‘Yama In-ei’ combines the Japanese ‘kanji’ characters (of Chinese origin) for ‘mountain’ [山] followed by [陰] which by itself can mean ‘‘shade”, “negative”, and “secret”, and [影] whose stand-alone meanings include “shadow”, “silhouette”, and “phantom”. In the Japanese language the latter two characters together as ‘in-ei’ [陰影] mean either the physical phenomena of “shade”, “shadow”, “shading”, and “gloom”, or the abstract “nuance” - as in “shade of meaning”, or “subtlety”.

The musical composition ‘Yama In-ei’ is orchestral in arrangement with a full string section, some woodwinds, a brief appearance from the brass section, and some percussion and even a vibraphone.

If you like baroque and early classical music, this one’s for you.