Michio Miyagi, Complete Works, 24

Name of the organization or individual

Michio Miyagi: Sequential Concert Executive Committee

subsidy category

Creation Grant

Grant Type

single year

FY2024 1st Term Creation Grant Category I Single-Year Grant Art Creation Activities

"Tarachine" Soh solo: Masateru ANDO

"Izumi" Soh: Masateru ANDO/Shakuhachi: Tomozobizan

"Nichiren" Soh solo: Masateru ANDO/Conductor: Akihiro KOBAYASHI/Solo singer: Kohei NIITSU

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Business Overview

"Shiki no Yanagi" (Yanagi in Four Seasons, composed in 1954) is a three-piece ensemble of koto, sangen and shakuhachi, "Sanpo Sanka (1953)" and "Tarachine no (1953)" are songs and koto but the score is not published, "Izumi (1954)" is a duet of koto and shakuhachi, and "Chukurokinuta (1953)," "London night rain (1953)" and "Change of the guards (1954)" are koto solo pieces, of which "London night rain" and "Change of the guards (1954)" were created when he went to Europe in 1953.
The final piece, "Nichiren (1953)," was composed in an unprecedented large scale with a solo tenor, chorus, and conducting in addition to a koto solo section, No. 1 koto (high tone), No. 2 koto (low tone), 17 stringed instrument, kokyu, shakuhachi, sho and percussion instruments, and it is a masterpiece that has few opportunities to be played due to its scale.
The above songs were played by Masateru ANDO and others.

Commentary: Mihoko Nogawa
Musical instrument adjustment: Sudakuni Musical Instrument Store/Tsurukawa Musical Instrument Main Store
Records: So Fujimoto/Fumio HATTORI

Period of Activity / Project

Saturday, August 3, 2024

Venues

Kioi Small Hall (Chiyoda Ward)

Profile

[The Executive Committee of Michio Miyagi's Continuous Concert of All Works]
It was established in 2023 for the purpose of holding the "Michio Miyagi's Continuous Concert of All Works" in order to contribute to the improvement and development of Japanese music through the study, arrangement, dissemination, and inheritance of Michio Miyagi's works.