Six Japanese Gardens is another wonderful example of contemporary programmatic composition by Kaija Saariaho for percussion and electronics. It was composed in the summer of 1993, when Saariaho took inspiration from the gardens around her in Kyoto.
DRY MOUNTAIN STREAM MANY PLEASURES GARDEN OF THE KINKAKU-JI TENJU-AN GARDEN OF NANZEN-JI TEMPLE STONE BRIDGES ROCK GARDEN OF RYOAN-JI MOSS GARDEN OF THE SAIHO-JI