Concert
repertoire for biwa & voice
Heike-Monogatari: Satsuma-Biwa traditional story-telling
music
- Yoshitsune
- Dan-no-Ura
- Gion-Shôja
- Nasu-no-Yoichi
- Atsumori
- Shunkan
- Ohara-Gokô
Tendai-Shomyo: Tendai-school Buddhist chanting
- Shichi-Bongo-san
- Sange
- Taiyou
- Kuyoumon
- Shourei
- Kuhouben
Compositions by Tôru Takemitsu
- November Steps Cadenza (1967) biwa & flute version
- Eclipse (1966)
- Voyage (1973) biwa & tape
Compositions by other composers
- How to Survive in
Paradise II (1992; composed by Wil Offermans)
biwa/voice & flute, bass-flute, live-electronics
- Passacaglia (1998; composed by Keiko Harada) biwa &
cello
- Months - Spaceship for Zodiac (2005; composed by Akemi
Naito) biwa & electronics
- Erkos (1990/91; composed by
Jean-Claude Eloy) biwa/voice & tape
- Galaxies (1996; composed by
Jean-Claude Eloy) voice & tape
- Ito-no-Michi (1999; composed by Yuka Takechi) biwa &
koto
- The valley of Kato Zakros (1996; composed by Junko Ueda)
biwa & voice
- Stairs - Two Angels (2003; composed by Junko Ueda, text
by kayoko Yamazaki) voice solo
- Madre Vieja (2006; composed by Junko Ueda, text by
Sankichi Tôge) biwa & voice
Improvisation
- both as a soloist as well as with other musicians /
artists.
CD: Satsuma-Biwa
(ARN64577):
the recent solo CD by
Junko Ueda performing traditional biwa music as well as a
modern-style composition by Toru Takemitsu.
The
Biwa Vocab is a vocabulary
catalogue of the satsuma-biwa. Here you can find
information about various playing techniques, about the
notation and tuning system, the instrument as well as
its history. Also, the
Biwa Vocab offers you a collection
of sound samples of the various playing styles in
mp3-format. The
Biwa Vocab has been created for
anyone interested in the satsuma-biwa. However,
especially composers, who interest to compose for the
satsuma-biwa and would like to know more about the
instrument, are invited to use this
Biwa Vocab.
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