Symphony No.3 "Shadows of Japanese Children" IV.

Symphony No.3 "The Shadows of Japanese Children" by Michael Cooke is a four-movement work based on Japanese music. A book found in a Dallas used bookstore, Unforgettable Fire, inspired it. Atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki filled this book with drawings and stories. Many were about children turned into ash statues - their shadows burned on the ground. This very powerful book reminds us that war is not a video game. This work is dedicated to those children.
The fourth movement, "In the Fallen Sun only Shadows Remain" makes use of two more folk melodies "Hora Nero Nen Nero" & "Toryanse". The title of this movement and the first movement come from lines in the beginning of Unforgettable Fire.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• classical
• symphony
• orchestra
• modern
• chamber
• composer
• composition
• Japanese
• Cooke

[leroyosmon]

Who is conducting and who is performing?

[SFCCO]

SFCCO, San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra. Mark Alburger is conducting. Please visit our youtube home page for more information.

[heivincent]

I love that Torianse passage.

[leroyosmon]

Thank you for the information.

[arshdeep125]

good feary moment