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　四智梵語讃
  • Shichi-Kango-san　四智漢語讃
  • Sange (exsoteric) 　散華（顕教用）乙様
  • Sange (esoteric)　散華（密教用）甲用
  • Taiyô　対揚
  • Kuyômon　供養文
  • Shoôrei　唱礼
  • Kuhôben　九方便
  • Godaigan　五大願
  • Daisan　大讃
  • Bussan　仏讃
  • Hyakujisan　百字讃
  • Hyakuhachisan　百八讃
  • Shaten-kango-san　諸天漢語讃
  • Sanrai　三礼
  • Nyaraibai　如来唄
  • Agekanjô　揚勧請
  • rokushuekô六種回向
  • Gonenmon　五念門（十二礼）
  • Sankunenbutsu　三句念仏
  • Rokudô-Kôshiki　六道講式


Genji-Monogatari (The Tale of Genji) & Federico García Lorca ‘Gacela, Del Amor Desesperado’
Composed by Junko Ueda & Wil Offermans (2008) for voice, biwa, flute and computer sound design. It contains nine songs from Genji-Monogatari and three poems by F. G. Lorca.

Compositions by Tôru Takemitsu
  • November Steps (1967) biwa, shakuhachi & orchestra
  • 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
  • Dawn Prayers (2011; composed by Daryl Jamieson) biwa, koto & viol
  • Inter-Continent II (2011; composed by Hideaki Haginomori) biwa & viol
  • Ame-nimo-Makezu (2012: composed by Junko Ueda, text by Kenji Miyazawa) biwa & voice
  • Love to be Endured (2013; composed by Daryl Jamieson) biwa & voice

Improvisation
  • both as a soloist as well as with other musicians / artists.

Announcement

  • CD Meditative Flowers:
    Junko Ueda performing repertoire from the 1200 year-old Japanese traditional Shomyo Buddhist chant.    CD Meditative Flowers:
    Junko Ueda interpretando canciones budista tradicional japonés de Shomyo, un repertorio del siglo VIII.    CD Meditative Flowers:
    上田純子の新しいソロCD。1200年の歴史を持つ天台声明の中から４曲を収録。

  • CD Satsuma-Biwa:
    solo CD by Junko Ueda performing traditional biwa music as well as a modern-style composition by Toru Takemitsu.    CD Satsuma-Biwa:
    CD solo de Junko Ueda interpretando música biwa tradicional así como una composición moderno de Toru Takemitsu.    CD 薩摩琵琶:
    上田純子のソロCD。薩摩琵琶古典弾き語りと武満徹の作品。

  • CD Japon - L'épopé des Heike:
    Junko Ueda with traditional satsuma-biwa repertoire from the Hieke Monogatari, recorded at Hiei-zan Temple, Japan.    CD Japon - L'épopé des Heike:
    Junko Ueda interpretando canciones budista tradicional japonés de Shomyo, un repertorio del siglo VIII.    CD Japon - L'épopé des Heike:
    上田純子によるソロCD。平家物語の中から3曲を収録。比叡山延暦寺にて録音。

  • The Biwa Vocab is a vocabulary catalogue and sound library of the satsuma-biwa by Junko Ueda.