Toshio Hosokawa: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 Stefan Dohr

• 1 Horn Concerto, Moment of Blossoming 19:39
• 2 Lotus under the moonlight 20:46
• 3 Chant 18:56
• Total Runtime 59:21

Info for Toshio Hosokawa: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

Japanese musicians have often taken the connection between man and nature as their theme and award-winning composer Toshio Hosokawa stands strongly in that artistic lineage. His Horn Concerto ‘Moment of Blossoming’ imagines the solo instrument as a lotus flower and the orchestra as the cosmos. The theme of the blossoming lotus continues in the piano concerto Lotus under the moonlight and in the songful Chant for cello and orchestra, influenced by Shômyô singing (the ceremonial music of Japanese Buddhism). The Horn Concerto was co-commissioned by the Berlin Philharmonic, the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam and London’s Barbican Centre.

Stefan Dohr, french horn
Momo Kodama, piano
Anssi Karttunen, cello
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Jun Märkl, conductor

Recorded at Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow, Scotland, on 10th and 11th June, 2013
Produced by Tim Handley
Engineered by Phil Rowlands

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