Works
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Theatre and Dance Works
Crimson
(2004-6) 13’mezzo-soprano, baritone, clr, hn, va, vc
music to accompany a film, dance or other theatrical work
fallings
(2016) 53’shō/u, va, vc
is nowhere free of bad tidings?
(2017) 45’shakuhachi (A, C#, E, 1 player), 13-string koto, 17-string koto, satsuma biwa, japanese percussion
text: anonymous Latin, Saigyō, Minamoto Sanetomo, Kamo no Chōmei
Mandragola
(2000) 55’2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, fl/picc, cl/bcl, pf, perc, vn, vc
opera in 5 brief acts
Matsumushi
(2014) 45’soprano, ca (ob), pf, vc
opera in 5 scenes
Ocho
(2003) 7’cl, vc
music for dance
The Seaweed Gatherers
(2022) 45’fl, acc, perc, fixed audiovisual media
music for theatre
utamakura 7: Shiogama
(2022) 87’vc and fixed media (4-ch audio and 1-ch video field recordings)
We: scenes from an unfinished opera
(2001) 10’4 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, 2 tenors, 2 baritones, pf
Orchestral
broken ink
(2012) 10’3.3.3.3, 4.3.3.1, timp, 2 perc, 2 harp, pf, 30.12.10.8
concerto haboku
(2012) 10’3.3.3.3, 4.3.3.1, timp, 2 perc, harp, solo pf, 26.10.8.6
crystal grapeshot bouquet
(2005) 10’2(1st=picc).2(2nd=ca).2.1, 2.2.0.0, field drum, 5.4.3.3.1
ephemerons
(2015) 18’2.2.2.2, 4.3.3.1, 2perc, cel, harp,18.6.4.2
far-off music, barely audible
(2004) 15’3(picc,afl).3(ca).3(bcl).3(cbn), 4.3(picc).3.1, timp, 2 perc, str 5tet
Juventius IV: Six violents tomorrow
(2003) 3’2(picc).2(ca).2(bcl).2(cbn), 4.3.3.1, timp, 2 perc, 6.6.4.4.3
KoNoSo
(2016) 9’25 instruments (12 Japanese, 13 Renaissance and Baroque)
locked darkness
(2005) 10’shakuhachi, str 5tet (chamber ensemble)
resisting fortune
(2008) 14’3(3rd=picc/afl).3(3rd=ca).3(3rd=bcl).3(3rd=cbn), 4.2.3.1, 2 perc, cel, 10.10.8.6.5
Large Chamber (8 or more players)
con tu sueño en mi sueño
(2005) 9’1(afl).1.1.1, 1.1.1.0, str 1.0.2.1.1
from line (after Lee Ufan)
(2018) 5’-20’for any number of instruments
it could all end in tears
(2004) 8’-12’structure improvisation for 4 groups of pitched, and 1 group of unpitched, instruments
Small Chamber (4-7 players)
from line (after Lee Ufan)
(2018) 5’-20’for any number of instruments
here, today
(2017) 9’bass clarinet and string quartet
Juventius II: dance through the violent yesterday
(2002) 6’string quartet
monkish fires
(2010) 3’string quartet
sea if ayr agin we flye . . .
(2002) 13’tr rec, baroque vn, baroque vc, hspd
umoregi (if exposed...)
