Played by Japan philharmonic orchestra conducted by Sachio Fujioka
Written as a Memorandum on flowers, this concerto for piano consists of three movements: Flower, Petals and Bloom, that are, respectively, fast, slow and fast.
The Words Memo Flora were written by the poet Kenji Miyazawa on the cover of a notebook that contained notes for a diagram of the placement of flowers (melody) in a flowerbed (score).
1. Flower - An Allegro in a pseudo-sonata form celebrating flowers blooming quietly in a spring field against a background of shifting colors. As the texture of birds, described by the woodwind draws close by, the piano sweeps through a spring storm and into a blue sky.
2. Petals - A light Andante, like flower petals floating on the water. A faint song on the quietly flowing water appears and disappears like a dream of long ago.
3. Bloom - The finale, in which spring speed away from the spring field, in full bloom. A 4/8 and 5/8 rondo that dashes lightly into the distance.
Movements:
0:00 - Instrumentation
0:02 - 1. Flower
14:25 - 2. Petals
25:08 - 3. Bloom