chamber music

 

真珠抄

SINJU-SHO

Op.1, for fl,cl,vib,pf (1983):10'

Premiere: 23 September 1983.Tokyo

 

リユニオン

REUNION

Op.2, for fl,vln,vlc,2perc,pf (1984):10'

Premiere: 9 June 1984.Tokyo

 

三つの小品

THREE PIECES

Op.5, for clarinet solo (1985):9'

Premiere: 28 November 1985.Tokyo / Yasuaki Itakura

Adopted as the competition piece of International Clarinet Competition,1988,Tokyo.

Publisher: Zen-On Music Co.,Ltd. . …see "DISCOGRAPHY"

 

インテルメッツオ

INTERMEZZO

Op.8, for string ensemble(5.4.3.3.1)(1986):7'

Premiere: 23 January 1987.Tokyo / Tokyo Memorial Ensemble cond.by C.Murakata

 

パ・ドゥ・ドゥー I

PAS DE DEUX I

Op.9, for piano solo (1987,Rev.1988):11'

Premiere: (Original Version):6 July 1987.Stuttgart / Carol Morgan

(Revised Version):21 January 1988.Tokyo / Toshiyuki Yamana Publisher: Zen-On Music Co.,Ltd.

 

弦楽三重奏曲

STRING TRIO

Op.11, for vln, vla. vlc (1988-92):17' 30" Premiere: (Mvt.1-2) : 28 June 1988.Tokyo (dto, Rev. Version) : 1990 (Completed/Mvt.1-3) :4 February 1992.Tokyo Atsumi Hanazaki(vln),Tomoko Shirao(vla),Kaoru Hanazaki(vlc) Prize: The Asian Composers' League (ACL)Youug Composer' s Award, 199O , in Sendai, Japan (for the 1st Movement) Publisher: Zen-On Music Co., Ltd. (complete set of score and parts)

 

パ・ドゥ・ドゥー l

PAS DE DEUX l

Op.14, for piano solo (1989, Rev. 1989 ):17'30"

Premiere: (Original Version) : 18 April 1989. Tokyo / Keita Kosaka

(Revised Version) : 19 May 1989.Kyoto / Toshiyuki Yumana Publisher: Zen-On Music Co., Ltd.

 

島の夜・城へ

THE NIGHT OF THE ISLAND - TOWARD THE CASTLE

Op.16, for percussion ensemble (marimba, 4 perc) (1989):9' Premiere: 11 January 1989. Tokyo / Paulownia Percussion Group Commission: Paulownia Percussion Group

 

長持唄

NAGAMOCHI-UTA

Op.18, in 3 Movements, for traverso solo (1991):10'

Premiere: 27 October 1991.Stuttgart / Hans-Joachim Fuss Commission: Hans Joachim Fuss

 

真昼の島

MIDDAY ISLAND

Op.19, for six players (fl,cl,db,marimba,pf) (1991):14'

Premiere: 31 March 1991.Tokyo / Pleiade Quintet with the composer (piano)

Commission: Pleiade Quintet

 

花庭園

FLOWER GARDEN

Op.21, for five percussionists (1992):14'

Premiere: 24 April 1992. Tokyo / Paulownia Percussion Group Commission: Paulownia Percussion Group Publisher: Zen-On Music Co.Ltd.

 

しゅん

SHUN

Op.22, for fl, vlc, 13-string koto, pf (1992) : 9'

Premiere: 29 April 1992. Kyoto

Commission: Green Concerts vol.2 organised by 22 Century Club

 

ボドルムの海

BODRUM SEA

Op.23, for guitar solo (1992):10' 30" Premiere: 16 September 1992. Tokyo / Norio Satoh

Commission: Kazuhito Yamashita

CD: brinrinri/KYBR-9701

 

避暑地の猫

THE CAT IN THE SUMMER RESORT

Op.24, for shakuhachi & flute (+afl) (1992):8' Premiere: 16 September 1992. Tokyo / Seizan Sakata (shakuhachi), Takashi Endo (flute) Commission: Seizan Sakata

 

彼方へ ガブリエラのために

TO FAR-OFF LAND (FOR GABRIELLA)

Op.25, for guitar solo (1993):10'

Premiere: 7 February 1993. Osaka / Kazuhito Yamashita

Commission: Kazuhito Yamashita

CD: brinrinri/KYBR-9701

 

黄色い牛

YELLOW COW

Op.26, for ob, accordion, db (1993):3'

