MUSIC FROM JAPAN WORKS INFORMATION

Composer Name: Toru Takemitsu

Composition Name: Between Tides

Composition Date:                       1993 
Configuration:                         Trio
Featured Instrument:                   Violin
                                       Cello
                                       Piano Forte
Japanese Instrument(s):                N
Length:                                18'
Players:                               3
Commissioned by:                       Berliner Festspiele
Version (Original/Revised):            O
MFJ Presented:                         N

World Premiere City:                   Berlin
World Premiere Sponsor:                Berliner Festwochen
World Premiere Date:                   9/20/93
World Premiere Performers:             Pamela Frank, Yo-Yo Ma, Peter Serkin
Name of Publisher:                     Schott Japan Company Ltd.
Article/Review:                        R

Publication:                           The New York Times
Title:                                 Japanese Music of Today And a Posthum...
Author/Critic:                         Allan Kozinn
Publication Date:                      4/22/96
Reaction:                              Positive
Synopsis:                              "...an emotionally charged work with a Ravelian shimmer."
Origin (American/Japanese):            A