コロラドの天候はとてもユニークです。冬は雪が降ってもすぐ溶けて、デンバーも標高が高いせいか太陽の日差しが強く日中は上着がなくても良い位になる日もたくさんあります。また春の桜が咲くころや、母の日が過ぎた気温がぐっと上がって来たころに、どーんと大雪が２日来るのは恒例の事。ここでは庭に花や野菜を植えるのは母の日が過ぎてからと言う言い伝えがあるほどです。最近では温暖化のせいか、母の日を数週間過ぎても春の恒例の大雪が来ることがあり、今年も例に洩れませんでした。皆植えた植物に零下のダメージに備えて布を被せて予防をするようニュースでアドバイスしていました。今年も雪の前と雪の日の気温差は摂氏２０度以上でした。
今回の曲は、朝とても晴れてお天気が良かったのに、午後から明日にかけかなりの雪が降る注意報が出ていた日に、家に帰り、少しずつ振り出した雪を見ながら演奏した即興演奏です。大雪になる可能性がある雪は、見る見るうちに塀や屋根や木々を白く積もらせていき、ただただ降ります。気持ちも外へ出られず、降り続ける雪に惑わされたような気持だったのか、繰り返される連続音が行き詰った感じの迷路に巻き込まれたような気持だったのでしょう。
そんなイメージがこの曲を生み出させました。ビデオリンク ↓
The weather in Colorado is very unique. In winter, even if it snows, it melts quickly, and because of the high altitude of Denver, there are many days when the sun is strong and you don't have to wear a jacket during the day. In addition, it is customary for heavy snowfall to come for two days when the cherry blossoms in spring bloom and when the temperature has risen sharply after Mother's Day. There is a say here that flowers and vegetables have to be planted in the garden after Mother's Day. Due to global warming these days, even a few weeks after Mother's Day, the usual heavy snowfall in spring may come, and this year was no exception. The news advised that all the plants planted should be covered with a cloth to prevent sub-zero damage. This year too, the temperature difference between before the snow and on a snowy day was more than 40 F .
This song is an improvisational performance that I played while watching the snow that started to come out little by little on the day when it was very sunny in the morning and the weather was nice, but there was a warning that it would snow a lot from afternoon to tomorrow. .. The snow, which can be heavy snow, piles up the walls, roofs and trees in white as you look at it, and it just started falling. Perhaps I couldn't get out of my mind and felt like I was confused by the falling snow, or I felt like I was caught up in a maze of repeated sounds.
Such an image made this song come about.
https://youtu.be/CUVQwMQY9vw Snow day / Maze
こちらは、季節の変化の気持ちを演奏したものです。
https://youtu.be/89F9z_Sy7Jo End of Winter
次は雪の後の明るい光を感じての演奏
https://youtu.be/N7mT0nnaOfw Bright lights after snow
今年の母の日を過ぎた後の大雪の時の演奏はMusicセクション'Spring Snow'' でお聞きください。
It is a performance at the time of heavy snow after Mother's Day of this year.
Go to Music section ''Spring Snow''