Date Composed:2010Composer:Aki TakahashiArrangement:Aki TakahashiPremiere Performance:November 5, 2010 - Fleck Dance TheatreRecording Title:Iroha Live Concert DVD For 100 days, Crape Myrtle continues to blossom through summer until autumn; thus it is named “100 Days Crimson” – SARUSUBERI. Its crimson colour is strikingly beautiful against the blue summer...
Date Composed: 2007 Composer: Aki Takahashi Arrangement: Aki Takahashi Premiere Performance: December 1, 2007 - Ryerson Theatre Recording Title: Tsuzure CD / 10th Anniversary Concert DVD We turn continually, almost imperceptibly, locked in a timeless cosmic dance. Like the hands of a clock which move through the hours of each day, or the calendar which...
Date Composed:2010Composer:Aki TakahashiArrangement:Aki TakahashiPremiere Performance:November 5, 2010 - Fleck Dance TheatreRecording Title:Iroha Live Concert DVD NISHIKI is a word to describe the most beautiful scenery with a multitude of colours. Each performer adds his or her colour to create one vigorous brilliant song. ...
Date Composed:2007Composer:Aki TakahashiArrangement:Aki TakahashiPremiere Performance:September 29, 2007 - Saugetuck Centre for the Arts, MI Northern Japan, where the winters are most severe, is the home of “Tsugaru Jamisen”, a large and robust style of SHAMISEN (three stringed lute). The sound of the shamisen is both percussive...
Date Composed:2010Composer:Aki TakahashiArrangement:Aki TakahashiPremiere Performance:November 5, 2010 - Fleck Dance TheatreRecording Title:Iroha Live Concert DVD KYARA is an important ingredient in Japanese incense. This indescribable aroma is born from the soil. Buried beneath the earth, it takes many years to transform soft raw lumber into hard,...
Date Composed:2006Composer:Aki TakahashiArrangement:Aki TakahashiPremiere Performance:October 13, 2006 - Al Green Theatre The onomatopoeic term Kon Kon has traditionally referred to the sounds of a steady rain or snowfall in Japan. It is also used to denote the cry of a fox, or knocking on a door. The various Kon, both...
Date Composed:2007Composer:Aki TakahashiArrangement:Aki TakahashiPremiere Performance:December 1, 2007 - Ryerson TheatreRecording Title:Tsuzure CD “YARESA NO YOISE…” a chant leading the chorus, is a shout of encouragement. Raising our KOE (voice) with determination yet desperation, our echoes will cross the sea and reach the sky. ...
Date Composed:2005Composer:Aki TakahashiArrangement:Aki TakahashiPremiere Performance:September 15, 2005 - George Ignatieff TheatreRecording Title:Tsuzure CD / 10th Anniversary Concert DVD Zen monks sit to meditate. When a monk’s concentration starts to waver, he needs “KAK” to awake himself. The sound KAK helps the monk to refocus his mind. Playing...
Date Composed:2003Composer:Aki TakahashiArrangement:Aki TakahashiPremiere Performance:January 30, 2004 - Windsor Capitol TheatreRecording Title:Kiro CD A voice cries out in the night. The shamisen follows, echoing through the darkness. Other sounds appear, and then disappear, hidden in the shadows. Through the window, a mournful breeze enters, stirred by...
Date Composed:2004Composer:Aki TakahashiArrangement:Aki TakahashiPremiere Performance:October 16, 2004 - Hart House TheatreRecording Title:Kiro CD The shishi is a mythological creature that overlooks and protects the village. In this song, villagers of the seaside (hama), summon this guardian spirit from the deep waters with song and dance. The...