MUSIC FROM JAPAN WORKS INFORMATION

Composer Name: Hirokazu Hiraishi

Composition Name: Prismatic Eye

Composition Date:                       1977 
Configuration:                         Small Ensemble
Featured Instrument:                   Trombone
Japanese Instrument(s):                N
Length:                                N/A
Players:                               8
Version (Original/Revised):            O
MFJ Presented:                         Y

Recording Title:                       Prismatic Eye
Performers:                            Musica Practica Ensemble; Norio Satho,cond.
Label Name:                            None
Distributed By:                        Hirokazu Hiraishi
Recording Format:                      Compact Disc
Commercial/Non-Commercial:             N
Recording (American/Japanese/Other):   J
Release (American/Japanese/Other):     J
Solo/Compilation:                      C
Item Number:                           ###
Number of Copies:                       1 

World Premiere Venue:                  Pan Music Festival
World Premiere City:                   Tokyo, Japan
World Premiere Sponsor:                N/A
World Premiere Date:                   1977
World Premiere Performers:             N/A

American Premiere Venue:               Lincoln Center
American Premiere City:                New York
American Premiere Sponsor:             MFJ
American Premiere Date:                2/3/86
American Premiere Performers:          Music From Japan Chamber Ensemble
Article/Review:                        R

Publication:                           The New York Times
Title:                                 Five Local Premieres
Author/Critic:                         Will Crutchfield
Publication Date:                      2/5/86
Reaction:                              Positive
Synopsis:                              "It proved a beguiling litle exercise in minimalism."
Origin (American/Japanese):            A