CELEBRATE LIVE MUSIC!!

Deborah Lifton, soprano; Kathleen Supové, piano; Sami Merdinian, violin; Laura Metcalf, cello; James Nyoraku Schlefer, shakuhachi

The video premiere was amazing, but it is time for LIVE. Join us for the beauty of Japan Songs - an eclectic song collection for soprano, shakuhachi and piano trio featuring 6 songs by Victoria Bond, Douglas J. Cuomo, James Matheson, Paul Moravec, Jay Reise and Aleksandra Vrebalov. All poems translated from the original Japanese by Thomas E. McAuley. www.wakapoetry.net

Plus - The Winds of ACDEGA , a world premiere by Victoria Bond for shakuhachi, violin and cello and Autumn Fantasy (1980) by Minoru Miki for shakuhachi and piano.

All tickets are $20 at MUSAE. Vaccinations and masks are still required.

PROGRAM

JAPAN SONGS PART ONE (2020)
             a Kyo-Shin-An Arts commission for soprano, shakuhachi, violin, cello, piano
             All poems translated from the original Japanese by Thomas E. McAuley.
www.wakapoetry.net
Autumn Mountains by Victoria Bond
             Princess Nukata (Man’yōshū I:16)
Eight Thousand Spears by Paul Moravec
             Anonymous (Kojiki 3)  
Not a Trace by James Matheson
             Yakamochi (Man’yōshū III: 466)

 The Winds of ACDEGA (2022) by Victoria Bond – World Premiere  
           Trio for shakuhachi, violin, viola

 Autumn Fantasy (1980) by Minoru Miki
             Duo for shakuhachi and piano

 JAPAN SONGS PART TWO (2020)

KEI’UN SONG praying for love by Aleksandra Vrebalov
             Kei’Un (Hyakushu 84)                
In the blink of an eye by Jay Reise
(A Miniature Song Cycle of Ancient Japanese Poems)
             1. Fujiwara no Sanekata (Sanekata Shū 293)                                    
2. Ariwara no Narihira (Kokinshū KKS XV: 747)  
3. Matsuo Bashō (Umi Kurete)
             4. Ariwara no Narihira (Kokinshū KKS XVI: 861)  
Tree of Pearls by Douglas J. Cuomo
Anonymous (Man’yōshū XI: 2824)