Yasuo Kuwahara - 'The Song of the Japanese Autumn' performed by HET CONSORT- Part 2

The Song of the Japanese Autumn by Yasuo Kuwahara performed here by the Dutch Mandolin Chamber Orchestra HET CONSORT conducted by Alex Timmerman, is regarded as one of the most well-known compositions for mandolin orchestra of our time. To stay within the limited YouTube broadcasting time the composition is devided in two parts; Part I inwhich the opening Andante, Allegro non troppo and Meno mosso are shown, and Part II with the 2nd Allegro non troppo, the Solo-Cadenza and the Closing Andante.

Part II:
In the next movements the compelling and restless character of nature can be noticed in the guitars and mandolins and the haste of the harvesting farmers can be heard in the restlessness of the bass. Melodic and rhythmic patterns that have been used before come together and turn into a great crescendo of music. Only one mandolin is left after the climax: it suddenly finds itself in the time vacuum of a fermata But soon it recovers with a Solo - Cadenza inwhich quietness and peace are restored. After the Cadenza composed by and played here by the Orchestras concertmaster Sebastiaan de Grebber - the ensemble reflects the intensity of the landscape one more time and, at the end, it is as if a star can be recognized at a clear night sky.

Yasuo Kuwahara (1946) made his European debut in 1982 and it was since then that he received universal recognition as a musician. During his life he alternated his activities as a mandolin player and composer with several teaching posts of which the "Nara Nat. Women's College' was one. He also was the chairman of the 'Japan Association of Music Exchange' and the head of the Kuwahara Mandolin Institute'. Yasuo Kuwahara passed away in 2003.
Kuwaharas The Song of the Japanese Autumn was video taped by Jan Ulderink during a concert in the LOC Culture House in Hardenberg (Overijssel), Netherlands in 2007. Together with compositions by Stepan Rak, Jorge Cardoso, Annette Kruisbrink, Raffaele Calace, Carlo Malizia, Pieter van der Staak, Eileen Pakenham, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johann Pachelbel, this wonderful composition by Yasuo Kuwahara is recorded by HET CONSORT on their 1st CD Aranci in Fiore.
The painting Autumn, show at the start and end of this video, was made in 1953 by the Dutch painter Ali Goubitz.

For more info about concerts, CDs and other activities of HET CONSORT, please visit their website: http://www.mandolineorkest.nl/agenda/...

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• Sebastiaan de Grebber
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[stromsparmodus96]

We played this song a bit slowlier and our solo was SO different from yours O.o

Have you made your own notes for the solo?

[OrchestradiMandolini]

Hello @stromsparmodus96, Thanks for your comment! Yes, we make our own cadenzas. Best greetings from the Netherlands. 

[sexdanny24]

muy lindo



[stromsparmodus96]

@OrchestradiMandolini Hey that's cool ^-^

[beezerboy94]

FUCKING BEAUTIFUL

[derkokje]

prachtig gespeeld

[petuxaAbreu]

I just LOVED the solo! :D

[glitzerperle]

nice solo cadenza