#2155: Koto and Shakuhachi

New Sounds | May 24, 2010
Classical music of Japan is performed live in the WNYC studio on this edition of New Sounds. Nanae Yoshimura has been among the world's leading exponents of the the long zither known as koto, giving recitals in Western musical capitals, at contemporary music festivals and with orchestras such as the St. Louis Symphony and Leipzig Gewandhaus. We also hear from Kifu Mitsuhashi, one of Japan's foremost performers of the shakuhachi, a bamboo end-blown flute capable of an astounding number of pitches, timbres, and shadings.

PROGRAM #2155, with Kifu Mitsuhashi and Nanae Yoshimura (First aired on Mon., 5/19/03)

ARTIST(S)

RECORDING

CUT(S)

SOURCE

Nanae Yoshimura

The Art of the Koto, Vol. 3

S. Satoh: Kamu-Ogi-Guoto, excerpt [2:00]

Celestial Harmonies #13188.
www.harmonies.com

Nanae Yoshimura &
Kifu Mitsuhashi

Live

Minoru Miki: Aki-no-Kyoku (Autumn Fantasy) [13:00]

Appears on the CD listed above.

Nanae Yoshimura

Live

Katsutoshi Nagasawa: Itsutsu No Shohin (Five Sketches), excerpt [7:00]

Also appears on the CD above.

Kifu Mitsuhashi

Live

Reibo [12:00]

Appears on his CD The Art of the Shakuhachi, Vol. 2, Celestial Harmonies #13225.
www.harmonies.com

Margaret Leng Tan

Litania - Margaret Leng-Tan Plays Somei Satoh

The Heavenly Spheres Are Illuminated By Lights [10:00]

New Albion #008
www.newalbion.com

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