MUSIC FROM JAPAN WORKS INFORMATION

Composer Name: Toshio Hosokawa

Composition Name: Sen II

Composition Date:                       1986 
Configuration:                         Solo
Featured Instrument:                   Violincello
Japanese Instrument(s):                N
Length:                                13'
Players:                               1
Commissioned by:                       Suntory Hall
Version (Original/Revised):            O
MFJ Presented:                         Y

Recording Title:                       Works of Toshio Hosokawa
Performers:                            Michael Bach
Label Name:                            Fontec
Recording Format:                      Compact Disc
Commercial/Non-Commercial:             C
Recording (American/Japanese/Other):   O
Release (American/Japanese/Other):     J
Solo/Compilation:                      S
Item Number:                           FOCD-3225
Number of Copies:                       1 

Recording Title:                       2
Performers:                            Maurizio Barbetti
Label Name:                            Music Worx
Recording Format:                      Compact Disc
Commercial/Non-Commercial:             C
Item Number:                           PHM940926B

World Premiere City:                   Tokyo
World Premiere Date:                   2/21/87
World Premiere Performers:             Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi

American Premiere Venue:               The Asia Society
American Premiere City:                New York
American Premiere Sponsor:             Music From Japan, Inc.
American Premiere Date:                1/23/88
American Premiere Performers:          Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi

MFJ Performance Information:
Venue:                                 The Asia Society
City:                                  New York City
Date:                                  
Performers:                            Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi
Name of Publisher:                     Schott Japan Company Ltd.
Article/Review:                        R

Publication:                           The New York Times
Title:                                 Music:  Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi
Author/Critic:                         Bernard Holland
Publication Date:                      1/25/88
Reaction:                              Positive
Synopsis:                              "Toshio Hosokawa correctly describes his 'Sen II' in terms of
                                       delicate calligraphy: at one point two bows cross paths on the
                                       strings."
Origin (American/Japanese):            A