Orchestral works

マルポジション

MALPOSITION

Op.4(1985):10' 3(?:+picc).3(?:+corA).3(?:+bcl).3(?:+dbn)-4.3.3.1-perc(4)-2harp-strings(14.14.12.10.8)

Premiere: 6 June 1985.Tokyo / Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music Symphony Orchestra cond.by Kohtaro Satoh Prize:"Anerkennung"of the International Competition for Composition Hambacher Preis,1985

パノラマ

PANORAMA

Op.6(1986):10'

3(?:+picc).3.3(?:+bcl).3(?:+dbn)-4.3.3.1-perc(4)-harp-pf-strings(14.12.10.8.6)

クラリネット協奏曲

CLARINET CONCERTO

Op.7(1986,Rev.1993):25'

2(?:+picc).2.2(?:+E♭cl,?=bcl).2(?:+dbn)-4.2.3.1-perc(2)-harp-cel-strings(14.12.10.8.8), 4vocals(2T,Bar,B),solo clarinet,soli for 2nd&3rd Mvt.:picc,fl,afl

Premiere: 9 October 1986.Tokyo / Tadashi Hoshino(clarinet), Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra cond. by Hikotaro Yazaki. (Completed/Mvt.1-3):28 February 1996.Tokyo / Yasuaki Itakura(clarinet), Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra cond. by Kazushi Ohno

Publisher: Zen-On Music Co.,Ltd(Material on hire) …see "DISCOGRAPHY"

Prize: The First Prize at Japan Music Competition,1986

翡翠の海のパノラマ

JADE SEA PANORAMA

Op.20(1992):15' 3(?:+picc).3.3(?:+bcl).3(?:+dbn)-4.3.3.1-perc(4)-pf-harp-strings(14.12.10.8.6)

Premiere: 11 September 1993.Amsterdam The Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra cond. by Nicolas Cleobury Publisher: Zen-On Music Co.,Ltd(Material on hire）

思いだす ひとびとのしぐさを

BEBER 
Op.33, for orchestra (1994):10' 2(?:+picc).2.2(?:+E♭cl,?=bcl).2-2.2.0.0-perc(3)-strings(original:8.6.4.4.2,max:12.10.8.6.4)

Premiere: 23 August 1994.Kanazawa / Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa cond.by Hiroyuki Iwaki

CD: DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON/POLYDOR(POCG-1860) Publisher: Zen-On Music Co.,Ltd(Material on hire)

Prize: The 43rd Otaka Prize

ギター協奏曲第1番

GUITAR CONCERTO NO.1

Op.49, for guitar and orchestra (1997):19' 2(?:+picc).2.2(?:+bcl).2(?,?=dbn)-2.2.0.0-perc(2)-strings(8.6.4.4.2),solo gtr

Premiere: 21 February 1997.Nagoya / Kazuhito Yamashita(gtr), NHK symphony Orchestra Ensemble cond.by Hong Je Kim Commission: Shirakawa Hall

輝を垂れて千春を映さんとす ～京都大学創立百周年を記念して～

ACADEMIC FESTIVAL OVERTURE "May this brilliance shine through a thousand springs!"

Op.51, for orchestra (1997):8'

3(?:+picc).3.3.3(?=dbn)-4.3.3.1-perc(3)(?=timp)-strings(14.12.10.8.6) Premiere: 1 November 1997.Kyoto Kyoto symphony Orchestra cond.by Michiyoshi Inoue

Commission: Kyoto University

京都・山河の響き ～コントラバスとギターのための二重協奏曲～

KYOTO;REVERBRATION

Op.52, for doublebass,guitar and orchestra (1997):24' 2(?:+picc).2(?:+corA).2(?:+bcl).2(?:+dbn)-2.2.0.0-perc(2)-strings(12.10.8.6.4),soli:db,gtr Premiere: 3 December 1997.Kyoto / Gary Karr(db),Kazuhito Yamashita(gtr) Kyoto Symphony Orchestra cond.by Michiyoshi Inoue

