YOSHIFUMI TANAKA

Worklist

update : 15 September 2008

< Large ensemble >

linea-respiro    14'
1997
17 players (a-fl(picc),eh(ob),cl(bcl),fg,hrn,trp,trb,tub,2perc,pf,2vln,vla,vlc,cb)
commissioned by Akiyoshidai International Contemporary Music Seminar and Festival
premier : 27 Aug.1997 Johannes Kalitzke(dir) Klangforum Wien, Yamaguchi, Japan

Outer music    12'
1998
wind orchestra (picc, 4fl, p-cl, 6cl, bcl, 2a-sax, t-sax,bar-sax, 4trp, 4hrn, 3trb, euph, tub, 5perc, pf, cb)
commissioned by Akiyoshidai International Contemporary Music Seminar and Festival
premier : 30 Aug.1998 Noriaki Ueda(dir) Iwakuni High School WInd Orchestra, Akiyoshidai, Japan

Concerto for wind orchestra    10'
-The first version
2002
wind orchestra (picc, 4fl, p-cl, 6cl, bcl, s-(a-)sax, a-sax, t-sax,bar-sax, 4flugel-hrn, 1ten-hrn, 4trp, 2p-trp, 4hrn, 3trb, euph, tub, 4perc, pf, cb)
commissioned by Klangspuren2002
premier : 15 Sep.2002 Franz Schieferer(dir) Swarovski Musik Wattens, Wattens, Austria
-The second version
2003
wind orchestra (picc, 2fl, p-cl, 6cl, bcl, s-(a-)sax, a-sax, t-sax,bar-sax, 4trp, 4hrn, 3trb,2euph, 2tub, 4perc, pf, cb)
premier : 17 Sep.2003 Douglas Bostock(dir) Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, ACL Asia Music Festival 2003, Tokyo, Japan
selected to ACL Asia Music Festival 2003, Tokyo, Japan

< Chamber music(2-10 players) >

Attributes II    8'
1996
a-sax,pf
commissioned by Takashi Saito
premier : 1 Feb.1997 Takashi Saito(a-sax),Kazue Nakamura(pf), Wako, Japan

fuggitivi        7'
1996/1997
2vln,vla,vlc
AKIYOSHIDAI International Composition Award
premier : 28 Aug.1996 Asako Urushihara, Chiyoko Noguchi(vln),Ruth Killius(vla),Francois Deppe(vlc),Alain Franco(dir), Akiyoshidai / revised 5 June 1997 Ensemble Contemporary Alpha, Tokyo

Sniff            8'
1997
2pf
commissioned by Tomoko Mukaiyama & Hiroaki Ooi
premier : 10 Jan.1998 Tomoko Mukaiyama & Hiroaki Ooi(pf), Middelburg, Holland

Nabo            15'
1998
cl(p-cl,b-cl),trp,perc
premier : 28 July1998 Juji Togame(cl),Kiyonori Sokabe(trp),Toshiyuki Matsukura(perc), Fumio Tamura(dir),Tokyo

Phi        13'
1999
fl(bfl,picc), cl(bcl),trp,perc,vla,cb
commissioned by Kammermusiksaal Beethoven-Haus, Bonn, for its 10th anniversary
premier : 11 June 1999 Jurjen Hempel(dir), Ensemble Musikfabrik, Bonn
selected to World Music Days 2001 ISCM, Yokohama, Japan

Notturno correndo    10'
1999
cl(bcl),vlc,pf
premier : 14 May 1999 Klangwerkstatt weimar, Weimar, Germany

Duo            13'
1999
s-sax, vln
premier : 27 June 1999 Takashi Saito(s-sax), Kioko Yasuda(vln), Tokyo (only I,IV) / 1 November 1999 Takashi Saito(s-sax), Kioko Yasuda(vln), Yokohama (I,II,IV)
score : MotherEarth Co.,Ltd.

Ventò            10'
2000
picc.(bfl), pf.
commissioned by Takefu International Music Festival
premier : 16 June 2000 Roberto Fabbriciani(picc), Massimiliano Damerini(pf)

Lessico famigliare            5'
2000
vla, pf, tape.
premier : 24 Oct 2000 Fumiko Kai(vla), Kazue Nakamura(pf), Tokyo

Tsumugi-uta (Spining song)            10'
2002
2 20strings-koto.
premier : 8 April 2002 Keiko Hisamoto, Emi Maruoka(koto), Tokyo
score : MotherEarth Co.,Ltd.

