Music for Isolation, by Music For Isolation

Music for Isolation

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1.	The Black Heath 03:06	info	buy track
2.	John of the Greeney Cheshire Way 03:56	info	buy track
3.	Tatlagiin Kholboo 03:20	info	buy track
4.	Chaconne in D Minor 07:52	info	buy track
5.	Iomante Rimse 03:19	info	buy track
6.	Dormition of the Mother of God 09:37	info	buy track
7.	Praise to the Lord 04:42	info	buy track
8.	Travel to the Island 04:05	info	buy track

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The debut album from the Tokyo-based duo of Rie Takeuchi (baritone saxophone) and Gideon Juckes (tuba)

Top Ten Album of 2020 (Far Side Radio, London)

Nominated for Best Solo Album, 2020 4Bars Rest Awards

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Music for Isolation

"This is the time to be slow,
 Lie low to the wall 
Until the bitter weather passes."

いまは歩みを緩め
壁の傍にじっとたたずむ
厳しい雨風が通り過ぎるまで

(excerpt from Benedictus by John O'Donoghue)

↓ Liner Notes ライナーノート ↓

1. The Black Heath

Blackheath, a beautiful large open green space in the South East of London. They say that in June 1348, it was used as a mass burial pit for the victims of the Black Death pandemic. Local government dismiss this as untrue, however it is undisputed that the dead from the 1497 Battle of Blackheath are buried there. Sometimes, early in the morning, hundreds of black crows can be seen, sitting motionless on the heath.

Blackheathは、ロンドンの南東にある、大きく開放的で、緑豊かな美しい場所です。そこは1348年６月に大流行したペストの犠牲者のための大規模な埋葬地だったと言われています。自治体はこれを真実ではないと否定していますが、その後の1497年、貧しい大衆が決起したコーニッシュの反乱で亡くなった人々が埋葬されていることはあまりに明確な事実です。そして今では時々、夜が明ける頃、何匹もの黒いカラスがこの土地の草(heath)の上にじっと佇んでいるのです。

2. John of the Greeney Cheshire Way

A triple time hornpipe from the North West of England, first collected in the 18th century. Who was John of the Green?

18世紀に北西イングランドで発見された、船乗りのダンス音楽です。大きな２拍で作られることが多い中、この曲は大きな３拍。珍しいリズムが特徴です。
ところでJohn of the Greenとは一体誰なんだろう？

3. Tatlagiin Kholboo

The Mongolian composer J.Mend-Amar collected the traditional music of Western Mongolia (Tatlaga) and composed this piece in 1992.
This beautiful song is traditionally performed on the morin khuur, a Mongolian folk instrument.

モンゴルの作曲家J.Mend-Amarが西モンゴルの旋律(Tatlaga)を集めて1992年に作曲しました。民族楽器、馬頭琴のための美しい曲です。

4. Chaconne in D Minor

Very little is known of the life of Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (circa 1640-1700). The celebrated French master of the viola da gamba perhaps led a reclusive life, but he left behind a fascinating body of work, and his influence remains great to this day.

Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (1640？-1700)の生涯についてはほとんど知られていません。この著名なフランスのヴィオラ・ダ・ガンバの父は、隠居生活…まるでstayed at home、isolationのためにひきこもり、おうち時間を過ごす私たちのような生活を送っていたと思われますが、彼は多くの魅力的な作品を遺し、今日まで数々の音楽家に影響を与え続けています。

5. Iomante Rimse

This traditional dance of the Ainu people of Northern Japan is used as part of a ceremony to send the soul of a bear on its way after death.
As a hunting people, the Ainu honour many animals, and especially bears, which are closely related to their lives. With this song, they perform a grand ceremony, helping to send its soul back to the world of God.

アイヌの古式舞踏イオマンテリムセは、熊の魂を送るための踊りです。狩猟民族であるアイヌは生活と深い関わりのある熊や動物を敬い、その魂を神の世界へ送り返すための儀式を盛大に行いました。

6. Dormition of the Mother of God

The “falling asleep” of Mary the Mother of God and her resurrection before ascending to Heaven. Composed by the English composer John Tavener (1944-2013).

聖母マリアの“眠り”(死)と、天国に昇る前の復活。イギリスの作曲家、John Tavener (1944-2013)による作品です。

7. Praise to the Lord

Written by the German theologian, school principal, and hymn writer Joachim Neander (1650-1680). He wrote over 60 hymns before succumbing to tuberculosis at the age of 30.

ドイツの神学者、校長、賛美歌の作曲家であるJoachim Neander (1650-1680)によって作曲されました。30歳で結核に倒れるまでに、彼は60曲をも超える賛美歌を生み出しました。

8. Travel To The Island

In 17th century Japan, after the prohibition decree proclaimed by the Tokugawa Shogunate, Christians continued to practise their religion in secret.
One of the prayer songs which has been passed down to the present day is “Gururiyoza”. This is based on the Spanish chant “O Gloriosa Domina”, and is still sung to this day in the city of Nagasaki.
Naturally, the two songs have a close relationship, and are brought together here, creating a new song about the long journey from Spain to Japan.

17世紀、江戸幕府が布告した禁教令から隠れ、キリスト教を信仰し続けた隠れキリシタン。彼らが口伝えで伝承してきた祈りの歌に“ぐるりよざ”という曲があります。その原曲とされるスペインの聖歌“O Gloriosa Domina”と、今も長崎で歌い継がれる“ぐるりよざ”。まるで兄弟のような２曲と、スペインから日本への長い旅を想った１曲です。

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released June 19, 2020

Produced by Rie Takeuchi & Gideon Juckes

Mixed & Mastered by Gideon Juckes

Cover Design by Gideon Juckes

Cover Image "Woman in National Dress and Drinking Tea" (1875) John Thomas, National Library of Wales

Poetry Translated by Nao Suzuki

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Tokyo-based duo of Rie Takeuchi (baritone saxophone) & Gideon Juckes (tuba)

★★★★ “a thoroughly absorbing experience…gently resolute in its dark tonality even as it releases you ever further from a tethered sense of time and place. The tracks echo with haunting thoughts of loss and faded memories…superbly realised”
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