Jikken Kobo.
Jikken Kobo was a 1950s artists’ collective from Japan. They mixed avant-garde with traditional Japanese theatre. Today’s episode features some of the composers who were involved in this collective.
– Joji Yuasa. Projection esemplastic.
– Kazuo Fukushima. Mei. Robert Dick, flute.
– Keijiro Sato. Calligraphy. Steffen Schleiermacher, piano.
– Toru Takemitsu. Litany. Noriko Ogawa, piano.
– Takemitsu. Between tides. Ensemble Kaï
– Takemitsu. Rain Spell. London Sinfonietta conducted by Oliver Knussen.