THE BURNING HEART (Solo Piano)

Michael-Thomas Foumai

The Burning Heart for Piano

Foumai Foundation www.michaelfoumai.com

The Burning Heart Total Duration: ca. 14 minutes Movements can be performed separately I. Bound (1:15) II. Night without end (2:30) III. Pronoun (1:15) IV. The whispering snow (2:30) V. Tangled (1:45) VI. The changing tides (5:45)

Program Note The Burning Heart is a suite of 6 movements for piano. The work is inspired by ancient Japanese Haiku poetry. The poems for each movement are printed below.

1. Bound Bound up it always Came undone.

Unbound it was so long.

Now that I have not Been with you for days Is your hair all done up?

- Mikata Shami 2. Night Without End Night without end. Loneliness.

The wind has driven a maple leaf Against the shoji. I wait, as in the old days, In our secret place, under the full moon.

The last bell crickets sing.

I found your old love letters, Full of poems you never published.

Did it matter? They were only for me.

- Marichiko 3. Pronoun Who is there? Me. Me who? I am me, you are you.

But you take my pronoun.

And we are us.

- Marichiko

4. The Whispering Snow At the beginning Of the night the whispering Snow fell, and now the stars Fill this world below on the Disheveled hair about my face.

- Yosano Akiko 5. Tangled Black hair Tangled in a thousand strands.

Tangled in my hair and Tangled my tangled memories Of our long nights of lovemaking.

- Yosano Akiko 6. The Changing Tides I loath the twin seas Of being and not being And long for the mountain Of bliss untouched by The changing tides.

- Hitomaro

The Burning Heart for Piano

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I. Bound Unraveling, q=80

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© 2013 Foumai Foundation and Michael-Thomas Foumai. All Rights Reserved (ASCAP) www.michaelfoumai.com

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II. Night without end

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37 Strolling, q.=56

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      

     

              



  





                        

    

                   

  



       

   

 

  

  

             

            

        

 

 

                   

                                                         



    

       

 

   

102



                 

           

                     

          

          

                                                mf  mf sub. ff                             

107

    

      

    

 

 

   



111

    

           legato

      

  

sub. p

 





             

  

117

          



  

sub. p

  



 

   

ff

     pp



   

    

          

              

                       

136

 

                  

 

   



f

 



  

 

  

 

 

                                      

    

                  

       

123

130



   

              

   

    

  

                     

  

 

       

  

 

     

                           più f                            

 loco                                                                                                             

5

         



  

  



   

                                                                     

 

             p

           

   

   

 

   

    



pp





 

 

  

attacca

6



IV. The Whispering Snow Delicately con rubato, q=66



142

  



  

 

   

       (1/2 check as needed)



147



pp

   

  



152









157



 







   









  

 



















 



  

sim.

 





 





 



         mf

 

      







     





 

    



      



   

 

 

  

   

 

     

 



     

  



                           

   



    

 





   



      





 



  

 







 



  





  







  

162



  







    

                     

 

                         6

6

167

6

cresc.

6



174



 

3

 

 

ff

  

    

   

 

    

     

          



  

        



    6

6

fff



f

 

              

          

        3

3

    

   

     

             



      



  170          



  







  



      

  







7

 

   

                                           

         

poco rit.

pp

                              

 attacca



                  

8

With angst, q=82

177

V. Tangled               3

3

                3           3

                                                            3 3  (1/2 check as needed) 5 fff

sfz pp

3



183

3

3



    

3

3

                                    3

3

3

                                             



3

3

3

3

                                   

188

3

              



         sfz

      



198

 

 

mp

p

pp



3

  

3

             

          

3

3

3



3

               

      

3

3

193

3

3

3

3

3

      



3

f

       3

                               

pp 5

5

5

cresc. poco a poco 5

5

                                  5

5

5



9

5 5 5                 5                                (mp) (mf)

202

5

5

        5                                5



5                        5 5 (f) 5 fff  3                               

206



212



             

       



3

 

                

    

3

             3

3

3

 

         

3

3              

 

q=72

 

p

   

 



            5

      3

   

3

                              3 3  3 3  pp 3 3               

217

              

       3

3

attacca

10

VI. The Changing Tides



Maestoso q=66

 222       ff

      



    

     

  

A tempo (q=66)

224

  

ff

       



226

   



  

                

229

   

    

    

  

            f  

  

   

       

 poco accel.                 p

     

          

  

(q=100)

 

      



 





   



  

pp



   





               p







     







 

 

(q=100) poco rit.

 



    

 

                

         

  

                                         pp dolce 

A tempo con rubato (q=66)





poco accel.

   

   

 

     

     



              

 



11

  

232

  

       

                                                                           

  

pp sempre



     

   

        



 



                     235                                                                    



238

 



 

     sub. f

           



 

 









 

   



6

3



 



6





 





 













           







6

   3

 



6

mf

p

 

   









 



                                           

6

6









242

244



 

 





      

3

 3

 

6







   p

  







 

 

 6

     

    6

6

p





 



6

  





 

6

      

   





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247

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 3

                        mf

p

6

6



6

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

     

3

3

                              

251

3

3

3

    

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sub. p

3

255

    



 3

 

   

3

    

3

3

pp

 

3

3

  

pp

 

 

     



6

 

                            

       

3

3

3

3

3

3

                                          3

3

3 3 3 3 3   3                                 

3  3  262               



3

       

pp



 

6

3

  





     

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p

7

                    

3

3

 

          

258



3

3



3

3

      

 

                         3

3

mf

   

6

6



   

6

 



13

                                            6 6 6   6 6 6 6  6                  

265



                   

Meno mosso, q=60

                                       6 6 6  6 ff                                                                                 272                                                                                                                                                                                       276                                                                           3 p 6 3                                                         (e) poco rit.

269

       

 



         

281

         pp

p

    

         

   

       

                    pp

p

pp

p

pp

       p

   









   



Più mosso q=58

14

285

 



  



              

   



    

 

288

   



      

pp





      



                                               p                     

  

                   

291

 







             mp       

295



        

    



  

  

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



   



          

  







 

 

 



( )                               



    





 

mf

 

    

 

   

                                                                  p                                 pp

rit.               300                                                    ppp              