Tag: Kiyoshige Koyama

How much Western-style classical music composed in the East ever makes it to the West? Not much, unfortunately. Happily, some record companies dare to venture where concert programmers won’t.

This Sunday night on “The Lost Chord,” we’ll hear selections from Naxos’ “Japanese Classics Series,” including Kiyoshige Koyama’s variations on a woodcutter’s song, “Kobiki-Uta” (1957), Qunihico Hashimoto’s symphonic suite “Heavenly Maiden and Fisherman” (1933), and Komei Abe’s neoclassical Symphony No. 1 (1957).

Armchair travelers, your passage is paid! Music brings us all closer. Expand your horizons, with “Nippon Notes from Naxos,” this Sunday night at 10:00 EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network.

How much do any of us know of Western-style classical music composed in the East? There’s enough of it to fill over two dozen releases on the Naxos label. This Sunday night on “The Lost Chord,” we’ll take a whirlwind tour through Naxos’ Japanese Classics Series.

We’ll hear Kiyoshige Koyama’s “Kobiki-Uta” (1957), variations on a traditional woodcutter’s song; Qunihico Hashimoto’s symphonic suite, “Heavenly Maiden and Fisherman” (1933); and Komei Abe’s neoclassical Symphony No. 1 (1957).

I was unable to fit all the music I wanted to play into one program, so don’t surprise if we return to this subject in the coming weeks. For now, I hope you’ll join me for “Nippon Notes from Naxos,” this Sunday night at 10:00 EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.