To the Touch is a musical setting for violin and shõ of a haiku by Kobayashi Issa composed as a pair to the work Air Still for female voice and shõ. The music is a reflection on the stillness and movement of a scene of a falling dewdrop lit by the spring moon.
First performance: 4 November 2013, Vafopouleio Cultural Hall, Greece, Naomi Sato, sho, Stelios Chatziiosifidis, violin.