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2/23/07 Four Stories High(baroque lute solo) Fushimi Denki Bunka Kaikan Concert Hall in Nagoya,JAPAN by Shoji Nakagawa

I. Initiation

II.Puzzle Piece

III Toy for Luka

IV. Farewell

Winter light-for violin and guitar at Nagoya's Fushimi Denki Bunka Kaikan at 10am.This piece was commissioned by Chie Morimoto as a program opener. In this piece I wanted to explore the feeling of early winter light-

Groove-for clarinet, violin, and piano at Nagoya's Fushimi Denki Bunka Kaikan This piece was commissioned by Chie Morimoto as a program opener. In this piece I wanted to explore the clarinet's twin personality- it's ability to be very rhythmic and also very sentimental.

Aubade-for string quartet at Nagoya's Fushimi Denki Bunka Kaikan .This piece was commissioned by Chie Morimoto as a program opener for a morning concert hence the title. It is a short one-movement work. An aubade is traditionally a dialogue between two lovers in the early morning before they both must part. It came to be used in the 17th century for civic occassions that were held in the morning. I was enamored of the idea of two lovers still entwined in dreams whispering to each other in the early morning.

Windchimes-an octet for winds commissioned by the ANALOG arts ensemble performed by the ARTSaha! concert series in Omaha, Nebraska at the Co-op Gallery

Thoughts on landing-for six guitars commissioned by the Naniwa Guitar ensemble an amateur ensemble based in Osaka.It's in two movements and set to be performed sometime next year. The first movement is meant to express the feeling of landing in a strange new land and the second a summer festival.

October Dream for guitar quartet inspired by Japan's Autumn and an egyptian bellydance rhythm

1.Kyoto Leaves

2.Egyptian Rain

 

Bare Ruined Choirs for tenor and harp based on a Shakespearean Sonnet commisioned and performed by Takashi Nakamura

Dreaming for solo piano 2002
to be performed by Naoko Hashimoto in NYC .


Echoes for violin and guitar(8:35) 2001
to be published by mnmes music this year.


Jeremiah's Forbidden Song a fantasy for orchestra(10:00) 2001. This piece is still searching for a home.


Cold Blue Noodle for solo flute(5:41) 2001 premiered by Marcia Mchugh 5/20/2000 at First Unitarian Chuch, Baltimore,MD


Model Airplane for brass quintet(10:74) 2001 premiered by the Analog Music Ensemble 5/6/2001 at The Episcopal Church
Frederick, MD


Meditations for violin and piano(14:52) 2000
recorded by Ben Loeb and Tomas Golka at The First Unitarian Chuch,
Baltimore,MD 5/25/2001


Monologue for guitar(8:53)2002
----Allegro Perpetuoso(first movement)
----fan3Ta17sia(second movement)
premiered by Gustavo Them 12/14/2000 in Griswold Hall, Peabody
Conservatory, with repeat performances in the Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha,
Nebraska 5/6/2001, and in Spain 7/15/2001


Lydia`s Secret Machine for string quartet(14:12) 2000
----Movement I
----Movement II
----Movement III
recorded by members of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 7/2001


The Ballerina Who Came to See Me for solo viola(6:15) 1999
premiered by John Glew, Christ and St.Stephen`s Church 3/12/98 in NYC


Jeremiah`s Story for flute, guitar, and bassoon(5:12) 1999
premiered at the Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, CO


The Mezzanine Love-in for solo piano(4:50) 1998
recorded by Marisa Gupta, Houston, TX,1998


Dialogue II for chamber ensemble(5:42) 1997
performed at New York University, August 1997

Boomerang for marimba and voice(6:11) 1996 premiered at Moravian College, Foy Hall, April 1996


Hymn to Aphrodite for chamber ensemble(8:31) 1995
premiered at Moravian College, Foy Hall, April 1995


"I have lighted the Candles" for choir and two flutes(10:20) 1994
premiered and repeat performances at The Central Moravian Church
December 1994 by the Moravian College Choir


Variations on La Folia for solo guitar(5:12) 1993
premiered by myself at Moravian College, Foy Hall, April 1993


Song of the Rain for flute and bass clarinet(4:30) 1993
premiered at Moravian College, Foy Hall, April 1993