27 Jan 2019 Yasuhiro Kasamatsu Concert at Grosvenor Chapel

ドラマから純音楽へ
文化交流使 作曲家
笠松泰洋の世界
~ Solo exhibition of a Japanese composer, Yasuhiro Kasamatsu ~
Presented by the Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan
Hosted by the UK-Japan Music Society at Grosvenor Chapel
Supported by the Embassy of Japan
Programme
Second movement from String Quartet No 4
Sone - zaki for string quartet ~ based on Bunraku (Japanese traditional puppet theatre)
Snow Phantom ~ An imaginary Noh Theatre for shakuhachi and string quartet
Libera Me, for tenor and string quartet for Romeo and Juliet directed by Yukio Ninagawa
Reflection of S entimental Journey, for tenor and piano
Requiem for After life ~ a film of Kore-eda for tenor and piano
Life is .... for tenor and piano, for casualties of Tohoku earthquake
Players
1st Violin : Kumi Shimizu
2nd Violin : Maho Harada
Viola : Julie Park
Cello : Rebecca McNaught
Shakuhachi : Richard Stagg
Tenor : Julian Gregory
Piano : Jonathan Gregory
About Yasuhiro Kasamatsu:
Graduated from the Department of Aesthetics, Faculty of Letters, the University of Tokyo. He studied music composition under the late Akira Miyoshi, piano under the late Miyoko Goldberg Yamane. He composes and releases a variety of music, from chamber music to musical and operatic tunes. He writes music for theatrical plays such as those by the late Yukio Ninagawa, for films of Hirokazu Kore-eda. Chosen as Japan Cultural Envoy by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan.
Tickets: £15 adults, £10 students and OAPs *no under school age children will be admitted
Tickets available by applying to kasamatsuinlondon2019@gmail.com or ring 07986 196332 or at the door * no credit card facility
http://www.grosvenorchapel.org.uk/ Sunday 27th January 2019 at 5:30 pm
*doors open at 5 pm
Grosvenor Chapel 24 South Audley Street, Mayfair, London W1K 2PA
By kind permission of the vicar and churchwardens