Tōru Takemitsu (1930-1996)

Tùi yobigoe no kantata e ! - Far calls, coming, far ! (1980)

for violin and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1980
    • Duration: 15 mn
    • Publisher: Schott, Tokyo, nº SJ 1005
    • Commission: Mim-On Contemporary Music Composition Festival
    • Libretto (details, author):

      d'après James Joyce

Detailed formation
  • soloist: violin
  • 3 flutes (also 1 piccolo, 1 alto flute), 3 oboes (also 1 English horn), 3 clarinets (also 1 Eb clarinet, 1 bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, timpani, 4 percussionists, 2 harp, celesta, 16 violins, 14 second violins, 12 violas, 10 cellos, 8 double basses

Premiere information

  • Date: 24 May 1980
    Location:

    Japon, Tokyo


    Performers:

    Ida Kavafian : violon, orchestre symphonique Tokyo Metropolitan, direction : Tadaaki Otaka.

Observations

Première des trois œuvres composées d'après Finnegans Wake de Joyce : Far calls, coming far !, A Way a Lone, Riverrun.