| The New York Times |
Koichiro Harada in Jap. works |
Will Cruthcfield |
12/22/86 |
Positive |
..played on her own a long, impressive piece by Toshi Ichiyanagi. |
Review |
| The New York Times |
The Drum in Japanese Music |
Allen Hughes |
2/26/84 |
Negative |
Circulating Scenery was an unsettled mixture of somewhat pretentious slow music and propulsive, rather obvious fast music that did little to flatter the violin. |
Review |
| The New York Times |
Pianist: Aki Takahashi |
John Rockwell |
4/28/80 |
Positive |
"Scenes II" for violin and piano was also compelling- a steady chain of notes from the piano and alternatly slithery and forceful interjections from the violinist." |
Review |
| The New York Times |
Pianist: Aki Takahashi |
John Rockwell |
4/28/80 |
Positive |
"...a demandingly difficult, six-minute motoric effort that Miss Takahashi brought off deftly." |
Review |
| The New York Times |
Harp Enchantment in Jap. Mode |
Allan Kozinn |
2/27/89 |
Positive |
Mr. Ichiyanagi's work, transcribed from a piece he composed for the kugo, an ancient harp, offers appealingly chromatic melodies set against five and six note ostinato figures. |
Review |
| The Strad |
Concerts |
Ken Smith |
5/95 |
Neutral |
"...a succession of monologues for violin, piano and vibraphone, after which the three instruments come together in a section with percussion, with a steadily increasing intensity." |
Review |
| The New York Times |
Japanese Composers Delve Into the Past |
Raphael Mostel |
2/18/90 |
Neutral |
"Mr. Ichiyanagi...includes the traditional Bugaku-style court dance itself, with its Shinto overtones..." |
Article |
| The Strad |
Concerts |
Ken Smith |
5/95 |
Neutral |
The first movement explores spatial concepts, the second movement's energetic rhythms illustrate the density of time and the third moves time and space from distinct entities into a coherent whole. |
Review |
| The Strad |
Concerts |
Ken Smith |
5/95 |
Neutral |
"Violinist Paul Zukofsky opened the piece by drawing on an open A-string for a seeming eternity, the statis made interesting by the subtle shifts coming from human imperfection." |
Review |