Tōru Takemitsu (1930-1996)

Keizu - Family Tree (1992)

Musical Verses for Young People, for narrator and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1992
    • Duration: 25 mn
    • Publisher: Schott, Tokyo, nº SJ 1158
    • Cycle: Trees
    • Commission: Société Philharmonique de New York pour son 150e anniversaire
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Shuntaro Tanikawa, traduit en anglais par William I. Elliott et Kazuo Kawamura.

Detailed formation
  • 3 flutes (also 1 piccolo, 1 alto flute), 3 oboes (also 1 English horn), 3 clarinets (also 1 bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (also 1 contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 4 percussionists, 2 harp, 1 celesta, 14 violins, 12 second violins, 10 violas, 8 cellos, 6 double basses

Premiere information

  • Date: 20 April 1995
    Location:

     New York


    Performers:

    Sarah Hicks, Orchestre philharmonique de New York, direction : Leonard Slatkin.

Table of contents

  • One upon a time
  • Grandpa
  • Grandma
  • Dad
  • Mam
  • A Distant Place