#2594: New Music from Japan

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

This New Sounds offers a sampling of new music from Japan, with music for the koto (Japanese zither), biwa, Shomyo choir, and more. The young koto and shamisen virtuoso Yoko Reikano Kimura, plays Katsutoshi Nagasawa’s piece, The Pleiades. Also, there’s new music by Ushio Torikai, a large work called Sonbou no toki, for Buddhist Shomyo choir, and features a poem intoned over the chanting monks. Plus, hear solo koto music by Chieko Mori written in a new scale based on gagaku, ancient music of the Japanese imperial court.

PROGRAM # 2594, New Japanese Music for Traditional Instruments (First aired on Mon. 10/16/06)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Chieko Mori	Katyou Fuugetsu	Light Up [1:30]	Felmay #8111 www.felmay.it
Katsutoshi Nagasawa	Private CD, Kimura Yoko & Yuiko Tomita	The Pleiades [9:00]	Not commercially available.
Ushio Torikai	Sonbou No Toki	So-Eko [7:00] Drill, excerpt [5:00]	Victor/JVC #563 www.japo-net.or.jp* The site is all in Japanese. Try sending an e-mail through a form on the English version: japonet/english
Chieko Mori	Katyou Fuugetsu	Sky Travel [3:00]	See above.
Akemi Naito	Mindscape	Months-Spaceship for Zodiac, excerpt [12:00]	Bridge #9204 www.bridgerecords.com *
Chieko Mori	Katyou Fuugetsu	Midare [11:00]	See above.

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