Premiere: 23 May 23 1993.Chiba / Trio Akkobasso Commission: Trlo Akkobasso

CD: ANTES/BM-CD31.9071

 

輪廻

SANSARA

Op.28, for Woodwind Quintet (1993):9'

Premiere: 4 June 1993. Tokyo / Resonance Quintet Commission: Resonance Quintet

 

雪月

SETSU-GETSU

Op.29, for vln, vlc and futozao shamisen (1993):15'

Premiere: 6 December 1993. Tokyo / Motoko Fujiie (vln), Masaharu Kanda(vlc), Yumiko Tanaka (shamisen)

Commission: Yumiko Tanaka

 

そして水平線

NOW THE HORIZON COMES INTO VIEW

Op.30, for guitar solo (1993):10'

Premiere: 9 January 1994. Cincinati, U.S.A. / Kazuhito Yamashita

Commission: Kazuhito Yamashita

CD: brinrinri/KYBR-9701

 

ブルー・ターバン

THE BLUE TURBAN

Op.31, for clarinet and pedal-triggered electronics (1993):15' Premiere: 16 March 1993.Norfolk Verginia, U.S.A. / F.Gerard Errante

Commission: F.Gerard Errante

 

寂夜

THE NIGHT

Op.32, for guitar solo (1994):10'

Premiere: 10 July 1994. Gumma / Kazuhito Yamashita Commission: Kazuhito Yamashita

CD: brinrinri/KYBR-9701

 

夜との語らい

DIALOGUE WITH THE NIGHT

Op.35, for guitar solo (1995):10'30"

Premiere: 24 March 1995.Yokohama / Kazuhito Yamashita Commission: Kazuhito Yamashita

CD: brinrinri/KYBR-9701

 

三つの詩

TRES POEMAS （家 La Casa、悲しみ Piececitos、プリマヴェーラ Primavera）

Op.36, for guitar solo (1995):7' Premiere: 24 March 1995.Yokohama / Kazuhito Yamashita

Commission: Kazuhito Yamashita

CD: brinrinri/KYBR-9701, CROWN/CRCC-37

 

風神

FUJIN

Op.37, for guitar, violoncello and shakuhachi (1995):15' Premiere: 24 March 1995. Yokohama Kazuhito Yamashita(gtr), Masaharu Kanda(vlc),Kif Mitsuhash (shakuhachi)

Commission: Yokohama City

 

甘いやさしさ

SWEET TENDERNESS

Op.38, for guitar solo (1995):7'

Premiere: 13 May 1995. Kobe / Kazuhito Yamashita

CD: brinrinri/KYBR-9701

 

独奏ヴァイオリンのための 組曲第１番

SUITE NO.1 FOR SOLO VIOLIN

Op.41(1996):16'

Premiere: 27 October 1996.Kyoto / Ryuhei Inoue

Commission: 22 Century Club

 

夢

THE NIGHT DREAM

Op.45, for piano solo (1996):6'30"

Premiere: 5 October 1996.Tokyo / Reiko Ebisuta

Commission: Reiko Ebisuta

 

アジアの雨のダンス

ASIAN RAIN DANCE

Op.47, for violin and piano (1997):2'

Premiere: (CD Recording)21 October 1997.Miyo Umezu(vIn), Walter Delahunt(pf)

Commission: Miyo Umezu

CD: BMG JAPAN/BVCC-764

 

続・アジアの雨のダンス

ASIAN RAIN DANCE -SEQUEL

Op.48, for violin and piano (1997) : 1' 30"

Premiere: (CD Recording)21 October 1997.Miyo Umezu(vln), Walter Delahunt(pf)

Commission: Miyo Umezu

CD: BMG JAPAN/BVCC-764

 

夢であれ、現であれ

BE IT DREAM OR REALITY

Op.50, for violoncello and piano (1997):15'

Premiere: 7 September 1997.Kyoto / Noboru Kamimura(vlc), Kaya Han(pf)

Commission: 22 Century Club

 

水辺のエチュード

ETUDES:ON THE WATERS'EDGE

Op.53, for piano solo (1998):12' Premiere: 30 January 1998.Tokyo / Kaori Nakajima

Commission: Kaori Nakajima

 

春歸日

THE DAY SPRING RETURNED

Op.54, for solo vln,solo db and 2string guartets (1998):18' Premiere: Aplil 1998.Kyoto / Motoko Fujiie(vln),Nobuaki Nakata(db)

Commission: 22 Century Club

 

