JAPANESE CLASSICAL MUSIC FROM ANCIENT TO MODERN

A small sample of Sankyō Ensemble’s performance pieces from their 2023 performance at the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver.

Sankyō Ensemble – Hōshun 山響重奏 | 萌春 – Japanese Classical Music – Contemporary | “Hōshun” or
“Budding Spring” by Nagasawa Katsutoshi, 1971

Sankyō Ensemble – Emu 山響重奏 | 絵夢 – Japanese Classical Music – Contemporary | “Emu”
AKA “Picture Dream”, composed by Kuribayashi Hideaki in 1976

Aidan Kandō – Shoganken Reibo エイダン寒堂|松巌軒鈴慕 – Japanese Shakuhachi Music | Ancient Buddhist Spiritual: “Shoganken Reibo”
Solo music for Shakuhachi in the Honkyoku tradition of Buddhist monks

Sankyō Ensemble – Rokudan 山響重奏 | 六段 – Japanese Classical Music – Edo Period

Miwa Steuben – Shaei | Contemporary Koto solo, “Oblique Shadows”