572379bk Suzuki2:570034bk Hasse 9/2/10 4:07 PM Page 12 Also available in the Suzuki Evergreens series ... Takako Nishizaki plays Suzuki Evergreens 8.572378 8.572380 8.572381 Volume 2 Gavotte in G minor (J. S. Bach) Humoresque (Dvorˇák) Gavotte (Martini) C Bourrée (J. S. Bach) M 8.572382 8.572383 8.572494 Y K 8.572379 12 572379bk Suzuki2:570034bk Hasse 9/2/10 4:07 PM Page 2 Top, from left to right: Takako in concert, 1953 Shinji Nishizaki’s students playing for Isaac Stern; Takako second from left, front row; 1954 Shinji Nishizaki and Shinichi Suzuki at Takako’s first homecoming concert, 1964 Shinichi Suzuki congratulating Takako on stage after 1964 homecoming concert Bottom, from left to right: Shinji Nishizaki’s students playing for Joseph Szigeti, 1953 Shinji Nishizaki’s students playing for Sir Malcolm Sargent, 1953 Shinji Nishizaki (left) with Shinichi Suzuki in Matsumoto, 1953/54 Takako’s father and mother in Hong Kong, 1992 All photos courtesy of Takako Nishizaki except where stated 8.572379 2 11 8.572379 572379bk Suzuki2:570034bk Hasse 9/2/10 4:07 PM Page 10 Takako Nishizaki plays Suzuki Evergreens Volume 2 1 Gavotte (Martini) 2:43 2 Minuet (J. S. Bach) 2:19 3 Minuet in G major, BWV Anh 114 (J. S. Bach) 1:29 4 Minuet in G minor, BWV Anh 115 (J. S. Bach) 1:37 5 Gavotte in G minor (J. S. Bach) 1:45 6 Gavotte in G minor (J. S. Bach) from Overture in G minor, BWV 822 1:13 7 Humoresque (Dvorˇák) 3:12 8 Humoresque (Dvorˇák) (Original version) 3:28 9 Gavotte (Jean Becker) 2:25 0 Gavottes I and II (J. S. Bach) 4:32 ! Gavottes I and II (J. S. Bach) from Orchestral Suite in D, BWV 1068 3:38 @ Bourrée (J. S. Bach) 4:03 # Bourrée (J. S. Bach) from Cello Suite No. 3, BWV 1009 4:16 Takako Nishizaki, Violin, with Terence Dennis, Piano Terence Dennis, Piano Solo (8) Additional recordings of original works: János Sebestyén, Piano (3–4, from Naxos 8.550679) • Robert Hill, Harpsichord (6) Capella Istropolitana • Jaroslav Dvorˇák (11, from Naxos 8.554043) Maria Kliegel, Cello (13, from Naxos 8.557280–81) 8.572379 10 3 8.572379 572379bk Suzuki2:570034bk Hasse 9/2/10 4:07 PM Page 4 The second volume of Suzuki Evergreens starts with the have been content with a less demanding version in famous Gavotte by Padre Giovanni Battista Martini, a Gmajor. leading figure in Italian music of the eighteenth century, The G minor Gavotte by Jean Becker, which keeps the a writer on music, composer and teacher, with pupils traditional form of the dance, is a reminder of the work of including the young Mozart and Johann Christian Bach, the nineteenth-century violinist, once famous as ‘the youngest son of Johann Sebastian. German Paganini’. Born in 1833 in Mannheim, where he The two Minuets of Bach, taken from the collection died in 1884, he was distinguished not only as a virtuoso put together for his second wife, Anna Magdalena, in 1725, but also for his advocacy of chamber music. take the G minor Minuet, BWV Anh. 115 as a trio section, It has been plausibly suggested that two of Bach’s four framed by the repeated G major Minuet, BWV Anh. 114. Orchestral Suites were written during the final period of The keyboard version includes some ornamentation and a his life, the 27 years when he worked in Leipzig, works more staccato style of performance. The Gavotte en presumably intended for the Collegium Musicum, the Rondeau from the Ouverture in G minor, BWV 822, is instrumental ensemble that he had assembled there. Suite generally considered to be an arrangement of a work by No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068, is scored for three trumpets, another composer. The dance movement is in rondo form, timpani, two oboes, strings and harpsichord and the with two contrasting sections, framed by the principal orchestral version is taken at a faster pace than the theme. arrangement for violin and piano, a speed well suited to the In 1894 the Czech composer Antonín Dvorˇák published triumphal nature of the original, with its prominent a set of Humoresques, Op. 101, for the piano. The seventh trumpets and drums. The Bourrée that follows is a of these, originally in the key of G flat major, has become transposed version of a movement from Bach’s Suite No. 3 also a favourite among violinists. Here the violin for Solo Cello, BWV 1009. arrangement is in G major, and the piano version in the original key of G flat major, although more modest pianists Keith Anderson Top, from left to right: Shinji Nishizaki’s students in front of JOCK radio station in Nagoya; Takako second from right, front row; her mother is at far left; 1950 Shinji Nishizaki and Takako at the Suzuki summer school in Matsumoto, 1952 Takako’s Graduation Certificate, 1953 Bottom, from left to right: Shinji Nishizaki conducting annual