Name: Yu Kuwabara: Five Images-In Nomine | EXXI | Burwik by ensemble XXI. jahrhundert in Yu Kuwabara Works
Duration: 12 min 40 s
Description: Live-Recording from the concert on 28 March 2022 at Berio-Saal of the Wiener Konzerthaus

Yu Kuwabara Works

2020, for orchestra, played by SWR Symphonieorchester and conducted by Titus Engel

Das hier ist ein Kapitel eines Buchs dessen Name die Imitation der Katze sein könnte

Live-Recording from the concert on 28 March 2022 at Berio-Saal of the Wiener Konzerthaus

Yu Kuwabara: Five Images-In Nomine | EXXI | Burwik

Emre Sihan Kaleli: Herkunft (2025) 
ensemble XXI. jahrhundert
Dirigent: Peter Burwik

Emre Sihan Kaleli: Herkunft (2025) | EXXI – Burwik

There's not much to say about D>C, it's a piece for guitar and electronics with a reduced discourse in which the guitar completes the digital support using percussive sounds and such... 

Home rec (2025).

"Sfumato" for large orchestra and augmented theremin (2023-2024)
3 fl, 3 ob, 3 cl, 3 bsn | 3 tpt, 4 hn, 3 tbn, tb | 5 perc | 2 hp, pno/cel | theremin solo | 32 vln, 12 vl, 10 vc, 8 cb

Performed by:
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vincent Kozlovsky – conductor, Paweł Romańczuk – theremin, computer

Recording, Mix & Mastering: Polish Radio
Post-mastering: Paweł Hendrich 

The title of the piece refers to sfumato – a Renaissance painting technique characterized by the subtle blending of tones andcolors, softening the transition between them. These gentle chiaroscuro transitions create a sense of depth and blur, resemblingsmoke or mist. The sfumato method was employed by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael. When translated into themusical domain, sfumato similarly manifests as a blurring of orchestral texture and a continuous, delicate modulation of timbres.

To reinforce connections with the Renaissance era, I took inspiration from the microtonal madrigal "Madonna il poco dolce" byNicola Vicentino as the starting point for my composition. I processed a fragment of this piece to such an extent that only itsunusual harmonic connections and the ‘sonic aura’ of the original remain.

In my composition, the rich orchestral framework is complemented by an electronically and mechanically modified theremin. Asan extraordinary instrument played without physical contact, the theremin offers vast experimental possibilities. This unique partis performed by Paweł Romańczuk, who is also the co-author of the instrument’s reconstruction concept, tailored specifically forthis work.

All these elements come together to form a cohesive whole, where sounds are like colors on a Renaissance canvas – fluid,subtle, and imbued with depth.

 

Commisioned bythe 11th Festival of Premieres and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra based in Katowice.

Sfumato (2023-2024)

桑原ゆう｜陀羅尼のまにまに (2016) for six musicians
commissioned by ensemble mise-en for MISE-EN MUSIC FESTIVAL 2016
recorded live at the cell on June 22, 2016
premiered by ensemble mise-en｜Kelley Barnett (fl), Vasko Dukovski (bcl), Mark Brochinsky (tb), Yumi Suehiro (pf), Maya Bennardo (vn), Evan Runyon (cb), Moon Young Ha (cond)
score published by Edition Gravis: https://www.editiongravis.de/verlag/product_info.php?info=p2735_Dharani-no-Manimani.html

Dharani no Manimani

Dharani no Manimani (Drifting with Dharani)(2016) for 6 musicians

桑原ゆう｜三つの聲 (2016) for violin, viola, and cello
written as part of Academy Voix Nouvelles 2016 at Fondation Royaumont
recorded live at Abbaye de Royaumont on September 9, 2016
premiered by Talea Ensemble｜Yuki Numata Resnick (violin), Elizabeth Weisser Helgeson (viola), Chris Gross (cello)
The recording+score video is available on the Score Follower channel: https://youtu.be/maphPICGEvQ

Three Voices

Three Voices (2016) for violin, viola, and cello

Yu Kuwabara｜Spiral Mandala -Wind Chant and Night Chant- (2015)(excerpt)
for Shomyo (Japanese Buddhist chant), on traditional poetry of Native Americans
commissioned by and premiered by Shomyo no Kai - Voice of a Thousand Years
recorded live at Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan, on January 9 and 10, 2016
I recommend listening to this recording with headphones, earbuds, or earphones!!
The whole recording+score video is available on the Score Follower channel: https://youtu.be/TiN8E2f7J5s
The whole movie of the Spiral Mandala Ceremony: https://youtu.be/pV6SBxcS4D8

桑原ゆう｜螺旋曼荼羅 ー風の歌・夜の歌ー (2015)より抜粋
ネイティヴアメリカン、ナヴァホ族の創生神話より「風の歌」「夜の歌」のテキストによる
スパイラル聲明コンサートシリーズ vol.24「千年の聲」螺旋曼荼羅海会
2016年1月9、10日 @スパイラルガーデン (スパイラルビル1F)
委嘱・出演｜声明の会・千年の聲 (迦陵頻伽聲明研究会と七聲会による)
◆迦陵頻伽聲明研究会 (真言宗豊山派)
新井弘順、平井和成、大平稔雄、川城孝道、斎藤説成、小路耕徳、塚越秀成、塚田康憲、田中康寛、沼尻憲尚、戸部憲海、孤島泰凡、多田康雄、青木亮敬、新井弘賢、中山宥義、堀内明大
◆七聲会 (天台宗) 
末廣正栄、室生述成、玉田法信、杉山幸雄、鈴木亮仁、豊田良栄、宇佐見孝昭、髙栁亮伯、小野常寛 
構成・演出｜田村博巳
録音｜エーアールアイ (ARI)
ぜひヘッドフォンやイヤフォンでお聴きください。

Spiral Mandara

Spiral Mandala (2015, expt.) for Shomyo (Japanese Buddhist chant)

桑原ゆう｜影も溜らず (2017) for solo violin and eight musicians
written for the Composer Seminar of the Lucerne Festival Academy 2017
recorded live at KKL Luzern, Lucerne Hall on August 26, 2017
© Schweizer Radio SRF
premiered by Ensemble of LUCERNE FESTIVAL ALUMNI｜Yutaka Shimoda (solo vn), Raoul Cho (fl), Tomonori Takeda (cl/bcl), Kevin Fairbairn (tb), Bill Solomon (perc), Jian Ren (vn), Alfonso Noriega (va), Simon Thompson (vc), Juan Díaz (cb), Johanna Malangré (cond)

Shadowless

Shadowless (2017) for solo violin and 8 musicians

Yu Kuwabara - Rattling Darkness live at the Lilypad

Since their foundation by Peter Burwik in 1971, ensemble XXI. jahrhundert is one of the leading ensembles of new music in Austria. 

http://exxj.net

Gegründet 1971 von Peter Burwik ist das ensemble XX. jahrhundert eines der führenden Ensembles der zeitgenössischen Musik in Österreich.

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