About this Recording 8.573239 - HOSOKAWA, Toshio: Orchestral
Works, Vol. 1 - Horn Concerto / Lotus under the Moonlight /
Chant (Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Märkl)  Toshio
Hosokawa (b. 1955) Moment of Blossoming • Lotus under the
moonlight • Chant   My Horn Concerto ‘Moment of Blossoming’, was
commissioned jointly by the Berlin Philharmonic, the
Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, and the Barbican Centre of London.
It is dedicated to the horn player Stefan Dohr, who first
performed it.  Thus far I have composed several works on the
theme of “lotus” or “blossoming”: the piano concerto Lotus under
the moonlight, Stunden-Blumen for clarinet, violin, cello and
piano, and Blossoming for string quartet, all treat similar
themes. The lotus blossom is a mysterious flower of the East.
Its roots take nourishment from deep beneath the mud, and its
stalk passes straight up through the water, receives sunlight
from the sky at the water’s surface, and brings forth its
beautiful jewel-like blossoms. Without the chaotic world