MUSIC FROM JAPAN WORKS INFORMATION

Composer Name: Joji Yuasa

Composition Name: Solitude in Memoriam T.T. for Trio

Composition Date:                       1997 
Configuration:                         Trio
Featured Instrument:                   Violin
                                       Cello
                                       Piano Forte
Japanese Instrument(s):                N
Length:                                14'
Players:                               3
Commissioned by:                       Music From Japan
Version (Original/Revised):            O
MFJ Presented:                         Y

Recording Title:                       A Tribute to Toru Takemitsu
Performers:                            Eriko Sato, violin; Fred Sherry, cello; David Oei, piano
Label Name:                            None
Recording Format:                      Digital Audio Tape
Commercial/Non-Commercial:             N
Recording (American/Japanese/Other):   A
Solo/Compilation:                      C
Item Number:                           2/8/97

World Premiere Venue:                  Merkin Concert Hall
World Premiere City:                   New York
World Premiere Sponsor:                Music From Japan
World Premiere Date:                   2/8/97
World Premiere Performers:             E. Sato, vn; F. Sherry, cel; D. Oei, pf
Article/Review:                        R

Publication:                           The New York Times
Title:                                 Tribute to Takemitsu Evokes a Private...
Author/Critic:                         Allan Kozinn
Publication Date:                      2/11/97
Reaction:                              Positive
Synopsis:                              "A work...in which outbursts of virtuosity and mild exoticism...
                                       occasionally interrupt an affectingly mournful, slow-paced line."
Origin (American/Japanese):            A