RANDOM ACCESS MUSIC & TOKYO TO NEW YORK present GAGAKU TRIO + CELLO: A concert of ancient and new music for Japanese traditional Gagaku instruments (ryuteki, hichiriki & ohichiriki, sho & u) and cello. 

Additional Concerts on April 27 at Queens Botanical Gardens (10am) and Sanctuary on the Green, Bloomfield, NJ (3pm).

Tickets: $25 Adults / $10 Students
Cash or credit at the door, or Purchase here online

LISH LINDSEY ~ ryuteki
THOMAS PIERCY ~ hichiriki, ohichiriki
FABIO RAMBELLI ~ sho, u
DANIEL HASS ~ cello

Program

陪臚 “Bairo” for ryuteki, hichiriki, and sho
(Traditional Japanese gagaku; c. 700 CE)

JEAN-PATRICK BESINGRAND
“Prenant une épine au lieu d’une luciole”
for ryuteki, hichiriki, and u (2025) (World Premiere) *

GILBERT GALINDO
“Meditation: Hope”
for ryuteki, hichiriki, sho, and cello (2025) (World Premiere) *

MASATORA GOYA
“Onibi”
for ryuteki, hichiriki, and sho (2022) *

DANIEL HASS
“Hear the Wind Sing”
for ryuteki, ohichiriki, u, and cello (2025) (World Premiere) *

ZHIHUA HU
“Emperor Zetian Dasheng”
for ryuteki, hichiriki, sho, and cello (2025) (World Premiere) *

ALLEN SCHULZ
“Nightfall at Lake Yamanaka"
for ryuteki, hichiriki, sho (2025) (World Premiere) *

FRANCES WHITE
“Night ceremony”
for ryuteki, hichiriki, u, electronic sound (2025) (World Premiere) *

JOHN COLTRANE “Ogunde”

arranged for sho by Fabio Rambelli

LISH LINDSEY
"Endless Mountains" for ryuteki

THOMAS PIERCY
"Mienai Sakebigoe" (Invisible Scream) for hichiriki (2012)

FABIO RAMBELLI
“Ricercare” for ryuteki, hichiriki, and sho


* Commissioned by Thomas Piercy for “Tokyo to New York” and “Random Access Music” and made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.