Junko Sakimura and Moyuru Oda present Marimba Alive! vol.2 at 19:00 on Saturday, July 5, 1997, in the studio of Kunitachi Civic Arts Small Hall, Tokyo. Saxophonist Naoki Kaneda joins them in a six-work programme spanning marimba duo, solo marimba and saxophone with marimba.
Performers
- Junko Sakimura (marimba)
- Moyuru Oda (marimba)
- Naoki Kaneda (saxophone)
Programme
- Ingolf Henning: Concorso per due marimbafone
- Kazuhiko Koyama: Divertimento for Marimba
- J.B. Smith: In Light of Three
- J.S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
- Alice Gomez & Marilyn Rife: Rain Dance
- Seiji Yokoyama: Divertimento for Two Marimbas “Kiyūkyoku”
Programme notes
- Henning’s Concorso per due marimbafone (1990) features an exchange between two marimbas, with Sakimura on marimba I and Oda on marimba II.
- Koyama’s Divertimento for Marimba (1996) has five movements; Sakimura presents movements I, II, III and V.
- In Light of Three, originally for clarinet, marimba and tape, uses saxophone and a single marimba in this performance, with Sakimura on marimba and Kaneda on saxophone.
- Oda performs Bach’s Cello Suite No. 2 and Rain Dance on marimba.
- Yokoyama’s three-movement Divertimento for Two Marimbas “Kiyūkyoku” features Sakimura on marimba I and Oda on marimba II.
An interval follows In Light of Three.
Tickets
The supplied programme does not specify ticket prices or a sales outlet.
Listen
Related album: DIVERTIMENTI – Marimba Alive! vol.2 .
Programme PDF
The public PDF retains the programme and performer information; only an unrelated third party’s birth date and blood type are redacted.
Sources
- Marimba Alive! vol.2 programme (1997), PDF pp.1–2
- Apple Music — related concert album
- Junko Sakimura — DIVERTIMENTI programme and recording notes