The 6th Regular Concert
Themed around “The Genealogy of Japanese Composers: A Century of development from Tokichi Setoguchi 1865-1978,” this concert featured the music of Setoguchi, who made a great contribution to the import of Western music; Dan, who expanded upon Setoguchi’s work; and music by the world-class composers Takemitsu and Ichiyanagi as well as Kawashima, Fujikura, and Nakahashi. The structure of the program allowed audiences to experience the evolution of the history of Japanese composition.

Program
Toru Takemitsu “Signals from Heaven —Two Antiphonal Fanfares—”
Dan Ikuma “Grand March Celebration”
Tokichi Setoguchi March “Man Of War”
Yoshio Nakahashi “Lagrangian Points”
Dai Fujikura “my butterflies”
Motoharu Kawashima “Hihg Twisted Bolero”
Toshi Ichiyanagi “Reminiscences of Nags Head”

Performer: Gendai Souzou Tokyo
Conductor: Yasuaki Itakura

The 3rd Chamber Music Concert
This concert comprised Japanese and American composers together with Janáček. It also featured works by the world-renowned contemporary composer Dai Fujikura.
This concert is a continuing series of performances placing importance on the music organizers wish to pass on to future generations.

Program
Elliot Carter “Esprit rude Esprit doux for flute and clarinet”
Elliot Carter “Esprit rude Esprit doux II for flute, clarinet, and marimba”
Akira Miyoshi “5 ESQUISSES pour euphonium et marimba”
Leoš Janáček “Mládí”
Dai Fujikura “Twin Tweets for clarinet duo”
Dai Fujikura “Reach Out for saxophone quartet”
Michael Torke “July”
Elliot Carter “Woodwind Quintet”

Fl: Kiriko Shimobarai, Saiko Ishida
Ob: Kazuma Kubo
Cl: Asami Kawagoe, Ayumi Nakamura, Risa Ozawa, Reika Matumoto
Fg: Yuki Koufu
Sax: Marie Kikuchi, Naoko Tsukada, Yuuri Yamaguchi, Megumi Chikada
Hr: Ken Konno
Euph: Satoshi Oyama
Per: Yae Asou