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Family Tree
Musical Verses for Young People
for narrator and orchestra
narrator and orchestra
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'The narrator should be a young woman in her mid-teens' – Takemitsu wrote this in his score of this six-part work for orchestra and narrator which was premiered in April 1995, less than a year before his death in February 1996.
The titles of these six poems sound harmless and seem to suggest an idyllic 'musical family album'; but the texts say something different. The gaze of the fifteen-year-old girl turns to the imaginary pictures of these people, with understanding, yet not without bitterness, even despair. She loves, understands and respects them but she has to see that the family bonds have broken down – as to why and to what end remains open.
The titles of these six poems sound harmless and seem to suggest an idyllic 'musical family album'; but the texts say something different. The gaze of the fifteen-year-old girl turns to the imaginary pictures of these people, with understanding, yet not without bitterness, even despair. She loves, understands and respects them but she has to see that the family bonds have broken down – as to why and to what end remains open.
Orchestral Cast
3(2.pic 3.afl).2(2.ca).4(4.bcl).3(3.cbsn)-4.3.3.0-3perc(vib, glsp, tub bells, antique cym, 3tam-t, steel drum, 2sus cym)-hp.cel.acc-str(14.12.10.8.6)
Content
I Once Upon a Time "Once upon a time I used to be..."
II Grandpa "Grandpa moves very slowly..."
III Grandma "Her eyes wide open..."
IV Dad "Dad's eating, staring straight ahead..."
V Mom "Closing my eyes doesn't make it dark..."
VI A Distant Place "I think I have come farther than Yotchan..."
II Grandpa "Grandpa moves very slowly..."
III Grandma "Her eyes wide open..."
IV Dad "Dad's eating, staring straight ahead..."
V Mom "Closing my eyes doesn't make it dark..."
VI A Distant Place "I think I have come farther than Yotchan..."
More Information
Title:
Family Tree
Musical Verses for Young People
for narrator and orchestra
poems by Shuntaro Tanikawa
English translation by William I. Elliott and Kazuo Kawamura
Language:
Japanese, English
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1992
Duration:
25 ′
World Premiere:
April 20, 1995 · New York, NY (USA)
Sarah Hicks, narrator · Conductor: Leonard Slatkin · New York Philharmonic
(concert) (concert performance)
Sarah Hicks, narrator · Conductor: Leonard Slatkin · New York Philharmonic
(concert) (concert performance)
Commissioned work :
commissioned by the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York for its 150th anniversary
Series:
Technical Details
Product number:
LSJ 3936-01
Performances
Family Tree
Conductor: Yutaka Sado
Orchestra: New Japan Philharmonic
January 20, 2024 |
Tokyo (Japan) , Sumida Triphony Hall
Family Tree
Conductor: Yutaka Sado
Orchestra: New Japan Philharmonic
January 19, 2024 |
Tokyo (Japan) , Suntory Hall
Family Tree
Conductor: Kazuki Wada
Orchestra: Toshima-ku Orchestra
January 8, 2023 |
Tokyo (Japan) , Tokyo Tatemono Brillia Hall
Family Tree
Conductor: Yutaka Sado
Orchestra: Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich
April 24, 2022 |
Wien (Austria) , Musikverein, Großer Saal
Family Tree
Conductor: Yutaka Sado
Orchestra: Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich
April 23, 2022 |
Wien (Austria) , Musikverein, Großer Saal
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