MUSIC FROM JAPAN WORKS INFORMATION

Composer Name: Teizo Matsumura

Composition Name: Piano Concerto No. 2

Composition Date:                       1978 
Configuration:                         Orchestra
Featured Instrument:                   Piano Forte
Japanese Instrument(s):                N
Length:                                33'
Players:                               FLEX
Commissioned by:                       People's Music Society
Version (Original/Revised):            O
MFJ Presented:                         Y

Recording Title:                       None
Performers:                            Tadaaki Odaka/Japan Philharmonic Orchestra; Minoru Nojima, pf
Label Name:                            None
Recording Format:                      Audio cassette
Commercial/Non-Commercial:             N
Solo/Compilation:                      S
Item Number:                           0
Number of Copies:                       1 

Recording Title:                       Selected Works Vol. 1
Released:                              1995
Performers:                            Minoru Nojima, Tokyo Met. Symphony Orch./Hiroyuki Iwaki
Label Name:                            Camerata
Recording Format:                      Compact Disc
Commercial/Non-Commercial:             C
Recording (American/Japanese/Other):   J
Release (American/Japanese/Other):     J
Solo/Compilation:                      S
Item Number:                           30CM-261
Number of Copies:                       1 

Recording Title:                       Works of Teizo Matsumura
Released:                              1981
Performers:                            Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra; Minoru Nojima, piano
Label Name:                            Victor
Recording Format:                      Record Album
Commercial/Non-Commercial:             C
Recording (American/Japanese/Other):   J
Release (American/Japanese/Other):     J
Solo/Compilation:                      C
Item Number:                           SJX-9561
Number of Copies:                       1 

World Premiere Venue:                  NHK Radio Broadcast
World Premiere Date:                   11/4/73
World Premiere Performers:             NHK Symphony Orchestra; Minoru Nojima

American Premiere Venue:               Carnegie Hall
American Premiere City:                New York
American Premiere Sponsor:             MFJ
American Premiere Date:                11/1/79
American Premiere Performers:          Nojima, Aso
Name of Publisher:                     Zen-On Music Company
Date:                                  1981
Article/Review:                        R

Publication:                           The New York Times
Title:                                 Concert: Japanese Music
Author/Critic:                         Raymond Ericson
Publication Date:                      11/3/79
Reaction:                              Positive
Synopsis:                              "extraordinarily beautiful textures, utmost delicacy"
Origin (American/Japanese):            A