"New Sounds from Old Instruments - The Yukimi Kambe Viol Consort"

Music for the viol by contemporary Japanese composers will accompany a slideshow of 20th century Japanese art prints. The Yukimi Kambe Viol Consort was founded in Japan in 1983, its aim to perform both traditional repertoire for viols and a wide selection of contemporary music. The artists are known both for traditional viol music (including works by Purcell, Gibbons, Bach, and Charpentier) and for introducing new pieces to the repertoire, and have already given premieres of more than 80 compositions written expressly for the Consort. This evening will focus on a repertoire of music written by contemporary composers for traditional European instruments.

The accompanying slide show will cover a variety of different modern Japanese artists, some well known and others more contemporary. The presentation will showcase different methods of print-making including woodblock print, lithography, etching and mezzotint.

A selection of Japanese woodblock prints by Hideo Hagiwara, one of the most distinguished woodblock print artists in Japan today, will be on display in the IEAS lobby and conference room. The exhibit, "Hideo Hagiwara - Mt. Fuji Woodblock Prints", highlights prints from Hagiwara's 'Thirty-six Fujis' (Sanju-roku Fuji) series.

Cal Performances presents the Yukimi Kambe Viol Consort on Saturday, April 1, 2006, at Berkeley's First Congregational Church.

Program Schedule
New Sounds from Old Instruments

Sang Hwa (1999) by Yoko Sato

   Hibikiatte / Ame no youni / Tawamurete / Kaze no youni hayaku

Space Line (2005) by Toshi Ichiyanagi

A Cat in Springtime (1990) by Tsutomu Mizuno

   Cat’s Eyes

Emotion (2002) by Shin’ya Takahashi

Seismogramme I VI III (1994) by Rudolf Kelterborn

Tilliboyo (Sunset) (1990) by F. Musa Suso

Fantasia Indian (1993) by David Loeb

Rustles in the Court Consort (1994) by Kikuko Massumoto

Shireutok Suite (2005) by Ryouhei Hirose
   Dance Capriccioso of Little Fox / Nocturn of Big Owl /

   Toccata of Woodpecker

New Sounds from Old Instruments is free and open to the public.