This is the 23rd installment in a series of concerts in which MIYAGI Michio’s works are performed chronologically with consideration to their historical background. This concert featured ten works from 1950 through 1953 in a varied program showcasing the breadth of MIYAGI’s music: the solo koto works “Shosyu no Yuube,” “Tanabatamatsuri,” “Honobonoto,” “Umegaeni,” and “Theme tune of the Sankyo Corporation”; the duet with violin “Sakura Sakura”; the trio for Koto, Kokyu, and Shakuhachi “Akanko no Hotori”; the ensemble pieces “Syowa syouchikubai” and “Ouzora wo”; and the grand ensemble “Haru no Fu.”
Commentary was provided by NOGAWA Mihoko. ANDO’s co-performers were ANDO Tamaki, ISHII Manami, and other Kisoukai members, with appearances by TONO Tamami (Sho), TAJIMA Ken’ichi (Shakuhachi), TOMOTSUNE Bizan (Shakuhachi), KIRIYAMA Tateshi (violin), and KITAGAWA Morio (flute). TSURUKAWA Hiroki was in charge of instrument maintenance, and the event was documented by FUJIMOTO So and HATTORI Fumio.