Rita Ueda: Someone Out There is Praying for Peace (Let Us No

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Label
Stradivarius
Release Date
July 4, 2025
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Rita Ueda
    • PERFORMER
      Saeed Mirzazadeh, Geling Jiang, Naomi Sato, Ensemble Bios
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 04, 2025
    • UPC
      8011570373281
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      STR37328
    • LABEL
      Stradivarius
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Contemporary Era
    Works ⌄

    1. Prayer -

      Composer: Rita Ueda

      Ensemble: Ensemble Bios

      Performer: Saeed Mirzazadeh

      Conductor: Andrea Vitello

    2. Lark of the sky -

      Composer: Rita Ueda

      Ensemble: Ensemble Bios

      Performer: Saeed Mirzazadeh

      Conductor: Andrea Vitello

    3. Threnody -

      Composer: Rita Ueda

      Ensemble: Ensemble Bios

      Performer: Saeed Mirzazadeh

      Conductor: Andrea Vitello

    4. Phoenix in the fire -

      Composer: Rita Ueda

      Ensemble: Ensemble Bios

      Performer: Saeed Mirzazadeh

      Conductor: Andrea Vitello

    5. Dove brings a gift

      Composer: Rita Ueda

      Ensemble: Ensemble Bios

      Performer: Saeed Mirzazadeh

      Conductor: Andrea Vitello

    6. Fly away -

      Composer: Rita Ueda

      Ensemble: Ensemble Bios

      Performer: Geling Jiang

      Conductor: Andrea Vitello

    7. Fire -

      Composer: Rita Ueda

      Ensemble: Ensemble Bios

      Performer: Geling Jiang

      Conductor: Andrea Vitello

    8. Ashes -

      Composer: Rita Ueda

      Ensemble: Ensemble Bios

      Performer: Geling Jiang

      Conductor: Andrea Vitello

    9. A single ray of light -

      Composer: Rita Ueda

      Ensemble: Ensemble Bios

      Performer: Geling Jiang

      Conductor: Andrea Vitello

    10. A song from the sky

      Composer: Rita Ueda

      Ensemble: Ensemble Bios

      Performer: Geling Jiang

      Conductor: Andrea Vitello

    11. A single voice -

      Composer: Rita Ueda

      Ensemble: Ensemble Bios

      Performer: Naomi Sato

      Conductor: Andrea Vitello

    12. Into the wind -

      Composer: Rita Ueda

      Ensemble: Ensemble Bios

      Performer: Naomi Sato

      Conductor: Andrea Vitello

    13. Dwindling ray of light -

      Composer: Rita Ueda

      Ensemble: Ensemble Bios

      Performer: Naomi Sato

      Conductor: Andrea Vitello

    14. Incantation -

      Composer: Rita Ueda

      Ensemble: Ensemble Bios

      Performer: Naomi Sato

      Conductor: Andrea Vitello

    15. Catharsis -

      Composer: Rita Ueda

      Ensemble: Ensemble Bios

      Performer: Naomi Sato

      Conductor: Andrea Vitello

    16. Peace

      Composer: Rita Ueda

      Ensemble: Ensemble Bios

      Performer: Naomi Sato

      Conductor: Andrea Vitello


The poetic dimension of the three pieces in this album is certainly the listening experience. The two scores that "compose" the music (two because the first and third pieces use the same one) are nothing more than a framework: a very limited number of directions given to the musicians and the conductor, mostly consisting of short melodic or harmonic fragments positioned in boxes (what is called Rahmen-Notation in German) that extend for the entire duration of a section. To bring a piece to life, each performer must perceive what the others are playing, in a relationship of independence-dependence. This is because the composer expressly requests that each musician performs any melodic fragment, whenever they wish, however they wish, and in whatever order they wish, thus in a context of absolute autonomy. At the same time, this fragment is performed alongside other fragments played by other musicians, and it relates to them, creating an interconnectedness among the parts involved. This is most likely the attitude that Rita Ueda invites us to adopt, directing our attention and perception towards it. A choice of sharing also suggested by the meeting of three different musical cultures, represented in these pieces by the solo instruments, each coming from a different musical tradition, alongside the traditional Western orchestra: the Persian tar, the Chinese guzheng, and the Japanese sho.