MUSIC FROM JAPAN WORKS INFORMATION

Composer Name: Somei Satoh

Composition Name: Toki no Mon (A Gate into Infinity)

Composition Date:                       1988 
Configuration:                         Trio
Featured Instrument:                   Violin
                                       Piano Forte
                                       Percussion
Japanese Instrument(s):                N
Length:                                15'
Players:                               FLEX
Commissioned by:                       The Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio
Version (Original/Revised):            O
MFJ Presented:                         N

Released:                              1989
Performers:                            The Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio
Label Name:                            New Albion
Recording Format:                      Compact Disc
Recording (American/Japanese/Other):   A
Release (American/Japanese/Other):     A
Solo/Compilation:                      C

World Premiere City:                   New York
World Premiere Date:                   11/89
World Premiere Performers:             The Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio
Article/Review:                        R

Publication:                           The New York Times
Title:                                 Premieres from the Pacific Rim
Author/Critic:                         John Rockwell
Publication Date:                      11/19/89
Reaction:                              Positive
Synopsis:                              This is another of Satoh's dreamily austere rituals, the
                                       percussionist tinkling gently on suspended gongs, the pianist
                                       delicately punctuating the percussion and the violinist floating..
Origin (American/Japanese):            A