
Mochizuki: Intermezzi V
Composer: Misato Mochizuki Instrumentation: Viola, Accordion Work: Intermezzi V (2012) Binding: Saddle-Stitch ISMN: 9790004803387 Size: 9.1 x 12.0 inches Pages: 32 Look Inside! PDF Preview Listen on Soundcloud Description World premiere: Osaka/Japan, Phoenix-Hall, February 23, 2013 The "Intermezzi" cycle (I for flute and piano; II for solo koto; III for solo percussion; IV for clarinet and piano as a prelude to Brahms' Sonata op 120/1; and V for viola and accordion) was inspired by Roland Barthes' (1915-1980) theory of "fragmented discourse". Many of his books are written without a predetermined order of argument, and feature a multitude of different themes that follow one another, creating unexpected associations as you read. This rhetorical form embodies the simultaneity of several levels of thought, the mutual collision and densification of concepts. in a constantly shifting terrain, the attentive reader has no choice but to generate a new kind of syn