Takemitsu: Flock Descends Into the Pentagonal Garden (A)

Featuring

Tadaaki Otaka
Paul Watkins
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tōru Takemitsu

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Toru Takemitsu's compositional aesthetic was deeply influenced by the dichotomy between silence and sound, stating, 'Music is either sound or silence. As long as I live I shall choose sound as something to confront silence.'

Composer Biography

Toru Takemitsu composed music for over ninety films, including the well-known 'Rising Sun' (1993) and Akira Kurosawa's 'Ran' (1985).

Composer's Artistic Vision

Toru Takemitsu viewed music as a 'sonic garden,' where different musical parameters represent elements like grass, trees, and rocks, and listening is like walking through this garden.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Toru Takemitsu aimed to use traditional Japanese music not to create a new, relocated Japanese music, but to incorporate his dreams onto the music sheet using Japanese traditions.

Composer Biography

Toru Takemitsu was largely self-taught as a composer, though he briefly studied with Japanese composers Yasuji Kiyose and Fumio Hayasaka.

Composer Biography

Toru Takemitsu was a co-founder of the avant-garde multimedia group Jikken-kōbō (Experimental Workshop) in 1951, alongside other composers, a pianist, and a critic.