Total Immersion: Sounds from Japan

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Barbican HallSilk Street, London, Greater London, EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Programme

Nishimura, Akira (b. 1953)	Bird Heterophony
Mochizuki, Misato (b. 1969)	Musubi
Takemitsu, Tōru (1930-1996)	November Steps for biwa, shakuhachi and orchestra
Fujikura, Dai (b. 1977)	Atom
Hosokawa, Toshio (b. 1955)	Woven Dreams
Miyoshi, Akira (1936-2013)	Litania pour Fuji

Performers

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Kazushi Ono	Conductor
Kifu Mitsuhashi	Shakuhachi
Kumiko Shuto	Biwa

Tickets £12.

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Total Immersion: BBC Symphony Orchestra dedicates a day to the sounds of Japan

Sarah Reid, 2nd February

The final concert in this day-long exploration of Japanese music turned out to be a bit of a mixed bag. It is likely that, with the exception of Toru Takemitsu, few average Western audiences would be familiar with the composers featured in this programme.

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