A Little Winter Flower

Title A Little Winter Flower
Year 2013
Composer Hyo-shin Na
Instrument/s koto, double bass, piano, choir
Commission composed for the Ariose Singers
Duration 5’85”
Text originally in Japanese by Yoshie Hikage translated into English by Hyo-shin Na
First Performance (date, performers, venue) February 9, 2014, Ariose Singers, Shoko Hikage, Stan Poplin and Thomas Schultz, Old First Concerts, San Francisco, California
Contact for Sheets hyoshinnaemail@gmail.com
CD, Digital Audio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=015BE3m-FNA
Notes A Little Winter Flower (for mixed choir, koto, double bass, and piano) was written for the Ariose Singers, Shoko Hikage, Stan Poplin, and Thomas Schultz in 2013. A Little Winter Flower originally in Japanese by Yoshie Hikage translated into English by Hyo-shin Na The Sun shining Only happiness now Seeing you, the little winter flower So prim Painted inside a beautiful bowl Put outside in the garden A smile, the little winter flower [Na]