby into a woman of ordinary size and extraordinary beauty. At first, Taketori no Okina tried to keep her away from outsiders, but over time the news of her beauty had spread.
Performers, come discuss the piece on Facebook!
