Toshi Ichiyanagi (1933-2022)

Cosmos Ceremony (1993)

for ryuteki, shô and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1993
    • Duration: 7 mn
    • Commission: Comemorative Foundation for the International Garden adn Greenery Exposition (Osaka, 1990)
Detailed formation
  • soloists: sheng - sho - mouth organ, other traditional flute [ryuteki]
  • 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, bass trombone, 3 percussionists, celesta (also piano), 16 violins, 14 second violins, 12 violas, 10 cellos, 8 double basses

Premiere information

  • Date: 22 October 1993
    Location:

    Japon, Osaka


    Performers:

    Sukeyasu Shiba, ryuteki ; Mayumi Miyata, shô ; Century Orchestra Osaka ; Uriel Segal, direction