Furusato... Heimat... Home - STORM930 | Musica

Stephen Melillo's programme notes about FURUSATO:

Furusato is commissioned by the RUNDEL Family and is dedicated to the HEIMAT and HOME and FURUSATO we all long for! Furusato was originally composed by Teiichi Okano (1878-1941):
 
FURUSATO (My Heart’s Home)
 
1. Sometimes I dream I’m on the Hill
Chasing the wild hare -  freely at will
Catching small fish - as the Brook murmurs by
Place of my birthright - for you I sigh
 
2. Father and Mother - once you taught me
That treasures of life - are all given free!
Friendship and happiness - Sunshine and Rain
Your words come back to me time and again
 
3. Clear crystal brooklet - fresh Hills of Blue
Whisper  across the Breeze - where are you?
when fortune smiles on me - then Furusato
I will return to you, I love you so! 
 
Through FURUSATO, we may now reconsider... JIDAI: The constantly living, ever flowing, never changing Time of the Hero... A legacy passed on from generation through generations to generation, an Idea that remains as it always is, pure in Heart and Spirit and the unwritten Code of Honour... and of Home. I had wanted to offer a work, which in Music described “Heimat”.  Heimat  is the German word for “Home, but “home” in the deepest possible meaning of that word.  Ageless.  Deep. Heimat describes a connection in the land and in the culture to the very dawn of Life in that land... family after family, generation after generation.   It is interesting that this longing to describe Heimat would find fulfillment via Furusato, a work about the Japanese Homeland. By means of FURUSATO... Heimat... Home, disparate cultures, who at one time warred with each other are now joined in a new purpose... the Hope of a New Future-History and the Brotherhood of Man. To fully enjoy the meaning of this work, listeners must know MUSASHI, JIDAI and KAKEHASHI:  THAT WE MIGHT LIVE... and then of course the complete body of works called, “Stormworks”. FURUSATO is dedicated to All those who have longed for Home.  I am sure that one day, we will discover that despite all outward differences, we are at Heart, then, now and always... Brothers in this longing.
 
Godspeed!
Stephen Melillo