Between Tides: Chamber Music from Japan




Meyer Auditorium Concert Series show

Summary: An international quartet of musicians combines Western and Japanese instruments to perform music written during the course of the twentieth-century, from Kosaku Yamada's "Seven Poems" (1914) to Toru Takemitsu's "Between Tides" (1993). Masayo Ishigure has performed on koto at Lincoln Center and on John Williams's soundtrack for the feature film "Memoirs of a Geisha." James Wilson was a long-time cellist with the Shanghai Quartet. Pianist Kathryn Woodard served as a consultant to Yo-Yo Ma's "Silk Road Project." Violinist Theresa Salomon completes this outstanding ensemble. This concert was presented on October 2, 2008, as part of the Bill and Mary Meyer Concert Series, supported by the New York Community Trust--The Island Fund and numerous additional donors. See images, program notes and related artwork at http://www.asia.si.edu/podcasts