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Tokyo to New York at Bargemusic

 

 

Tokyo to New York, Bargemusic, NYC, Japan, Brooklyn, music, Japanese traditional music, contemporary music, hichiriki, koto, sho

Tokyo to New York

Friday, September 30 at 8:00 p.m.

Bargemusic – 1 Water Street, Brooklyn

Admission: $35/$30 seniors/$15 students

Bargemusic‘s “Here and Now Series” presents “Tokyo to New York,” a celebration of contemporary and traditional music from Japan and New York City. The concerts feature new works composed for Western classical instruments as well as traditional Japanese instruments. They include a wide variety of styles of music, from Japanese avant-garde to contemporary classical, abstract to minimalism, J-pop to jazz-influenced pieces.

Musicians:

  • Thomas Piercy – Hichiriki, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet
  • Hiroshi Ebina – Hichiriki
  • Maki Yamamae – Hichiriki
  • Jun Ando – Koto
  • Chatori Shimizu – Sho
  • Lish Lindsey – Flute
  • Wonkak Kim – Clarinet
  • Sabina Torosjan – Violin
  • Michelle Painter – Violin
  • Rachel Hauser – Violin
  • Molly Aronson – Cello
  • Sean Statser – Percussion, Narrator

Program:

  • John Cage – “Ryoanji” for three hichiriki and percussion
  • Masatora Goya – “Meteor” for bass clarinet and string quartet (World Premier)
  • Bin Li – “In 1932, I Became the Emperor of 満州国 ManchuKuo” for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, narrator (U.S. Premier)
  • Hidemi Mikai – “Duo Capriccioso” for two clarinets
  • Chatori Shimizu – “Noise of a Pondering Mind” for hichiriki, sho, and koto
  • Kazutomo Yamamoto – “Doldrums IV” for clarinet and koto (World Premier)

To purchase tickets, please visit Bargemusic’s BrownPaperTickets event page.

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