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Recorded on October 13, 2011
Hear a gorgeous new concerto for the Japanese koto and Western string quartet by American composer Daron Hagen, who has written works for the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Kings Singers, among many others. Preceding that are two contrasting works for solo koto: a classical piece by seventeenth-century composer Kengyo Yatsuhashi and Yumi Kurosawa’s own new work for the instrument. This concert was recorded in the Freer|Sackler’s Meyer Auditorium as part of the Bill and Mary Meyer Concert Series on October 13, 2011.
https://asia.si.edu/podcast/koto-meets-quartetyumi-kurosawa-and-the-lark-string-quartet/
Yumi Kurosawa, koto
Lark Quartet
Deborah Buck, violin
Basia Danilow, violin
Kathryn Lockwood, viola
Caroline Stinson, cello
Kengyo Yatsuhashi
Midare (Disorder) (1661–73)
Yumi Kurosawa, thirteen-string koto 0:00–3:58
Yumi Kurosawa
GreenPt (2006)
Yumi Kurosawa, twenty-string koto 4:10–8:00
Daron Aric Hagen
Genji, a concerto for koto with string quartet or orchestra (2011)
Cicada Shell
Falling Flowers
Maiden on the Bridge
Floating Bridge of Dreams
Vanished into the Clouds
Podcast, notes, and slideshow coordinated by Michael Wilpers, public programs manager. Web design by Liz Cheng and Melda Washington, audio engineering by SuMo Productions and Andy Finch, photography by Neil Greentree, image management by Cory Grace, and text editing by Joelle Seligson. Special thanks to Yumi Kurosawa and the Lark Quartet for granting permission to podcast their performance at the Freer and Sackler
Recorded on October 13, 2011
Hear a gorgeous new concerto for the Japanese koto and Western string quartet by American composer Daron Hagen, who has written works for the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Kings Singers, among many others. Preceding that are two contrasting works for solo koto: a classical piece by seventeenth-century composer Kengyo Yatsuhashi and Yumi Kurosawa’s own new work for the instrument. This concert was recorded in the Freer|Sackler’s Meyer Auditorium as part of the Bill and Mary Meyer Concert Series on October 13, 2011.
https://asia.si.edu/podcast/koto-meets-quartetyumi-kurosawa-and-the-lark-string-quartet/
Yumi Kurosawa, koto
Lark Quartet
Deborah Buck, violin
Basia Danilow, violin
Kathryn Lockwood, viola
Caroline Stinson, cello
Kengyo Yatsuhashi
Midare (Disorder) (1661–73)
Yumi Kurosawa, thirteen-string koto 0:00–3:58
Yumi Kurosawa
GreenPt (2006)
Yumi Kurosawa, twenty-string koto 4:10–8:00
Daron Aric Hagen
Genji, a concerto for koto with string quartet or orchestra (2011)
Cicada Shell
Falling Flowers
Maiden on the Bridge
Floating Bridge of Dreams
Vanished into the Clouds
Podcast, notes, and slideshow coordinated by Michael Wilpers, public programs manager. Web design by Liz Cheng and Melda Washington, audio engineering by SuMo Productions and Andy Finch, photography by Neil Greentree, image management by Cory Grace, and text editing by Joelle Seligson. Special thanks to Yumi Kurosawa and the Lark Quartet for granting permission to podcast their performance at the Freer and Sackler