Commission: Kyoto Prefecture

CD: 14 MIEDZYNARODOWY FESTIVAL; TYCHY 2012

「京都・山河の響き」ポーランドで再演

“ Kyoto;Reverberation ”

performed by Jan Kotula (double bass), Kazuhito Yamashita (guitar), Marek Mos (cond.) AUKSO Orchestra

at Tychy (Poland)

15th, October, 2012

http://www.guitar.tychy.pl/

Three movements:

l. The mountains and waters have a pure music

ギター協奏曲第2番 "恋すてふ"

GUITAR CONCERTO NO.2 "KOISUCHO"

Op.60, for guitar and orchestra (1999):12'

2(?:+picc).2.2(?:+bcl).2-2.2.0.0-perc(2)-strings(8.6.4.4.2),solo gtr Premiere: 24 March 1999.Tokyo / Kazuhito Yamashita(gtr), Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa cond.by Hiroyuki Iwaki, Commission: Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa

Prize: The 48rd Otaka Prize

CD: NHK CD/KICC 3041

ピアノ協奏曲第1番 "一月の思い出"

PIANO CONCERTO NO.1 "Memories of January"

Op.73, for piano and orchestra (2001):14'

2(?:+picc).2(?:+C.I).2(?:+bcl).2(?:+dbn)-2.2.2.0-perc(2)(2=timp)-strings(12.10.8.6.4),solo pf Premiere: 21 April 2000.Tokyo Kyoko Tabe(pf),Tokyo Symphony Orchestra cond.by Naoto Otomo

Commission: The Mainichi Newspaper

オルガン協奏曲 "フラ・アンジェリコの墓にて"

ORGAN CONCERTO "A the Tomb of Fra Angelico"

Op.90, for organ and orchestra (2006):15'30

Premiere: 28 April 2006. Tokyo Frederic Champion(org),Tokyo Symphony Orchestra cond.by Hubert Soudant

Commission: International Organ Competition Musashino-Tokyo

("+ "means doubling)

Opera

Premiere: 19 September 2020. Poland / Jan Jakub Monowid

Vocal works

セント・ルーシーの日に寄せる夜曲

A NOCTURNALL UPON ST. LUCIE'S DAY

Op.3, for cl, vln, perc, pf, mezzo soprano (1984):10'

Premiere: 24 September 1984.Tokyo

Text by John Donne

ラブソング

LOVE SONG

Op.10, for fl(+afl), harp, perc, db, soprano (1987):10'

Premiere: 24 July 1987.Tokyo / Circle Ensemble

Commission: The 3rd Tokyo Summer Festival organized by Arion Music Foundation

Text by Oscar Wilde

マリアの頬骨

MARIA'S CHEEKBONE

Op,13, in 6 movements for mezzo soprano and guitar (1989):13' Premiere: 25 February 1989. Tokyo / Keiko Hatanaka (m.s.),Norio Satoh(gtr)

Text by the composer

雨よりも優しく触れるその手よ ...

nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands

Op.17, for mezzo soprano, prepared piano (4 hands), recorded tape (1990):15'

Premiere: 29 October 1990. Tokyo Keiko Hatanaka(m.s.), Eiji Suzuki,the composer(pf)

Text by E. E. Cummings

〈刺青女〉の伝説

LEYENDA DE LA TATUANA

Op.27, for vocal ensemble(solo T=narrator, countertenor, S, T, Bar), guitar, cl (1993):15'

Premiere: 25 April 1993. Kyoto Masao Kobayashi(T),Megumi Hashiramoto(S),Koh-ichi Honda(cl)

Commission: 22 Century Club

Text by Miguel Angel Asturias,Translated by Nobuaki Ushijima

さんぽ

SAMPO

Op.42, for soprano and guitar(or piano) (1996):2'

Premiere: 11 September 1996.Tokyo / Konomi Nagoya(sop), Akiko Saitoh(gtr)

Commission: Atarashii Uta wo Tsukuru Kai Text by the composer

わかれ

WAKARE

Op.43, for soprano and guitar(or piano)(1996):1'40"

