Takemitsu

Toru Takemitsu

Dates: 1930–1996
Era: Post-War (1945–1985)
Recognition: essential

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Works 102

Orchestral
November Steps, for shakuhachi, biwa, and orchestra
Requiem, for string orchestra
A Flock Descends Into the Pentagonal Garden
A String around Autumn, for viola and orchestra
A Way a Lone II, for string orchestra
Aki, for biwa, shakuhachi, and orchestra, "Autumn"
Archipelago S., for 21 players
Asterism, for piano and orchestra
Cassiopeia
Dream/Window
Dreamtime
Eucalypts 1, for flute, oboe, harp, and strings
Fantasma/Cantos 2, for trombone and orchestra
From Me Flows What You Call Time, for 5 percussionists and orchestra
Green For Orchestra
How Slow the Wind
I Hear the Water Dreaming, for flute and orchestra
Nostalghia, for violin and strings
Orion and Pleiades, for cello and orchestra
Quatrain, for clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and orchestra
Quotation of Dream: Say Sea, Take Me!, for 2 pianos and orchestra
Rain Coming
Riverrun, for piano and orchestra
Solitude Sonore
Spirit Garden
Star Isle
Toward the Sea no. 1, for alto flute and guitar
Toward the Sea no. 2, for alto flute, harp and strings
Tree Line, for chamber orchestra
Twill by Twilight
Chamber
A Bird Came Down the Walk, for viola and piano
A Way A Lone, for string quartet
Air for solo flute
All in Twilight, 4 pieces for guitar
And Then I Knew 'Twas Wind, for flute, viola, and harp
Between Tides, for violin, cello, and piano, SJ1091
Bryce, for flute, 2 harps, and 2 percussionists
Distance de fée, for violin and piano, SJ1050
Distance, for oboe and sho ad lib
Eclipse, for shakuhachi and biwa
Elegy, for violin and piano
Equinox, for guitar
Eucalypts 2, for flute, oboe, and harp
Folios, for guitar
Garden Rain, for 10 brass instruments
In an Autumn Garden, for gagaku ensemble
In the Woods, 3 pieces for guitar
Itinerant, for flute
Landscape, for string quartet
Le son calligraphié, for string octet
Mori no naka de, for guitar
Paths, for solo trumpet
Rain Spell, for flute, clarinet, harp, piano, and vibraphone
Rain-Tree, for 3 percussionists
Rain-Tree, for 3 percussionists
Ring, for flute, terzguitar, and lute
Rocking Mirror Daybreak, for 2 violins
Sacrifice, for alto flute, lute, vibraphone, and cymbals
Seasons, for percussion ensemble
Signals from Heaven, 2 antiphonal fantasies for brass ensemble
Stanza 2, for harp and tape
Tabi, for 3 biwa
The Dorian Horizon, for 17 Strings
The Last Waltz
Toward the Sea I, for alto flute and guitar
Toward the Sea III, for alto flute and harp
Valeria, for 2 piccolos, violin, cello, guitar, and electric organ
Voice, for solo flute
Vocal
A Marvelous Kid, "Subarashii Akujo'; Theme Song for the Film 'Subarashii Akujo"
A Song of Circles and Triangles, "Maru to Sankaku no Uta"
All Alone, "Potsunen"
All that the Man Left Behind When He Died, "Shinda otoko no nokoshita mono wa"
I Just Sing, "Utau dake"
In a Small Room, "Chiisana Heya de"
In the Month of March, "Sangatsu no uta'; Theme Song for the Film 'Saigo no Shinpan"
La Neige, "Yuki'; theme song for the film 'Shiro to kuro"
Sayonara
Small Sky, "Chiisana Sora"
Stanza I, for female voice, piano, guitar, harp, and vibraphone
Take off for the Clouds, "Kumo ni mukatte tatsu'; for the TV Drama 'Kumo ni mukatte tatsu"
The Encounter, "Meguriai'; Theme Song for the Film 'Meguriai"
The Game of Love, "Koi no kakurembo"
To the Island, "Shima e"
Unseen Child, "Mienai Kodomo"
Waltz, "Warutsu'; Theme Song for the Film 'Tanin no kao"
Will Tomorrow, I Wonder, Be Cloudy or Clear?, "Ashita ha hare kana, kumori kana"
Wings, "Tsubasa"
Yesterday's Spot, "Sakujitsu no shimi"
Stage
Black Rain — Film score
Face of Another — Film score
Glowing Autumn — Film score
José Torres — Film score
Nami no Bon
Ran — Film score
Keyboard
For Away
Lento in 2 Movements
Les Yeux Clos
Litany: in Memory of Michael Vyner
Piano Distance
Piano Pieces for Children
Romance
Uninterrupted Rest