Institute for Medieval
Japanese Studies

A Gagaku Concert: From the Classics to Tōru Takemitsu and Hiroya Miura

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February 22, 2007 (Thursday)
6:00 – 7:30PM
Low Memorial Library Rotunda, Columbia University

Featuring: Hitomi Nakamura – hichiriki; Mayumi Miyata – shō; Takeshi Sasamoto – ryūteki; biwa

With contributions by:
Naoko Terauchi – kakko; koto; Jaqueline Leclair – oboe

THE PROGRAM

Part I: The Classical Sound of Gagaku Music

Presented in an abbreviated ensemble of three wind instruments, ryūteki, hichiriki, and shō; two strings, the biwa and koto; and one drum, the kakko.

Hyōjō no chōshi (bongen)
Goshōraku no kyū
Etenraku   With students from the Columbia Gagaku Ensemble
Ichikotsuchō no netori
Shun’nōden: "yūsei" and "kisshō" (Voices of Spring Warblers: "Gathering" and "Climax")

Part II: Contemporary Music for Gagaku Instruments

Tsuki no shita nite (Under the Moon, 1992) (Rev. Dec. 1994)
by Takeshi Sasamoto

Ryūteki    Takeshi Sasamoto Shō     Mayumi Miyata

Distance for oboe and shō
by Tōru Takemitsu (1930-1996)
Commissioned by oboist Heinz Hollinger in 1972

Oboe     Jacqueline Leclair
Shō     Mayumi Miyata

World Premiere
Gossamer Lattice (Kasane gōshi) for hichiriki, ryūteki, and shō (2007)
by Hiroya Miura

In Conclusion
Chōgeishi

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