Premiere: 11 September 1996.Tokyo / Konomi Nagoya(sop), Akiko Saitoh(gtr)

Commission: Atarashii Uta wo Tsukuru Kai

Text by the composer

とんび

TOMBI

Op.44, for soprano and guitar(or piano) (1996):2'30"

Premiere: 11 September 1996.Tokyo / Konomi Nagoya(sop), Akiko Saitoh(gtr)

Commission: Atarashii Uta wo Tsukuru Kai

Text by the composer

二つの唇

TWO LIPS

Op.65, for countertenor,gtr,db(1999):5'

Premiere: 1 October 1999.Yatsugatake Derek L. Ragin(ct), Kazuhito Yamashita(gtr),Gary Karr(db)

Commission: 22 Century Club

Text by Thomas Hardy 

吹き飛ばせ（『風の又三郎』より）

BLOW BLOW BLOW BLOW AWAY

Op.66, for countertenor,gtr,db(1999):3' 20"

Premiere: 1 October 1999.Yatsugatake Derek L. Ragin(ct), Kazuhito Yamashita(gtr),Gary Karr(db)

Text by Kenji Miyazawa, Translated(into English) by the composer

大晦日

NEW YEAR'S EVE

Op.67, for countertenor(1999):3'

Premiere: 1 October 1999.Yatsugatake / Derek L. Ragin

Text by Alfred Tennyson

Chamber music

真珠抄

SINJU-SHO

Op.1, for fl, cl, vibr, 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.

萅

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

櫻人

Sakurabito

Op.105, for 2 vocals 

Premiere: Kou Ishikawa, Keiko Fujiie

Premiere:  2021 / Keiko Kotoku (marimba), Chieko Umezu (timpani)

Commission: Chieko Umezu

Choral works

天使たちが…

THE ANGELS...

Op.12, for chorus SATB(1989-90):10'

1.The Angels..., 2.My bones..., 3. Broken window..., 4.This village is..., 5 Flowers, birds...

Premiere: 24 September 1989.Tokyo / Coro Caros cond. by Fumiaki.Kuriyama(1-4) 25 March 1990.Tokyo / Coro Caros cond. by Fumiaki.Kuriyama(5)

Text by Tatsuo Hori (1-4), Jean Cocteau (5, translated by Tatsuo.Hori)

十牛図

JU-GYU-ZU

Op.34, for male chorus and guitar (1994):17'

Premiere: 22 November 1994.Tokyo / Arion Choir cond by Nobuaki Tanaka

Commission: Arion Choir

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

Text by Kakuan-shion Zenshi

楽園の泉

THE FOUNTAINS OF PARADISE

Op.39, for chorus SATB. violin and guitar(1995):15'

Premiere: 5 October 1995.Tokyo Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus cond. by Nobuaki Tanaka

Commission: Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus

Publisher: Zen-On Music Co.,Ltd

CD: fontec/FOCD-3403

Text by the composer

ニュアンス

NUANCE

Op.59, for chorus SATB(1999):10'

Premiere: 13 June 1999.Tokyo / Coro Caros cond. by Fumiaki Kuriyama

Commission: Coro Caros

Text by the composer

花にもの思ふ

HANA NI MONO OMOU

Op.63, for chorus SATB and sho(1999):9

Premiere: 24 October 1999.Tokyo Atarashii Gasshodan cond. by Nobuaki Tanaka,Koh Ishikawa(sho)

Commission: Atarashii Gasshodan

Text by Shikishi-naishinno

はと

HATO

Op.64, for chorus SATB(1999):10'

Premiere: 7 September 1999.Osaka / Laurel Echo cond. by Nobuyuki Tanaka

Commission: Laurel Echo Text by the composer

山羊脚マルシャスの物語

MARSYAS

Op.76, for famale chorus and guitar(2002):35'

Premiere: 4 November 2002.Tokyo Refrain cond. by Fumiaki.Kuriyama,Kazuhito Yamashita(gtr)

Commission: Refrain

Text by the composer