Suzuki concert of Nagoya/Osaka area, c.1950 Programme of Takako’s Graduation Concert, 1953 Takako’s Suzuki teaching certificate, 1953 8.572379 4 9 8.572379 572379bk Suzuki2:570034bk Hasse 9/2/10 4:07 PM Page 8 Takako Nishizaki As a child, Takako Nishizaki studied with her father, Shinji, and with Shinichi Suzuki himself. Her father was active in the early stages of the development of the Suzuki Method and for many years taught at the Matsumoto summer school and organised the Suzuki activities in the Nagoya area after Shinichi Suzuki had moved to Matsumoto. Takako was the first student to complete the now famous Suzuki course and was awarded a teacher’s diploma at the tender age of nine. She started performing in public at age five and, before she was ten, had already played for artists such as Isaac Stern and Sir Malcolm Sargent. Subsequently, she studied with Broadus Erle and Hideo Saito at Toho Conservatory in Tokyo. In 1962 she went to the United States and first studied with Erle at Yale and then with Joseph Fuchs at Juilliard. Other teachers at the time included Louis Persinger (sonata classes) and Aldo Parisot (chamber music). While at Juilliard, Takako Nishizaki was awarded the Fritz Kreisler Scholarship, established by the great violinist himself. Takako Nishizaki performed as a soloist with many international orchestras and in chamber music ensembles with many of today’s best-known musicians, such as Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman. She has also served on the juries of major international competitions including the Fritz Kreisler (Vienna) and Hannover International violin competitions. Takako Nishizaki is one of the most frequently recorded and among the all-time best-selling violinists in the world, having recorded most standard violin concertos and violin sonatas but also numerous rare violin concertos and a large number of albums of Chinese violin music, including a number of concertos written for her by leading Chinese composers. In 2003 Takako Nishizaki was awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star by the Government of Hong Kong for her service to music. In 2005, Newsweek (Japan) named her among the 100 Japanese the world most admires. Terence Dennis Terence Dennis was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, and is a graduate of the University of Otago, and of the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik, Cologne, Germany where he obtained his Konzertexamen with Distinction. He is currently Professor and Head of Performance Studies at the University of Otago Department of Music in Dunedin, New Zealand, the first performance staff member to be appointed to a Professorial Chair in this nation. Terence Dennis has been acclaimed both overseas and in New Zealand for his performances, teaching, masterclasses and presentations, regularly partnering leading resident musicians and distinguished visiting artists in recital including Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Bryn Terfel, Sir Donald McIntyre, Sarah Walker and cellist Maria Kliegel. He has been official pianist for seven international string competitions and guest adjudicator for regional finals of the prestigious Metropolitan Opera Auditions Competition in the United States. Terence Dennis was appointed to the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2004, and in 2009 appointed a Fellow of the New Zealand Academy of Humanities. Photo: Lindsay MacLeod 8.572379 8 5 8.572379 572379bk Suzuki2:570034bk Hasse 9/2/10 4:07 PM Page 6 Top, from left to right: Shinji Nishizaki with his nanny, aged 3 Shinji Nishizaki with his Trio, 1946/47 Shinji Nishizaki with students at the studio of JOCK Radio in Nagoya; Takako far right, c.1949 Group lesson with Shinichi Suzuki; Takako far right; c.1949 Bottom, from left to right: Takako in concert, third from right, 1949 Shinji Nishizaki conducting a concert of his students supported by members of the Nagoya Symphony Orchestra, c.1949 Takako in concert, 1949 8.572379 6 7 8.572379 572379bk Suzuki2:570034bk Hasse 9/2/10 4:07 PM Page 6 Top, from left to right: Shinji Nishizaki with his nanny, aged 3 Shinji Nishizaki with his Trio, 1946/47 Shinji Nishizaki with students at the studio of JOCK Radio in Nagoya; Takako far right, c.1949 Group lesson with Shinichi Suzuki; Takako far right; c.1949 Bottom, from left to right: Takako in concert, third from right, 1949 Shinji Nishizaki conducting a concert of his students supported by members of the Nagoya Symphony Orchestra, c.1949 Takako in concert, 1949 8.572379 6 7 8.572379 572379bk Suzuki2:570034bk Hasse 9/2/10 4:07 PM Page 8 Takako Nishizaki As a child, Takako Nishizaki studied with her father, Shinji, and with Shinichi Suzuki himself.