Sounds of Japan

Haru No Umi (The Sea in Springtime) Michio Miyagi

Cinq Chansons Sur des Themes Japonais (5 songs on Japanese Themes) Eugene Bozza

Six Preludes on Asian Pipes-David Loeb (solo piccolo)
I. Ti (China)
II.Taegum (Korea)
III. Donglim (Tibet)
IV.Shinobue (Japan)
V. Suling (Bali)
IV. Khene (Laos)

Kassouga by Makota Shinohara

Miyako Sketches by Elliot Weisgarber

I. At the Grave of the Shining Prince
II. Misty Evening
III. Village Festival
IV. Winter Solitude

Digital Bird Suite Op. 15 (1982) by Takashi Yoshimatsu (1953- )

I. Bird-phobia
II. A Bird in Twilight
III. Twitter Machine
IV. A Bird at Noon

Max and I love to do a themed concert. This one is on the sound of Japan. Some composers we picked like Michio Miyagi were innovative in the way they fused eastern and classical sounds. Some of them like French composer Eugene Bozza, composed using his impressions of what Japonese music sounded like. Disenchanted with the atonal modern music, composer Takashi Yoshimatsu regards himself as a new lyricist and his compositional style as neo-classical romanticism, influenced by his participation in popular, rock and traditional Japanese music groups. We love these pieces and hope you enjoy a mixture of different composers playing with eastern and western sounds.