Sakura

Title Sakura
Year 2003
Composer Chappell Kingsland (traditional Japanese, arr.)
Instrument/s 21-string koto, SATB choir
Commission Commissioned by Ryuko Mizutani
Contact for Sheets For sheet music, contact music@ck4composer.com
Contact Info http://www.chappellkingsland.com/musicforkoto.html
Notes I tried to approach the tune in more of an Eastern than a Western fashion, so this arrangement has a meditative feel, with the piano or koto providing an atmospheric accompaniment. The choral part presents the familiar tune with intriguing twists, such as melodic inversion, rhythmic augmentation, and stretto [Kingland].