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New York Philharmonic’s “new music from Japan” is a mixed bag

By Rebecca Lentjes, 08 June 2015
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Reviewed at Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City on 5 June 2015
Programme
Takemitsu, Archipelago S for 21 players
Mochizuki, Si bleu, si calme
Fujikura, Other (New work)
Messiaen, Sept Haikai
Performers
New York Philharmonic
Jeffrey Milarsky, Conductor
Stephen Gosling, Piano
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Rebecca Lentjes
Rebecca Lentjes
Rebecca graduated from New York University in 2012, where she studied Music and Romance Languages. She now works as an assistant editor at RILM (Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale) and as manager of contemporary music collective ensemble mise-en.