<Cicada's Cry> and <Azalea> Performance

<Cicada's Cry> and <Azalea> will be performed in

Contemporary Music in action Concert Series

Tuesday 14th May, 2019

7:00 pm

Recital Hall, Royal College of Music

Free tickets available:

www.rcm.ac.uk/events

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Azalea (2019) for Bass Flute, Cor Anglais and Soprano

Cicada's Cry (2019) for Bassoon and Mezzo Soprano

will be performed in the Contemporary Music in Action Concert 2019.

Contemporary Music in Action

Tuesday 14 May 2019

7.30 pm

Recital Hall, Royal College of Music, London

Tickets free but required: https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/details/?id=1518628

Azalea (2019) for Bass Flute, Cor Anglais and Soprano

Setting the beautiful but sad Korean love poem Azalea into music

​진달래꽃 -김소월

나 보기가 역겨워

가실 때에는

말없이 고이 보내 드리오리다.

영변(寧邊)에 약산(藥山)

진달래꽃,

아름 따다 가실 길에 뿌리오리다.

가시는 걸음걸음

놓인 그 꽃을

사뿐히 즈려 밟고 가시옵소서.

나 보기가 역겨워

가실 때에는

죽어도 아니 눈물 흘리오리다.

You're sick and tired of me.

When you go

I'll bid you goodbye without saying a word.

I'll gather azaleas on Yak Mountain,

The burning azaleas of Yongbyon,

And strew them in your path.

Tread gently, please,

Step by step, softly,

On the flowers of dedication.

You're sick and tired of me.

When you leave

I'll not weep though I die.

​Cicada's Cry (2019) for Bassoon and Mezzo Soprano

​Inspired by the famous haiku by Matsuo Basho (1644 - 1694), Cicada's Cry

やがて死ぬ

けしきは見えず

蝉の声

No sign

In the cicada's song

That it will soon perish.