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Pearl of May
Satsuki Odamura Koto Ensemble
Personnel for Evan’s compositions
Gogatsu no Shinju (五月の真珠) (track 1)
Satsuki Odamura koto and
Hitomi Kurosawa koto
Yukie Ota koto
Yuko Yamamoto koto
Dhondup Tsering koto
Brandon Lee koto
Her Wild Spirit (track 2)
Satsuki Odamura bass koto solo
Sandy Evans tenor saxophone
Noriko Tsuboi, Hitomi Kurosawa koto 1
Brandon Lee, Dhondup Tsering koto 2
Mai Taniguchi, Yukie Ota koto 3
Miyama McQueen-Tokita, Yuko Yamamoto bass koto
Rain Has Passed (track 4)
Satsuki Odamura, Mai Taniguchi koto 1
Brandon Lee, Dhondup Tsering koto 2
Miyama McQueen-Tokita, Silvana Imperatori koto 3
Noriko Tsuboi, Yukie Ota koto 4
Hitomi Kurosawa, Yuko Yamamoto bass koto
The Moon in the Water (track 5)
Satsuki Odamura koto solo
Sandy Evans soprano saxophone
Miyama McQueen-Tokita koto 1
Noriko Tsuboi koto 2
Brandon Lee bass kotot
This recording features Satsuki Odamura’s Koto Ensemble and guest soloists. It features new Australian works composed for koto ensemble by Sandy Evans and Ian Cleworth, as well as a new work for solo bass koto by Mark Isaacs.. Evans composed 4 works on the recording: ‘Gogatsu No Shinju’, ‘Her Wild Spirit’, ‘Rain Has Passed’ and ‘Moon on The Water’.
Sandy performs on ‘Her Wild Spirit’ and ‘The Moon in The Water’.
‘Gogatsu No Shinju’ means Pearl of May. It was composed in 2018 to honour the 30th anniversary of Satsuki’s arrival in Australia (1988).
All the music on this recording celebrates Satsuki’s rich contribution to Australian musical culture.