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Glories of the Japanese Music Heritage XVI

An Evening of Japanese Sacred Court Music
Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 6:30PM
Miller Theatre
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The Institute for Japanese Cultural Heritage Initiatives (IMJS), in collaboration with Nippon Traditional Beauty Association, presents a special evening of Japanese Sacred Court Music featuring four former directors of the Imperial Household Orchestra and young musicians invited from Japan. The program includes classical repertoires and contemporary shō solo pieces. The concert is free and open to the public, but advance online registration is required here: https://www.imjs-jchi.org/even...

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The Institute for Japanese Cultural Heritage Initiatives (IMJS), in collaboration with Nippon Traditional Beauty Association, presents a special evening of Japanese Sacred Court Music featuring four former directors of the Imperial Household Orchestra and young musicians invited from Japan. The program includes classical repertoires and contemporary shō solo pieces. The concert is free and open to the public, but advance online registration is required here: https://www.imjs-jchi.org/even...

Repertoire

  • Part I: Enriching the Present – Classical Repertoire with Columbia Gagaku Musicians
  • Hyōjō nō netori (Prelude Mode Centering on the note of E)
  • Rōei Kashin (Glorious Day)
  • Etenraku (Music of the Divine Heavens)
  • Bugaku Ryō-Ō (Chinese King of Ryō) – accompanied by dance
  • Part II: Transforming the Future – Contemporary Works for Shō Solo
  • Toshi Ichiyanagi Galaxy (Hoshi no wa) (1983)
  • Naoyuki Manabe Kokyū III for Shō (2002)
  • Part III: Treasuring the Past – Heritage Handed Down in the Imperial Household
  • Kagurauta Senzai
  • Konju no jo / ha (Ah, Cheers – Overture / Unfolding)

Performers

  • Shōgo Anzai
  • Hideaki Bunno
  • Gorō Ikebe
  • Naoyuki Manabe
  • Nagao Ōkubo
  • Yutaka Ōta
  • Fumiya Otonashi
  • Members of the Columbia University Gagaku Instrumental Ensemble of New York

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