related works
Sutartines : for violin solo and string orchestra / Olga Victorova
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and string orchestra
Scoring:
vn-solo str
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
instr
Opus 3 met gestreken en geslagen tonen : voor ensemble / Karel Goeyvaerts
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
perc pf timp vn vla vc
Elégie : voor cello en harp / Piet Kingma
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
vc hp
composition
Renge-kyō : for harp and percussion / Olga Victorova
Other authors:
Victorova, Olga
(Composer)
Description:
Renge-kyō for harp and percussion by Olga Victorova was written under the impression of the trip to Japan in 2014. One of the highlights of staying in Tokyo was visiting the liturgy of the Buddhist branch of Nichiren Shoshu. The title Renge-kyō refers to the Japanese title of the Lotus Sutra. Unlike other Mahayana Buddhist practices, Nichiren expounded the Lotus Sutra and chanting Nam-myō hō -renge-kyō as a way for anyone to obtain Enlightenment regardless of one's position in life, condition of circumstances. The rhythm of uttering the sutra Nam-myō hō -renge-kyō , which formed the basis of the percussion’s party, is supplemented in the composition with refined harmonies of harp.