(2014) 15’string quartet
utamakura 4: St Dunstan-in-the-East
(2019) 37’wind quintet and fixed media (stereo field recordings)
utamakura 5: Mount Kamakura
(2019) 30’17-string bass koto, Pierrot Ensemble (with percussion) and fixed media (4-ch audio and 1-ch video fixed media)
warm stones
(2008) 10’string quartet
Solos, Duos, Trios
ash
(2016) 9’afl, clr (Eb, Bb)
Aubade
(2010) 5’2.4 shaku, vn
Beach Azalea
(2015) 10’electone or electronic organ
(bee in the only rose)
(2002) 1’pf
besos y volcanes
(2008) 8’pf
de tiempo y agua y olas y sonidos y lluvia
(2024) 15’pf
Descants 1
(2020) 4’–24hrsshō and/or u
Descants 2: and the trees
(2020) 10’–20'high voice
Descants 3
(2021) 4'–24 hrsobjects
Descants 4
(2021) 35'va
Descants 5: Questions for the Sea
(2021) 15'–45'shakuhachi (solo or group)
Descants 5b: Questions for the Sea
(2023) 15'–45'trumpet (solo or group)
Discarnate Seeds
(2022) 8’perc solo: bowl of medium stones (5-10 mm diameter), flask of small stones (1-3mm diameter), 2 keisu (temple bowls), Nicophone (Edition Dieter Mack), kettle/pourable water container, 3 fūrin (wind chimes), large bass drum
the dissonances
(2013) 25’fl, vn, pf
Fugue in a
(2014) 4’pf
Fugue in a-flat
(2018) 4’pf
Fugue in b
(2010) 11’pf
Fugue in c-sharp
(2007) 4’pf
Fugue in e
(2022) 9’pf
Fugue in e-flat
(2018) 5’pf
Fugue in f
(2001) 4’pf
Goodbye my son
(2017) 8’clr, gtr
written as a soundtrack to the short film movie Goodbye my son (2018, dir. Yuichiro Nakada)
Gotō (archipelago)
(2023) 70’pf, electronics (stereo audio and 1-ch video)
Hypatia
(2009/2013) 12’vn, vc, pf
Juventius I: prelude
(2002) 6’ob, tpt, perc
late capitalist fever dream (gaude)
(2014) 7’pf
mizuguki no naka
(2025) 15'–20’zither, 6-string lute/guitar, optional pf
mountain / cherry / blossoms
(2012) 15’pf
muons
(2016) 22’percussion and fixed media (field recordings)
Okutama
(2010) 19’fl, vn, pf
Pine Crickets
(2015) 15’ob, vc, pf
Ro
(2021) 72’pf
sept petits conseils pour françois villon
(2007) 9’va
seven miniatures
(2020) 11’pf
snow meditation
(2011) 5’vn, vc, pf
sol
(2005) 10’vn, pf
Three Shokushi Seasons
(2012) 9’fl, vn
though frost settles
(2025) 20’perc
through the mist, empty sky
(2018) 6’pf
tú caerás conmigo
(2010) 7’vn
Two Itinerant Chinese Philosophers Lamenting the Debasement of Alexandria (Yixi 11)
(2009) 7’mandolin
Un Chant d’Amour
(2006) 26’organ
score for Jean Genet’s silent film
unanswered renga
(2011) 4’fl
utamakura 1: ponds of Nara
(2018) 22’elec. gtr and fixed media (stereo field recordings)
utamakura 2: Arnardalur
(2018) 16’vn, pf, and fixed media (stereo audio and 1-ch video field recordings)
utamakura 7: Shiogama
(2022) 87’vc and fixed media (4-ch audio and 1-ch video field recordings)
variation [detail]
(2015) 1’pf
Japanese Instruments
Aubade
(2010) 5’2.4 shaku, vn
dancing phlogiston
(2010) 15’shakuhachi (1.8, 2.4)
Dawn Prayers
(2010) 15’satsuma biwa (+voice), 13-string koto (+voice), viol
(2012 version) 15’
soprano, 13-string koto (+voice), viola, piano
(2013 version) 15’
satsuma biwa (+voice), 13-string koto (+voice), shakuhachi (1.8, 2.4)
text: anonymous (from the 14th century story A Lengthy Tale for an Autumn Night)
dream story
(2013) 12’voice, shakuhachi, violin
text: Eiko Sadamastu
fallen fragments
(2015) 10’shō
fallings
(2016) 53’shō/u, va, vc
In Nomine
(2015) 8’shamisen and piano
is nowhere free of bad tidings?