深々と

profondement

Op.56, for solo violin and sho (1998):15'

Premiere: 30 October 1998.Kyoto / Aki Sauliere(vln),Koh Ishikawa(sho)

Commission: 22 Century Club

 

太陽と月

SUN AND MOON Op.57, for guitar and doublebass (1998):14' Premiere: 9 December 1998.Tokyo / Kazuhito Yamashita,Gary Karr Commission: 22 Century Club

 

組曲：人々の靴を履いて

SUITE:IN THEIR SHOES

Op.58, for guitar solo (1998):29'

Premiere: 9 December 1998.Tokyo / Kazuhito Yamashita

 

赤と黒

LE ROUGE ET LE NOIR

Op.61, for violin and guitar (1999):12'

Premiere: 25 April 1999.Kyoto / Motoko Fujiie(vln),Daisuke Suzuki(gtr)

Commission: 22 Century Club

 

子夜呉歌 ～李白の詩による春・夏・秋・冬～

FOUR SEASONS INSPIRED BY LI PO'S POEMS

Op.62, for string ensemble(4.4.3.3.1)(1999):12'

Premiere: June 1999. Kamakura / Kamakura Solisten Commission: Kamakura Geijutsukan

 

長い夢

NAGAI YUME

Op.69, for vln,sho and gakuso (1999):11'

Premiere: 18 December 1999.Kyoto Aki Sauliere(vln),Koh Ishikawa(sho),Kayoko Nakagawa(koto)

Commission: 22 Century Club

 

水辺の組曲

SUITE:ON THE WATERS'EDGE

1. 貝殻、または追憶 A Shell, or Nostalgia

2. 雨 Rain

3. 午後の舟遊び Boating in the Afternoon

4. 夜気 The Chill of Night

5. 真夜中のプールに浮かぶ夢 A Dream of Floating on a Swimming Pool at Midnight

6. 湧き出づる水 Water Gushing Out

7. 流れ A Stream

8. 沼地の記憶 Memories of a Swamp

9. 岬に憩う Resting at a Cape

10. 鷺のいる池 A Pond with a Heron

11. 舞う粉雪 Light Snow Dancing

12. 波の子守唄 Lullaby of the Waves

Op.70, for piano solo (1998-2000):36' 30" Premiere: April 2000.Kyoto / Vladimir Mischouk

Commission: 22 Century Club

 

玉兎跳ねる

JEWEL MOON RABBIT HOPS

Op.71, for marimba and piano (2000):3' 15"

Premiere: 15 June 2002.Tokyo / Hiroyuki Iwaki(mar.),Kawori Kimura(pf)

Commission: Hiroyuki Iwaki

 

冬の木立ちの囀り

BIRDS CHIRPING IN THE WINTER TREES

Op.72, for marimba and piano (2000):3'

Premiere: 15 June 2002.Tokyo / Hiroyuki Iwaki(mar.),Kawori Kimura(pf)

Commission: Hiroyuki Iwaki

 

流影

MOONLIGHT FLOWS

Op.74, for violin and piano (2001):10'

Premiere: 13 November 2001.Tokyo / Junko Naito(vln),　Alexander Taylor(pf)

Commission: Junko Naito

 

ギター・ソナタ第１番 "青い花"

SONATA NO.1 FOR SOLO GUITAR "THE BLUE FLOWER " Op.75, for guitar solo (2002):46'

Premiere: 12 September 2002.Tokyo / Kazuhito Yamashita Commission: Hamarikyu Asahi Hall -10th Anniversary

CD: BMG/BVCC-31081

 

雪月花 ～日本の旋律による子どもの情景～

SNOW, MOON AND FLOWERS :Sceneries for Children with Japanese Melodies

Op.77, for piano solo (2002):9'30" Premiere: 8 December 2002.Tokyo Vladimir Mischouk

Commission: Koransha

 

さくら、さくら

SAKURA,SAKURA

Op.78, for guitar solo (2002):5'

Premiere: 12 September 2002.Tokyo Kazuhito Yamashita

CD: BMG/BVCC-31081

 

彼女らの美しき生活

LITTLE GIRLS' BEAUTIFUL LIVES

1.朝、鶏たちと Morning with Roosters

2.紙のお舟を川に浮かべて Floating Paper Boats on the River

3.自転車をこいで魔法の森へ Bicycling to the Wizard's Wood

4.雨滴は景色を塗りかえる Raindrops Recolour the Landscape 5.星空の花火 Fireworks in a Starry Sky 6.つっつく、つっつく、枝上の鳥が Birds Peck-Pecking on Branches

