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Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies
~Japanese Cultural Heritage Initiatives~
at Columbia University
cordially invites you to our 9th annual music celebration

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Glories of the Japanese Music Heritage

 

ANCIENT SOUNDSCAPES REBORN 
Sacred Court Music (Gagaku)
and
Secular Art Music (Hōgaku)


Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 4:00PM
Miller Theatre, Columbia University
(116th Street & Broadway)
 
Presenting classic repertoires for Japanese heritage instruments
and newly commissioned works for Japanese heritage instruments and computer.


The concert is free and open to the public, but please register online at www.medievaljapanesestudies.org

Part I: Sacred Court Music (Gagaku)

Hyōjō no netori
(Prelude Mode Centering on the note of E)

Etenraku
(Music of the Divine Heavens)

Kashin
(Glorious Days)
Vocal offerings

Sōjō no netori
(Prelude Mode Centering on the note of G)

Konju no ha
(Ah! Cheers)

Hyōjō no chōshi
(Prelude Mode Centering on the note of E)

Kanshū

(The Kanshū tune that vitiates vipers)
 
Part II: Secular Art Music (Hōgaku)

Datura (1985)
(The Datura Flower)

for koto
by Tadao Sawai

Kyorei 
(Bell of Emptiness)

for shakuhachi
18th c. Anonymous

Jōgen no tsuki (1979)
(The Waxing Moon)

for koto and shakuhachi
by Tadao Sawai
Part III: Newly Commissioned Music for Japanese Heritage Instruments & Computer 

Five Movements on Modulations (2014)
for shō, hichiriki, ryūteki, and computer

by 
Akira Takaoka

DESU (2014)
for shō, koto, biwa and computer
by 
Brad Garton 
Partially funded by the Japan Foundation, Toshiba International Foundation, Sumitomo Corporation of America Foundation, and Medieval Japanese Studies Foundation.


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