Schedule 2010 (renewed: 1 july 2010)

Mezzo vs. Mezzo
Songs for mezzo soprano, viola and piano
October 21, Oji Hall
première of my new piece <Cat Song by Hasegawa Shiro>
Hatano Mutsumi (ms) Kawamoto Yoshiko (vla) Takahashi Yûji (pano)

Chamber Music by Roh Ogura
October 18, Oji Hall
I will give a talk on Roh Ogura and his music
and play his Sonatina for piano(1937 and
8 Songs (1956) with Hatano Mutsumi
 
Concert with 5 Pianos
October 14, AOI Hall, Shizuoka
pianists: Takahashi Aki, Takahashi Yûji , Ichiro Nodaira Ichirô, Fujii Kazuoki, Terashima Rikuya and Nagao Hiroshi
Milhaud: Paris
Morton Feldman: Piece for 4 Pianos
Peter Garland: Amulet (after Roberto Bolaño) (première)
José Maceda: Music for 5 Pianos

Shakuhachi 2 Nights at National Theater
September 23
incl . my Sinubi for jinashi-shakuhachi (2009) perf. by Shimura Zenpô

Miki Mie Accordion Works 2010
incl. my Snow/Wind /Radios (world première)
an accordion duo after Diane di Prima Haikus against Afghan war

Art of Fugue with Eurhythmie
Akira Kasai Eurythmie Company
keeyboard: Takahashi Yûji

Choan the quack

Japan Tour with Marionette Theater Youkiza
 August 4-15
Takahashi Yûji: music and live performance  on the piano


ANTIOPERA OF SHADOWS
July 16-18, Theater Iwato, Tokyo
Takahashi Yûji:  Saraba Sahara-son (poem: Tsuji Makoto) (première)
Shostakovich: 6 Poems of Marina Tsvetayeva Op. 143
Takahashi Yûji: Nando no yume or Traumes Wirren, an anti-opera {text: Tokisato Jirô)
with Hatano Mutsumi (voice), Ayuo (bouzouki), Takahashi Yûji (piano) (première)

When words sing...
 June 19, 16.00 Tohoku Gakuin University Izumi Campus Chapel
Hayano Mutsumi (ms) Takahashi Yûji (piano)
Songs by Kósçak Yamada, Shibata Minao, Bekku Sadao, Yuji Takahashi,
Francis Poulec, Federico Mompou, Kurt Weill, et al

Iwao Furusawa x Yuji Takahashi
June 12, 14.00, 18.00 Hakuju Hall
Schubert: 3 Sonatinen
Schumann: 3Romanzen Op. 94
                            Phantasiestücke Op. 73

Yuji Takahashi (piano) + Shin Sasakubo (guitar)
June 5, 14.00 Chichibu Rekishi Bunka Denshô-kan Hall
Nuccio d'Angelo: Due Canzoni Lidie (1984)
Francisco Tarrega: Rusueros de l'Alhambra
Shin Sasakubo: Music for Prepared Guitar
Traditional Music of Peru from Andes and Amazon
Francisco Pulgar Vidal: Suite Peruana IV (1972)
Yuji Takahashi: Lullaby (1985),  Chained Hands in
Prayer (1976)
Mikio Tojima: El Cant dels Ocells (1982)
Victor Jára: Pregaria a un labrador (1969)
Violeta Parra: El Gavilán

CENTURY ORCHESTRA OSAKA Concert
May 13, 19.00 The Symphony Hall, Osaka
incl. <Osaka 1694> for orchestra (première)
after 14 haikus by Bashô in his last year in Osaka
 
1) chrysanth scent / climbing in the dark / festival day
2) in chrysanth left / Nara for Osaka / into the moonlit night
3) into wild boar's bed / crept / a cricket
4) bought a measuring box / changed my mind / no moon viewing
5) late autumn / sprinkle of rain / waning moon
6) autumn night / broken by / conversation
7) how pleasant / slept late in autumn / our host as well
8) this road / no one goes / autumn evening
9) wind in the pines / circling around the eaves / autumn evening
10) this autumn / why aging / cloundds and a bird
11) white chrysanthemum / looked through but  / no trace of dust
12) clear moon /  fox frightens / companion boy
13) deep autumn / what does the man next door / do for his living
14) ill on a journey / dreams roam over /  the withered field

IMPROVISATION
APRIL 20, 19.30 Kôendôri Classics
piano with Saga Yuki (voice), Ôtomo Yoshihide (guitar), Yamamoto Tatsuhisa (perc)

SASAGAWA SHIN  Guitar Recital
April 17,  Ômi Gakudô
Program incl. Takahashi Yûji: Rastros for guitar solo (première)

YASASHIKI UTA
April 2, Toppan Hall, Tokyo
piano: Takahashi Yûji
Shibata Minao (1916-1996): Improvisation No.2 for Piano No. 31 (1968)
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621):  Mein junges Leben hat ein End 
Jakob Johann Froberger (1616-1667) : Lamentation faite sur la mort très douloureuse de Sa Majesté
                                                       Impériale, Ferdinand le troisième, An. 1657 FbWV 633
J.J. Froberger: Tombeau fait à Paris sur la mort de Monsieur Blancrocher  FbWV 632 (1652)
Shibata Minao: Variation for piano Op.1(1941-43)
Alfred Schnittke:  Piano Sonata No. 3 Op. 229 (1992)
Shibata Minao: Yasashiki Uta [Tender Songs] Op.13 (1944-49)
with Hatano Mutsumi (mezzo-soprano)

TOKYO PHILHARMONIC CHORUS
March 20, 19.00 Ueno Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo
incl. Takahashi Yûji: Shingan no Kuni  (text:  Hara Tamiki) for mixed chorus with obligato violin (première)
violin: Tojima Sayano, cond.: Tanaka Nobu-aki

PIANO DUETTO with Takahashi Aki
Febr. 28, 19.00 Yume Hall, Anan city, Tokushima prefecture
Feldman: Piano Three Hands (1957) (3 hands)
Schubert:  Phantasie in F minor, D. 940/Op. 103 (4 hands)
Satie:  Trois Morceaux en Forme de Poire (4 hands)
Takahashi Yûji:  Togéuta [Thorny songs](1980 rev. 2009)(4 hands) (première)
Schumann:  Kinderszenen (Yûji solo)
Chopin:  Ballade No. 1 (Aki solo)

COMPLETE IMPROVISATION NIGHT
Jan. 5, 19.00, Kôendôri Classics, Tokyo
 piano with Toyozumi Sabu (percussion)



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