7. 金魚の揺れる鉢 An Annamese Bowl with Leisurely Goldfish

8.山の娘 Daughter of the Mountain

9.夕闇の愛しい調べ A Sad Melody at Twilight

10.小さな鳥追いたち Children Chasing Birds

11.遠い国の大晦日 New Year's Eve in Far-off Land

12.波の子守唄 Lullaby of the Waves

Op.79, for 2 guitars (2003-5):30'

 

ゴンドラの櫂の歌

BARCAROLLE

Op.80, for guitar solo (2003)

Premiere: 11 November 2003. Tokyo / Kazuhito Yamashita Commission: Kazuhito Yamashita

CD: BMG/BVCC-31081

 

青丹よし

AONIYOSHI

Op.81, for violin and guitar (2004)

Premiere: 14 March 2004. Nyuzen / Kyoto Takezawa(vln), Kazuhito Yamashita (gtr)

Commission: Nyuzen-cho

 

鸚鵡小町

PAROTRY-KOMACHI

Op.82, for marimba and piano (2004)

Premiere: 30 June 2004 / Reiko Kohno (marimba), Hitomi Takara (pf)

Commission: Hiroyuki Iwaki

 

かさね

KASANE

Op.84, for guitar quartet (2004-5)

Premiere: 19 September 2004. Rome / Kazuhito + bambini (Kazuhito, Koyumi, Terukaku and Kanahi Yamashita) Commision: Kazuhito Yamashita

 

カプリッチョ～フラ・アンジェリコの墓にて

Capriccio ー At the Tomb of Fra Angelico

Op.85, for organ (2004)

Premiere: 16 September 2004. / Contestants of IOCM Commission: International Organ

Competition Musashino-Tokyo

Publisher: SINFONICA(Italy) http://www.sinfonica.com

 

東（ひんがし）へ

To the East

Op.86, for piano solo (2004)

Premiere: 3 November 2004. Tokyo / Akira Eguchi

 

冷たい波と、赤い血と

COLD WAVES. RED BLOOD

Op. 87, for guitar solo (2005) : 7'

Premiere: 18 September 2005. Yokohama / Kazuhito Yamashita Commission: Kazuhito Yamashita

CD: CROWN/CRCC-37

 

韓国と日本の旋律による子どもの情景

SCENARIES FOR CHILDREN WITH KOREAN AND JAPANESE MELODIES

Op. 88, for six guitars (2005): 7'

Premiere: 4 November 2005. Seoul / Korean-Japanese children emsemble

 

燈火節

Candlemass

Op. 89, for guitar solo (2005) : 5'

Commission: Kazuhito Yamashita

CD: CROWN/CRCC-37

 

 

commissioned by Tatsuo Fujiie

 

NAMU  for timpani, Japanese drum and children choir, 2012

commissioned by Chieko Umezu

 

 

 

works for japanese traditional instruments

 

雨の庭

THE RAINY GARDEN

Op.15, for solo futozao shamisen (1989):15'

Premiere: 23 December 1989.Tokyo /Yumiko Tanaka Commission: Yumiko Tanaka SHUN Op.22, for fl, vlc, 13-string koto, pf(1992) : 9'

...see "chamber music"

 

避暑地の猫

THE CAT IN THE SUMMER RESORT

Op.24, for shakuhachi & flute (+afl) (1992):8'

...see "chamber music"

 

雪月

SETSU-GETSU

Op.29, for vln, vlc and futozao shamisen (1993):15'

...see "chamber music"

 

風神

FUJIN

Op.37, for guitar, violoncello and shakuhachi(1995):15'

...see "chamber music"

 

深々と

profondement

Op.56, for solo vln and sho(1998):15' .

...see "chamber music"

 

天のような地、そして地のような天

DE TERRA CAELUM ET DE CAELO TERRAM

Op.68, for ryuteki, 2hichiriki, 3sho,gakubiwa,gakuso(1999):15' Premiere:13 November 1999.Tokyo / Reigakusha

Commission: Japan National Theater

 

長い夢

NAGAI YUME

Op.69, for vln,sho and gakuso(1999):11' .

...see "chamber music"

 

入日楽（いりひのらく）

IRIHI NO RAKE

Op.83, for ryuteki, 2hichiriki, 3sho, gakubiwa, gakuso (2004):12' Premiere: 8 September 2004. New York / Reigakusha Commission: Music from Japan