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CHAN 9438 cvr.qxd 29/1/08 10:57 am Page 1 Chan 9438 CHANDOS YOSHIMATSU Symphony No. 2 Guitar Concerto Threnody to Toki Craig Ogden – guitar BBC Philharmonic Sachio Fujioka NEW DIRECTION CHAN 9438 BOOK.qxd 29/1/08 10:59 am Page 2 Takashi Yoshimatsu (b.1953) Symphony No. 2 – At terra 32:30 1 I Dirge from the East: Adagio – Allegro molto – Moderato 16:19 2 II Requiem from the West: Moderato 8:57 3 III Canticle from the South: Moderato 7:00 Peter Dixon cello solo Guitar Concerto ‘Pegasus Effect’, Op. 21 23:48 4 I Bird: Allegro 10:10 5 II Flower 8:47 6 III Wind: Allegro 4:42 7 Threnody to Toki, Op. 12 12:40 for string orchestra and piano Lento – Lamentoso – Tempo I Paul Janes piano solo TT 69:18 Craig Ogden guitar Sachio Fujioka BBC Philharmonic Alan Wood Photography David Nolan leader Sachio Fujioka 2 3 CHAN 9438 BOOK.qxd 29/1/08 10:59 am Page 4 1981 for a great, young guitarist, Kazuhito by chance this composition was premiered in Symphony No. 2 etc. Yamashita, and completed it in 1984. This January 1981, a month after the last six toki work won a prize for creative stage art had been caught to be brought up in captivity, sponsored by the Japanese Culture Agency. and the toki vanished from the sky of our Symphony No. 2 – At terra ‘Alleluia’ multiply on rhythm cells which are country. This symphony was composed between the repeated again and again. Threnody to Toki The strings are arranged in two groups on springs of 1991 and 1992 and was This symphony was premiered on 22 May The toki is an internationally protected bird the left and right (wings), the piano in the commissioned by the Japan Symphony 1991 at the fifteenth annual concert of which inhabits only Japan and parts of China. centre (body), the bass at the rear (tail) and Foundation. This is my second symphony, ‘Contemporary Orchestral Works in Japan’ by In 1971, the last remaining toki on Japan’s the conductor in front, so that it is arranged following my Kamui-Chikap Symphony which the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted main island, Honshu, died in captivity on Noto to make a bird’s figure. was completed in 1990. by Yuzo Toyama. peninsula. It was then that I saw for the first The subtitle ‘At terra’ is a kind of time a picture of the toki traversing the blue © 1996 Takashi Yoshimatsu signature, rather like writing ‘at Tokyo’ at Guitar Concerto – Pegasus Effect (Temma sky, a sight so beautiful as to bring tears. the end of a letter. It is based on my Kouka) Since then I have been haunted by the feeling Craig Ogden completed his music degree at attempt to think about humans and the The ‘Pegasus Effect’ is the transformation that somewhere in the heavens the lamenting the University of Western Australia before earth and the fact that I mixed up and which occurs when an earthly bound horse is cry of these ashen-white birds resounds. moving to the UK in 1990 to undertake two put together sound materials from Asia to given wings and made into a heavenly horse. The delicate perishes, and the callous years of performance study at the Royal Africa. This piece is part of the transformed bird survives – that seems to be a natural law. We Northern College of Music in Manchester. He There are three movements each of which series and is a kind of prologue to the subject glibly explain how that which has beauty as its has performed extensively throughout the UK has a requiem in the Asian, European and of transformation. (‘Temma’ is a horse with only attribute dies out in extinction, but can and Australia in recital and on radio and African style. wings in Japanese folklore.) we live in a world without the toki? television. He is an accomplished chamber I Dirge – from the east. A dirge constructed The work has three parts as in concerto However, the piece is not just a lament for musician and has also performed with the by accumulation of Asian modes and form in the classical style. the perishing bird, it is also a hymn of praise Hallé Orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic, the melodies. There pass by various songs, prayers I Bird. Sonata form allegro, floating the for the revival of these beautiful creatures and W. A. Symphony Orchestra, as soloist with the and dances, with an opening elegy on the warped Renaissance-style songs and bird for the revival of tonality. Manchester Camerata and has toured with the cello at the core. songs. And perhaps, if man follows the same path Perth-based NOVA Ensemble. Craig Ogden is II Requiem – from the west. A requiem in the II Flower. Nostalgic hymn of dreams, with the of the toki, there will be someone, somewhere also active as a teacher and holds positions as European form of a mass for the dead (Introit, floating gentle breeze and pale light. who will lament his disappearance – ‘Ah, a tutor in guitar at Chetham’s School of Music