Uccello magico - parafrasi di "Casanova" di Nino Rota    5'30"
2004
fl, pf.
premier : 18 November 2004 Roberto Fabbriciani(fl), Andrea Bergamelli(pf), Bergamo, Italy

Come ricordarti la melodia? (How do you remember a melody?)    7'00"
2005
2vln, 2vla, 2vlc, 2cb
premier : 15 May 2005 FontanaMIX, Yoichi Sugiyama(dir), Bologna, Italy

An Interview with L.B. interpreted by viola and piano    9'00"
2006
vla, pf
commissioned by Takefu International Music Festival
premier : 9 September 2006 Chi-Yuan Chen(vla), Asami Kanai(pf), Takefu, Japan

uncertain melody and choral in fading memory    4'00"
2007
3 melodicas
commissioned by Makoto Nomura
premier : 24 June 2007 P-blot mini(melodicas), Kyoto, Japan

Forgotten Tango (of Stravinsky, perhaps)    6'00"
2007-8
accord, pf
premier : 28 February 2008 Janne Rattya(accord), Keiko Nakayama(pf), Sakaiminato, Japan

Aura di Bruno, oppure un'intervista interpretata da tuba e pianoforte    12'00"
2008
Tuba, pf
commissioned by Shinya Hashimoto
premier : 19 August 2008 Shinya Hashimoto(accord), Akiko Fujita(pf), Akiyoshidai, Japan

< Solo >

TROS II        5'
1992
fl
Finalist of AKIYOSHIDAI International Composition Award
premier : 29 March1992 Carin Levine(fl) Akiyoshidai / revised 17 June 1995 Dogen Kinowaki(fl) Tokyo

TROS III        5'
1992/1997
pf
commissioned by Hiroaki Ooi
premier : 23 Dec.1992 Hiroaki Ooi(pf) Ashiya, Japan / revised 15 Jan.1998 Hiroaki Ooi(pf) Groningen, Holland

TROS IV        6'
1993/1999
t-sax
premier : 30 Sep.1993 Takashi Saito(t-sax) , Tokyo

eco lontanissima II    8'
1994/1996
pf
premier : 28 June1994 Kazue Nakamura(pf) , Tokyo / revised 10 July 1996 Kazue Nakamura(pf) , Tokyo / abroad 24 July 1998 Massimiliano Damerini(pf), Darmstadt

Attributes I    7'
1994
s-sax
Scholarship prize in Akiyoshidai seminar
premier : 28 Aug.1994 Pierre-Stéphane Meugé(s-sax), Akiyoshidai

eco lontanissima III    5'
1994
a-sax
commissioned by Takashi Saito
premier : 9 March 1995 Takashi Saito(a-sax), Tokyo / abroad 30 May 1996 Gaetano Costa(a-sax), Pisa
disc : ALM Records ALCD-9046
score : MotherEarth Co.,Ltd.

eco lontanissima IVb    10'
1995/1999
t-sax
premier : 27 June.1999 Takashi Saito(t-sax) , Tokyo

eco lontanissima V        11'
1996/1997
zephyros(trp with slide)
commissioned by Kiyonori Sokabe
premier :10 May 1997 Kiyonori Sokabe(zephyros), Tokyo / revised   4 June 1999 Kiyonori Sokabe(zephyros), Tokyo
disc : ALM Records ALCD-55

eco lontanissima VI        4'
1998/1999
gt
premier : 20 Oct.1998 Norio Sato(gt), Melbourne / revised   27 Oct.2000 Elena Càsoli(gt), Roma
score : MotherEarth Co.,Ltd.

Danzina per Yori-Aki Matsudaira        1'
2001
vla
premier : 2 July 2001 Yoshinao Higashi(vla), Tokyo

Luftspiel        10'
2002
accord
premier : 10 June 2006 Stefan Hussong(acc), Tokyo

bogenspiel I        8'
2003
vln
premier : 2 December 2003 Yasutaka Hemmi(vln), Tokyo
score : MotherEarth Co.,Ltd.

bogenspiel Ib        8'
2004
vla
premier : 5 September 2008 Yoshiko Sato(vln), Takefu

air varié    8'
2004
pf
commissioned by Claviarea
premier : 3 May 2004 Kazue Nakamura(pf) , Hayama
score : MotherEarth Co.,Ltd.

air (de Cherubino)    2'
2005
pf
premier : 20 May 2005 Masanobu Shinoda(pf) , Tokyo

Dance between Hands/ Ballo tra le mani    8'
2005
sho (Japanese traditional mouth-organ)
commissioned by Tachikawa Performing Arts Festival, Tokyo
premier : 18 Sep. 2005 Asumi Bunno(sho) , Tokyo

Instabile    6'
2005
cl
premier : 9 Nov. 2005 Guido Arbonelli(cl) , Tokyo

< Chorus >

No.9 - Quintetto 10'
2005/7
based on Lorenzo da Ponte & W.A.Mozart "Così fan tutte"
commissioned by VoxHumana
12vo (3S, 3A, 3T, 3B)
premier : 18 July 2005 VoxHumana, Ryuta Nishikawa(dir), Tokyo
/ revised 24 September 2007 VoxHumana, Ryuta Nishikawa(dir), Tokyo

Vari gradi di recitativo secco 10'
2008
based on recitativo secco of operas by W.A.Mozart
commissioned by VoxHumana
8vo (2S, 2A, 2T, 2B)
premier : 30 March 2008 VoxHumana, Ryuta Nishikawa(dir), Tokyo

< Music for tape >

study/limen 3'
1999
premier : 25 November 1999, Pisa
disc : Ars Publica ARS143-004

Schwaz Etude 14'
2002-3
disc : Tempus Novum TEMPUS-001

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