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The New York Philharmonic, led by Elim Chan, Performs the New York Premiere of Noriko Koide's Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain

May. 28, 2026

On May 27, the New York Philharmonic, led by Elim Chan, performed the New York premiere of Noriko Koide's Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain with additional performances on May 28-30. Notably, Chan led the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the UK premiere of the work in July 2023 as part of the BBC Proms. The world premiere was given in Osaka in 2022 by Dalia Stasevska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the BBC Proms Japan.

Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain has all the hallmarks of Koide's unique compositional style and draws its power from the unspoken. The work's poetic title hints at its form: A dynamic slowly develops from recumbent sounds, in which Koide uses larger musical gestures sparingly. Rhythmically accentuated movements are carefully added, like delicate brush strokes on a sheet of canvas. This makes the piece seem delicate but also deliberate. Koide notes, "Western music language and gamelan music language often proceed in the exact opposite directions, [however], I'm finally starting to feel like Mac (Macintosh) and Windows are installed together."

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Noriko Koide
Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain (2022)
for orchestra
3.2.2.bcl.2-4.2.3.0-4perc(I: sus.cym; II: vib, III: mar; IV: tam-t, sus.cym)-hp, pno-str
12'
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