sakura variations

[adrouf]

Hello

Does anyone have any info on this piece of music? ie what it was inspirect by etc?
Or is there any info on the net somewhere? I've done a few searches inc this site but haven't found anything as yet..

Thanks
rouf

[mae]

Variations Et Fugue Sur Sakura by Takashi Ogawa?

[Whooper]

Hi, Yukihiro YOKOH's edition is available at;

http://translate.google.com/translate?s ... d%3D116073

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQPEJcCYPd8

Regards
Whooper

[adrouf]

hi

Thank-you
A fabulous piece! Apparently, variations on trad japanese tune..
Just been listening to john williams interp on you tube... -excellent!
Does anyone have other versions they can recommend?
Thanks
rouf

[Rick-in-Annapolis]

You can also get it from GSP in San Francisco.

[adrouf]

hi

The piece is too advanced for me to play

More interested in listening to it..

rouf

[irfan]

I first hear it from j.williams early 80s recording, was a fantastic piece, show case of harmonic, pizzicato, and tremolo etc..,
However after i had read the score, this is the piece i start dislike JW...
Mainly because he did't play the 3rd variation..
For me(personally), the 3rd v, feel most like japanese tradition intrument music..
Expeciallty Yocoh use the specially arrangement of minor 2nd interval, by placing them of different string, like the starting part c note on the 3rd string, but the b note on the 2nd string, mean the lower string sound higher than the higher string, creating the effect of japanese music tone..
Also the appergios of the 3rd line, e note 1st string open, but the f note on 2nd string, very beautiful arrangement.
Just don't know why JW didn't play it....

[randalljazz]

yocoh has written thirty-some variations, some of which are published in at least two versions (one with 4 variations, one with 6 variations, each with a different introduction and coda, and different versions of the "theme")...iow, nobody plays even 20% of what exists...

[bacsidoan]

I like Angel Romero's interpretation in the album "A Touch of Class". He played several additional variations that JW didn't.

[Greg Johnson]

A Touch of Class was one of the very first CG CDs I purchased, long before I began playing. I also like the transcription of Mozart's Piano Concerto that is done as a guitar duo.

I have a CD called Sakura that is done for flute and harp by Jean Pierre Rampal and Lily Laskine. It's beautiful.

[adrouf]

hello

Thank-you all
I still can't stop listening to this piece; just checking mr romero's version on you tube..
Will happily receive any other recommendations of interpretations of this piece
cheers
rouf

[mae]

YT "Sakura by Xuefei Yang"

[chinyc]

That's a great interpretation by X. Yang. Her version makes me realize that this piece is definitely above my level of play

[soundknight21]

hi

Thank-you
A fabulous piece! Apparently, variations on trad japanese tune..
Just been listening to john williams interp on you tube... -excellent!
Does anyone have other versions they can recommend?
Thanks
rouf

Iwould like to hear what you think of my take.

[Greg Johnson]

Wikipedia has information regarding the origins of the folk song representing the season of the cherry blossom.

"The piece is too advanced for me to play"

The basic melody upon which the variations are based is extremely simple. It's written out in notation here, you can make your own variations!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakura_Sakura