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This is a Modern piece . Shizuka Naru Toki is also known as: At Times of Quiet. This piece was composed for shakuhachi by Sawada Joji in 1997 .

Shizuka Naru Toki appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
At Times of Quiet  (Listen)	Tanabe Shozan
This selection is from 'Scenes with Suikinkutsu,' a composition for suikinkutsu (water chime) and 'Ondes Martenot' first performed in 1997 at Tokyo's Suntory Hall. It is the introductory portion of the work and begins with a solo shakuhachi calling out to the water chime. The piece progresses with a response and then conversation between the instruments. It is the composers wish that the faint sound of the water drops tailing and resonating would bring a sense at the inner universe within us all. It is up to the individual, however, to listen as the suikinkutsu marks the passing at time, and interpret the quiet.