MUSIC FROM JAPAN WORKS INFORMATION

Composer Name: Somei Satoh

Composition Name: Hikari (Light)

Composition Date:                       1986 
Configuration:                         Chamber Orchestra
Japanese Instrument(s):                N
Length:                                9'
Players:                               FLEX
Commissioned by:                       Stephen Burns
Version (Original/Revised):            O
MFJ Presented:                         N

World Premiere City:                   New York
World Premiere Date:                   2/86
World Premiere Performers:             Stephen Burns
Article/Review:                        R

Publication:                           The New York Times
Title:                                 Music: Somei Satoh Works
Author/Critic:                         Bernard Holland
Publication Date:                      3/2/87
Reaction:                              Positive
Synopsis:                              Stephen Burns, the trumpet soloist in Hikari suffered a glitch or
                                       two but more or less matched her in eloquence.
Origin (American/Japanese):            A