Kyrie, Offertorium, Sanctus, Agnus Dei, Libera III Wind. Escape from the labyrinth or presto noble creature has perished…’ and at the RNCM in Manchester. me). dedicated to the youths who gallop through At the time when I began to write this work III Canticle – from the south. An airy cantabile the end of the century. as a threnody for dying-out beauty, there were Based in Manchester, the BBC Philharmonic with African rhythms. Singing ‘voices’ of I set about composing this piece in spring still ten or more toki left on Sado island. But has established an international reputation 4 5 CHAN 9438 BOOK.qxd 29/1/08 10:59 am Page 6 having travelled extensively to the USA, Far Sachio Fujioka was born in Tokyo and studied East, South America and all over Europe. Its piano and cello from an early age. From the Sinfonie Nr. 2 usw. Principal Conductor is Yan Pascal Tortelier, age of sixteen he took conducting lessons and Sir Edward Downes is Conductor Emeritus early in his career he held posts as Assistant and Vassily Sinaisky is Principal Guest Conductor with Japan’s leading opera company, Sinfonie Nr. 2 – At terra Über wiederholten Rhythmuselementen Conductor. Nikikai, and with the Japan Philharmonic Dieses Werk, entstanden in der Zeit Frühjahr mehren sich die “Stimmen”, die das “Alleluja” Alongside its traditional broadcasting Orchestra. Whilst undertaking postgraduate 1991 bis 1992 im Auftrag der Japan intonieren. commitment of over one hundred and sixty studies at the Royal Northern College of Music Symphony Foundation, ist meine zweite Die Sinfonie wurde am 22. Mai 1991 bei hours of music for Radio 3 and pioneering he conducted the RNCM Symphony Orchestra Sinfonie; die erste war die Kamui-Chikap- dem 15. der alljährlich stattfindenden work in the field of contemporary music, an on numerous occasions. Sachio Fujioka is Sinfonie, die 1990 abgeschlossen wurde. Konzerte “Zeitgenössische Orchesterwerke in ambitious education programme was set based in the UK and holds posts with the BBC Der Untertitel “At terra” ist so ähnlich Japan” vom Philharmonischen Orchester Tokio up in 1992 taking music to classrooms, Philharmonic and the Manchester Camerata aufzufassen wie die Information written at unter der Leitung von Yuzo Toyama hospitals, prisons and other unconventional and he also has invitations to appear with Tokyo (geschrieben in Tokio) am Fuß eines uraufgeführt. venues as well as introducing students to orchestras such as the Royal Liverpool Briefes. Er basiert erstens auf meinem broadcasting through the ‘Meet the Phil’ Philharmonic, the Bournemouth Symphony and Bestreben, über die Menschheit und die Erde Konzert für Gitarre – Pegasus-Effekt (Temma programme. the Ulster Orchestra. nachzudenken, und zweitens auf dem Kouka) Umstand, daß ich Klangmaterial aus Asien bis Der “Pegasus-Effekt” beschreibt die Afrika vereinigt und verschmolzen habe. Verwandlung eines irdischen Pferdes, dem Die Sinfonie hat drei Sätze, die jeweils ein Flügel wachsen, in ein himmlisches Pferd. Das Requiem im asiatischen, europäischen und Stück gehört der Reihe “Verwandelte Vögel” afrikanischen Stil enthalten. an und ist eine Art Prolog über das Thema der I Klagelied – aus dem Osten. Ein aus Transformation. (“Temma” ist das geflügelte asiatischen Modi und Melodien strukturiertes Pferd der japanischen Folklore.) Klagelied. Nach einer Eröffnungselegie auf Das Werk ist nach dem Vorbild des dem Cello, dem Kernstück des Satzes, ziehen klassischen Instrumentalkonzerts in drei Sätze verschiedene Lieder, Gebete und Tänze vorbei. gegliedert. II Requiem – aus dem Westen. Ein der I Vogel. Ein Sonaten-Allegro mit deformierten europäischen Totenmesse nachgearbeitetes Gesängen und Vogelstimmen im Renaissance- Requiem mit Introit, Kyrie, Offertorium, Stil. Sanctus, Agnus Dei, Libera me. II Blume. Ein wehmütiger Hymnus der Träume: III Canticum – aus dem Süden. Ein luftiger, sanft wallende Lüfte und fahles Licht. kantabler Satz mit afrikanischer Rhythmik. III Wind. Flucht aus dem Labyrinth, oder 6 7 CHAN 9438 BOOK.qxd 29/1/08 10:59 am Page 8 Presto, der Jugend gewidmet, die der wunderbaren Geschöpfe und auf das ausgezeichneter Kammermusiker und hat der Verbreitung von Musik in Schulen, Jahrhundertwende entgegenstürmt. Wiederaufleben der Tonalität. außerdem Auftritte mit dem Hallé Orchestra, Krankenhäusern, Gefängnissen und anderen Im Frühjahr 1981 begann ich die Arbeit an Wer weiß: Wenn die Menschheit denselben dem BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, dem W.A. Einrichtungen widmet und außerdem diesem Stück für den hervorragenden jungen Weg geht wie der Toki, wird vielleicht jemand Symphony Orchestra, als Solist mit der Studenten durch das “Meet the Phil” betitelte Gitarristen Kazuhito Yamashita und vollendete irgendwo ihre Vergänglichkeit beweinen – “Ein Manchester Camerata und auf Tournee mit Programm mit den technischen es im Jahr 1984.