16 pieces from 《Songs》 composed by Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996)

Program. (Lyricist) 0:10 The Encounter (Ichiro Araki) 3:22 To the Island. (Man Izawa) 6:17 The Game of Love. (Shuntaro Tanikawa) 8:03 In the Month of March (Shuntaro Tanikawa) 12:13 Small Sky. (Toru Takemitsu) 16:40 Wings. (Toru Takemitsu) 19:28 In a Small Room. (Akira Kawaji) 22:20 A Waltz. (Tatsuji Iwabuchi) 25:27 Yesterday’s Spot. (Shuntaro Tanikawa) 27:47 All Alone. (Shuntaro Tanikawa) 32:03 I Just Sing. (Shuntaro Tanikawa) 33:59 Will Tomorrow, I Wonder, Be Cloudy or Clear? (Toru Takemitsu) 37:28 All That the Man Left Behind When He Died. (Shuntaro Tanikawa) 43:30 MI•YO•TA (Shuntaro Tanikawa) 46:49 Sayonara (Kuniharu Akiyama) 49:48 A Song of ◯’s (Circles) and △’s (Triangles). (Toru Takemitsu)

countertenor: Toshiharu Nakajima 中嶋俊晴 https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Nak...https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5Rq... guitar: Takuya Okamoto 岡本拓也 http://takuyaokamoto.site English text by Ella Louise Rutledge and Kirsti Kaldro Ebila Hall (Tokyo) 21-22. July 2020