Orchestra Nipponica, the 44th Concert: Music from the frontiers of Europe and beyond
It was in the 1950s after WWII that Bartók’s influence on Japanese orchestral works became clear. Two composers who were unquestionably influenced by him were OGURA Roh （1916-1990）and MAMIYA Michio (1929 -).
OGURA found a correlation between Bartók’s pitch and rhythm structure to characteristics of folk music and language, while MAMIYA attempted to find socialist significance in the relationship between Bartók and folk music.
This concert is an attempt to assess how these two composers were influenced by Bartók’s music and compositional approach from the 1950s to the 1970s, and how they broke away from this influence to arrive at their own musical appeal.

Béla Bartók: Tanz-Suite in sechs Sätzen für Orcheste（1932）
OGURA Roh: Concerto for violin and orchestra（1971） (*)
OGURA Roh : Dance suite for orchestra（1953）
MAMIYA Michio: Deux tableaux pour orchestre ’65（1965）
Conductor: NODAIRA Ichiro
Violin: TAKAGI Kazuhiro (*)