Sound of Japan: An evening of Shakuhachi and Koto
Bronwyn Kirkpatrick + Miyama McQueen-Tokita + Shoko Ono
Friday 1st December 2006, 8.00pm
The Old Darlington School, The University of Sydney
The programme included contemporary compositions: Shikyoku ichi ban (Poeme 1) by Taezo Matsumura (1969); E-mu (Picture Dream) by Hideaki Kuribayashi (1976); Dosei (Voices of the Earth) by Hikaru Sawai (1991); Rin by Hikaru Sawai (2000); Sanka (Song of Praise) by Tadao Sawai (1978); and Futatsu no den-en-shi (Two Pastorals) by Katsutoshi Nagasawa (1973); an arrangement of a traditional silk-pounding song as rhythmical koto duet, Godan Ginuta by Mitsuzaki Kengyo (1853); and the traditional honkyoku shakuhachi solo, Koku.