(2017) 45’shakuhachi (A, C#, E, 1 player), 13-string koto, 17-string koto, satsuma biwa, japanese percussion
text: anonymous Latin, Saigyō, Minamoto Sanetomo, Kamo no Chōmei
KoNoSo
(2016) 9’25 instruments (12 Japanese, 13 Renaissance and Baroque)
locked darkness
(2005) 10’shakuhachi, str 5tet (chamber ensemble)
Music to welcome moons into waves
(2025) 40’–80'ryūteki, hichiriki, and / or shō with obbligato gagkubiwa
Myself in the Disguise of an Ancient Goddess
(2008) 11’13-string koto (player sings)
text: Takahashi Mutsuo
on Love to be Endured
(2013) 5’satsuma biwa (player sings)
text: Shokushi Naishinnō
parting song
arrangement of an ancient Chinese song (2014) 3’13-string koto
plaintive belling
(2013) 18’13-string koto (player sings)
shakkei
(2015) 10’17-string koto, guitar
Spectral (for Kazu Ohno)
(2012) 10’voice, shō, satsuma biwa (+voice)
text: Eiko Sadamatsu
Stravaig
(2017) 13’u (or shō or reed organ), piano
utamakura 5: Mount Kamakura
(2019) 30’17-string bass koto, Pierrot Ensemble (with percussion) and fixed media (audio and video field recordings)
Solo (or Duo) Voice (with or without instruments)
a clown’s smirk
(2002) 4’tenor, pf
text: e e cummings
and I never did
(2003) 7’tenor, theorbo
text: Poliziano, Jamieson
Castra Macer
(2002) 12’baritone
text: Tibullus
come a little further
(2002) 3’tenor, pf
text: e e cummings
Funeral of Fidele
(2001) 7’tenor, baritone, pf
text: William Shakespeare
I Sing of Olaf
(2003) 5’baritone, pf
text: e e cummings
Juventius III: Your Honeyed Eyes
(2002) 15’male alto, baroque orchestra: fl, 2rec, ob, 2 tpt, lute, hspd, 2vn, va, vc, violone
text: Catullus
Ludite, ludite
(2002) 3’baritone
text: Tibullus
Manet Res
(2007) 7’high voice, pf
text: Lucretius
Men
(2002) 7’soprano, pf
text: Shane Smith
moon over gai
(2003) 6’soprano, pf
text: e e cummings
O Digby My Dear
(2004) 2’countertenor, pf
text: Edward Lear
Oeil
(2008) 6’baritone, cl, vc
text: Sara Davidovics
On the Fields of Kamau
(2014) 5’ CMChigh voice; percussion: gongs, log drum, tam-tam, bass drum, grass (one player)
text: Nukata no Okimi
received by post
(2002) 3’untrained voice, gtr
text: Jamieson
Ricorso
(2002) 10’ CMCtenor, pf
text: Jamieson
Sebastian
(2004) 7’ CMCclr, mezzo-soprano, perc, pf, vn, vc
text: traditional
so you’re hunting for ann
(2002) 4’soprano, mezzo-soprano, pf
text: e e cummings
Songs of Love in Wintertime
(2003) 10’high voice, pf
text: Jamieson
Three Diverse Ayres
(2000) 8’high voice, pf
text: Jamieson
To Bobby
(2000) 5’contralto, pf
text: Jamieson
Two Bécquer Songs
(2003) 4’mezzo-soprano, pf
text: Bécquer
utamakura 3: Saihōji
(2018) 40’soprano, cor anglais, percussion, and fixed media (stereo field recordings)
The Waltz
(2003) 14’soprano, piano
text: Dorothy Parker
the wind is a lady
(2002) 3’baritone, soprano, pf
text: e e cummings
Choir
and there shall come
(2013) 8’ CMCSATB
text: Isaiah
elephants
(2006) 10’ CMCSSAATTBB
text: Jamieson
Rogate
(2002) 5’SSATB
text: Psalm 122
Electronics (including field recordings, installations, and works with live instruments)
Ghosts
(2009) 30’composed of shakuhachi samples, for Thomas Neumann’s installation at the Nagoya Art-no-Mori 2010
Juventius V: don’t buy me flowers
(2003) 8’text: Jamieson
muons
(2016) 22’percussion and fixed media (field recordings)
utamakura 1: ponds of Nara
(2018) 22’elec. gtr and fixed media (stereo field recordings)
utamakura 2: Arnardalur
(2018) 16’vn, pf, and fixed media (stereo audio and 1-ch video field recordings)
utamakura 3: Saihōji
(2018) 40’soprano, cor anglais, percussion, and fixed media (stereo field recordings)
utamakura 4: St Dunstan-in-the-East
(2019) 37’ CMCwind quintet and fixed media (field recordings)
utamakura 5: Mount Kamakura
(2019) 30’17-string bass koto, Pierrot Ensemble (with percussion) and fixed media (4-ch audio and 1-ch video fixed media)
utamakura 7: Shiogama
(2022) 87’vc and fixed media (4-ch audio and 1-ch video field recordings)
Well Drops
(2023) 9’fixed media (6 channels)