Takemitsu: Family Tree -Musical Verses for Young People- for narrator and Orchestra - Poems Translated by William I. Elliott & Kazuo Kawamura
I was once asked to write about "my way of life".
A human being has its own way of life
Takemitsu
I. Allegro maestoso. Mit durchaus ernstem und feierlichem Ausdruck
IV. "O Röschen rot! Der Mensch liegt in grösster Not!" (Sehr feierlich aber schlicht) Text from Des Knaben Wunderhorn: "Urlicht"
5d. "Aufersteh'n, ja aufersteh'n wirst du" (Langsam. Misterioso) - Text after F. G. Klopstock: "Auferstehung"
5e. "O glaube, mein Herz, o glaube" (Etwas bewegter) Text after F. G. Klopstock: "Auferstehung"
Variation I: in canone all'ottava
Variation II: Alio modo in canone alle quinta
Variation III: in canone alla settima
Variation IV: in canone all'ottava per augmentationem
Variation V: l'altra sorte del canone al rovescio
II. Laudamus te
III. Domine Deus
IV. Domini Fili Unigenite
V. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei
VI. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris
Festival at Bagdad - the Sea - the Shipwreck against a rock surmounted by a bronze warrior (The Shipwreck)
S. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Ballet Suite, Op. 64a, No. 1
