花筏 Hanaikada (Flower Raft) – Tadao Sawai (1968) The flower raft courses down the river, pausing at the water’s edge, then streaming down [more]

銀河　“Ginga” – Tadao Sawai (1984) for koto and sangen “Ginga (The Galaxy) is a piece for koto & shamisen. “Many people call the [more]

箏双重　Koto Futae – Minoru Miki (1973) The first movement shows a peaceful scene in which two kotos sing in the beauty of the [more]

赤の彩り Aka no Irodori – Hikaru Sawai (2003)           “Red – the Color of Blaze  -this piece describes various shades of red in a [more]

石筍 Sekijun – Tadao Sawai (1972)        The bass koto takes the lead in opening this work for a three-part koto ensemble. In the [more]

五段砧 Godan-kinuta – Mitsuzaki Kengyo This work originally composed for two kotos is considered the highest point of instrumental development in the sokyoku [more]

火垂る　Hotaru [Fire Flies] – Tadao Sawai (1980)    Sawai’s response to a moving short story about a young boy and his infant sister starving [more]

琉球民謡による組曲 Ryukyu Minyo ni yoru Kumikyoku – Yutaka Makino (1966) Due to the structure of the koto and its 13 movable bridges, the instrument [more]

千鳥の曲　Chidori no Kyoku [Song of Plovers] –  Yoshizawa Kengyo (1800-1872) Chidori no Kyoku is one of a set of compositions for voice and [more]

Mizu no Hentai 水の変態 – Michio Miyagi (1908)           During the summer when he was aged 13, Michio moved to Incheon in Korea. He supported [more]

祭りの太鼓 Matsuri no Taiko – Michio Miyagi (1947) The composer, Michio Miyagi, started the New Music Tradition in the 1920’s.  This tradition came [more]

Midnight Rain – Elizabeth Falconer (1989) Growing up in lush rainy Oregon, I feel a very close affinity with the sound of rain. [more]