MICHAEL-THOMAS FOUMAI
COMPOSER
THREE VISIONS
YEAR
2010
INSTRUMENTATION
Violin & Orchestra
3(3.picc)23(3.bass)3(3.contra)/
4331/timp+3/hp/str
DURATION
15 minutes
MOVEMENTS
I. Iron Temple
II. Temple in the Snow
III. Ignited Temple
FIRST PERFORMANCE
April 9, 2012
Ignace Jang (Violin)
University of Hawaii Symphony
Conducted by Henry Miyamura
PROGRAM NOTE
Three Visions is inspired by several Japanese woodprints depicting large structures that are either temples or exude the ambience of a sacred temple. Iron Temple is based on the image of a large Japanese temple bell. The artwork is stark with the bell itself a mammoth-like iron temple. The second movement illustrates the image of a temple or pagoda covered snow. These prints are beautifully mysterious and self-reflective. The finale, Ignited Temple, is inspired by prints portraying warfare. These prints are dense, noisy, vibrant and violent with temples and landscapes set ablaze in ferocious violence and combat.