“A Guide to Better Appreciation of 20th-century Music”

ルネ小平　20世紀音楽の鑑賞ガイド

～ 12 Lectures and concerts series organized by Kodaira-city (Tokyo,) supervised by Yuji Itoh and Satoko Inoue ～

This series of concerts and lectures was held from 1995 to 1999, planned by the cultural promotion foundation of Kodaira, Tokyo. Yuji Ito and Satoko Inoue had done the whole work, such as supervising, deciding the contents, selection and requesting of the lecturers and performers, music selection, supervising the whole performance, contributing the commentary note, and acting as master of ceremonies.

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１：The Gold Age ～ Paris, in the early 20th (Sep. 8 ‘95)
Lecture by Takashi Funayama
Concert program
C. Debussy	Fêtes Galantes
M. Ravel	Shéhérazade
E. Satie	Trois Mélodies des 1916
“Les Six”	Album de Six
I. Stravinsky	Histoire de Soldat

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２：The German music before the 2nd World War ～ Post Mahler composers ～（Dec.16 ’95）
Lecture by Seiji Choki
Concert program
P. Hindemith	Sonata für Solo Cello Op.25 Nr.3
A. Schönberg	6 Kleine Klavierstücke Op.19
A. Webern	Fünf Sätze Streichquartett Op.5
W.A.Mozart ～ F. Busoni	Fantasie K.608

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３： The sounds from outskirts ～ The composers in Eastern Europe ～（Mar.17’ 96）
Lecture by Masako Yokoi
Concert program
B. Bartok	Mikrokosmos Vol.6
B. Bartok	Mikrokosmos Vol.6
K. Szymanowski	Dryades et Pan from “Mythes” Op.30
K. Szymanowski	Four Polish Dances
L. Janácek	Im Nebel
L. Janácek	Sonata per Violono e Piano

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４：Pioneers ～ The history of the “rediscovery” ～(Jun.15 ‘96)
Lecture by Yuji Itoh
Concert program
E. Satie	“Socrate”, drama symphonique en trois parties avec voix
H. Cowell	The Tides of Manaunaun / The Lilt of the Reel / Fabric /Anger Dance / Advertisement / The Banshee / Aeolian Harp / The Fairy Bells / Piece for Piano with Strings
E. Varèse	Ionisation
E. Varèse	Density 21.5
C. Ives	Turee Quarter-tone Pieces

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５：The 20th century seen among the music festivals ～ The standard bearers in Donaueschingen, Darmstadt ～（Sep.8 ’96）
Lecture by Seiji Choki
Concert program
K. Stockhausen	Zyklus
I. Xenakis	Nomos alfa
P. Boulez	2éme Sonate pour Piano
L. Berio	O King

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６：The quest for the new form ～ Diversity ～(Dec.8 ‘96)
Lecture by Yoriaki Matudaira
Concert program
Y. Matsudaira	Why not ?
M. Kagel	Atem
E. Brown	4 Systems
V. Grobokar	Echanges
J. Yuasa	Calling Together
G. Scelci	Quattro Illustrazioni

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７：”Music” of John Cage (Mar.9 ‘97)
Lecture by Miyuki Shiraishi
Concert program
John Cage	Six Melodies for Violin and Keyboard
	Daughters of the Lonesome Isle
	Water Music
	TWO 4 (1991)
	TWO 4

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8：New Winds from U.S.( Jun.7 ‘97)
Lecture by Mamoru Fujieda
Concert program
S. Reich	Piano Phase
M. Feldman	The Rothko Chapel
P. Garland	Sones de Flor
L. Harrison	Varied Trio

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９：Composer series 1 ～ Interview with Jo Kondo ～(Dec.14 ’97)
Inter view / Jo Kondo, Yuji Itoh
Concert program
A. Webern	Variationen Op.27
J. Kondo	High Window
	Pergola
J. Cage	Ryoanji
J. Kondo	Knots

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１０：The 20th century in Japan (Mar.30 ’98)
Lecture by Kazushi Ishida
Concert program
S. Mitsukuri	Ⅰ Night Rhapsody from 3 Piano Pieces after the Flower Op.16
Y. Matsudaira	Sonatine for Flute and Piano
Y. Matsudaira	Ⅳ: mi “Hyojo” fromTrois Improvisation sur le mode de Ritsu
K. Satoh	Calligraphy for Piano
T. Takemitsu	Sacrifice
M. Shiomi	Falling Event for a Grand Piano
M. Fujieda	Tunes of Seven　from“The Patterns of Plants”

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１１：Composer series 2 ～Interview with Yuji Takahashi ～(Oct.11 ’98)
Interview / Yuji Takahashi, Yuji Itoh
Concert program
Y. Takahashi	The Pain of the Wandering Wind
	Vom Erde voller kaltem Wind
	The winds are calling me outside (1986-94)
	The House of Yûgao [Moonflower] (1997～　)
	Recollections (1996～　)
Qu Xiao - song	JI # 7(1997)
Ramon Pagayon Santos	Gong-an (1982,84,90)

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１２：For Tomorrow ～ Young Composers ～(Mar.14 ’99)
Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Haruyuki Suzuki, Akira Onda　Interview by Yuji Itoh
Concert program All the pieces are world premier
H. Yamamoto	Trio the Relay
H. Suzuki	Sidetrack
A. Onda
Y. Itoh	“The Garden It Sings” for 2 pianos

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