MUSIC FROM JAPAN WORKS INFORMATION

Composer Name: Joji Yuasa

Composition Name: Suite Scenes from Basho

Composition Date:                       1980 
Revised Date:                           1989 
Configuration:                         Orchestra
Japanese Instrument(s):                N
Length:                                N/A
Players:                               FLEX
Commissioned by:                       Music From Japan, Inc.
Version (Original/Revised):            R
MFJ Presented:                         Y

World Premiere Venue:                  Carnegie Hall
World Premiere City:                   New York City
World Premiere Sponsor:                Music From Japan
World Premiere Date:                   2/23/90
World Premiere Performers:             Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra
Article/Review:                        A

Publication:                           The New York Times
Title:                                 Japanese Composers Delve Into the Past
Author/Critic:                         Raphael Mostel
Publication Date:                      2/18/90
Reaction:                              Negative
Synopsis:                              The inspiration of the past in new compositions comes in a var-
                                       iety of forms...'Suites Scenes from Basho'...obviously harks
                                       back to the famous 17th c. poet Basho...master of the Haiku form."
Origin (American/Japanese):            A
Article/Review:                        R

Publication:                           The New York Times
Title:                                 Japanese Compositions
Author/Critic:                         John Rockwell
Publication Date:                      2/26/90
Reaction:                              Negative
Synopsis:                              "While it drew from traditional Japanese culture...it offered
                                       relatively little direct evocation of the sonorities or styles
                                       of Japanese instruments."
Origin (American/Japanese):            A
Article/Review:                        R

Publication:                           New York Newsday
Title:                                 'Sound Pieces' From Japan
Author/Critic:                         Tim Page
Publication Date:                      2/26/90
Reaction:                              Negative
Synopsis:                              "...a set of five overextended and rather tedious vignettes that
                                       came and went without incident."
Origin (American/Japanese):            A