Dai Fujikura Shamisen Concerto
(Ensemble Version)
2018/2019
Partitur
Sy. 4951/01
ISMN 979-0-2042-4951-0
Co-commissioned by Ayako Hasegawa and Hidejiro Honjoh
World Première (ensemble version):
August 3rd 2019, Mostly Mozart Festival, New York, USA
International Contemporary Ensemble
Conductor: Vimbayi Kaziboni
Shamisen: Hidejiro Honjoh
World Première (orchestra version):
September 7th 2019, Punkt Festival, Norway
Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Christoffer Nobin
Shamisen: Hidejiro Honjoh
Instrumentation:
Ensemble
1 Flute doubling Piccolo
1 Oboe
1 Clarinet in B-flat doubling Clarinet in E-flat
1 Bassoon doubling Contrabassoon
1 Horn in F
1 Trumpet in B-flat - Needs Straight Mute
1 Trombone - Needs Straight Mute
1 Vibraphone
1 Piano
2 Violins (I+II)
1 Viola
1 Cello
1 Double Bass
Solo SHAMISEN
The Score is in C
Shamisen Tuning:
STRINGS:
S.P.= sul pont.
P.O.= position ordinary
General:
Accidentals (including grace notes) only affect the pitch to which they directly refer, not other octaves, for the duration of the bar in which the accidental is written.
To Ayako Hasegawa and Hidejiro Honjoh
2 4 3 4 4 4 2 4 3 4 4 4
4 4 4 4 4
3 4 2 4 3 4 2 4 3 4 2 4 &
4 2 4 2 4
4 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4
(suri-yubi), with vibrato. Gliss. between the notes (suri-yubi = with left-hand nail as if you dig your fingernail into shamisen's string, without plectrum) rubato, molto espress.