"A Century of Sakura" - Concert at Pucker Gallery

When
15 Mar 2012
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Location
Pucker Gallery - 171 Newbury Street Boston, MA 02116

Thursday, 15 March, 2012
5:30 – 7 pm
Pucker Gallery, 171 Newbury Street, Boston

Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996)
Toward the Sea III (12 min.)
I. The Night
II. Moby Dick
III. Cape Cod
Jessi Rosinski, flute
Franziska Huhn, harp

George Rochberg (b. 1918)
Ukiyo-e II: Slow Fires of Autumn (14 min)
Jessi Rosinski, flute
Franziska Huhn, harp

Toru Takemitsu
Air (5 min)
Jessi Rosinski, flute

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp, L. 137 (16 min)
I. Pastorale
II. Interlude
III. Finale

In addition to the celebration of 100 years of sakura, we will also reflect on and honor the victims of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami.

Richard Feit, Dean of Performance Studies at NEC, wrote the following of the chosen program:

“The program echoes themes that are both Japanese and impressionistic, and creates a sound world that should be absolutely enchanting. Two works by the iconic Toru Takemitsu; a neo-romantic work of the composer George Rochberg that speaks to the world of Japanese woodblock prints, the Ukiyo-e (Floating World); and a wonderful trio by Debussy, whose aesthetic connects them all.”

Pucker Gallery
171 Newbury Street
Boston, MA 02116
contactus@puckergallery.com

THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF BOSTON