Seiji Ozawa conducting this wonderful piece with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Art by Wassily Kandinsky.

Pentagonal Garden: listen and download Hiroyuki Iwaki, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Toru Takemitsu - A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Tashi, Seiji Ozawa - Takemitsu: A Flock Descends Into The Pentagonal Garden.

Quatrain for clarinet, violin, violoncello, piano and orchestra was commissioned by the Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co. Ltd. and was composed in 1975. A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden was composed in 1977 and commissioned by Dr. and Mrs. Ralph I. Dorfman for the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Exclusive discount for Prime members. Sample this album Artist - Artist (Sample). 1. 30. Takemitsu: Quatrain. A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden" (1977) is a single-movement work that may be seen as the first piece of the "late Takemitsu", where he entirely leaves behind the avant-garde style of the early 70s and embarks on that "sea of tonality" that was to last for the rest of his life. Like "Quatrain", it too is based around a single number, in this case five

They perform here with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Seiji Ozawa. There are four soloists, sections are built with groups of four bars, and the intervals involve the number. It's also something of a hommage to Messiaen, one of Takemitsu's great heros, as TASHI was originally formed to play Messiaen's "Quatuor". Takemitsu says that he dreamed of a flock of white birds entered a pentagonal garden lead by one black bird, and this inspired him to create one of the most strictly serialised pieces of his career. It begins with a pentatonic scale, as if only the black keys of the piano were used, and eventually the seven "white notes" join it. As for whether the piece is enjoyable without doting on its formal scheme, I'm uncertain.

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A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden features Seiji Ozawa's 1977 and 1978 recordings of Quatrain and the popular title work with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, both then premieres. Takemitsu's adherents will want this automatically, and yet there are other reasons to love Deutsche Grammophon's A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden. These excellent orchestral performances come not only as a revelation to the benefit of Takemitsu, but also for Ozawa, as well.

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Tashi. Recording Venue: Boston: Symphony Hall. Takemitsu: A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden. Boston Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Tashi. Takemitsu: Stanza I. 7:04.

Performer(s): Boston Symphony Orchestra and TASHI, Conducted by Seiji Ozawa. com/webseries/?ID 20-21, Catalogue Number: CD ADD 477 5381 GH. Title of excerpt: (Rehearsal Mark J/5) A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden. Encoding: 2r seconds, OGG Vorbis quality setting 2 (low).

Album · 2006 · 7 Songs. A Flock Descends Into the Pentagonal Garden (1977). 7 Songs, 1 Hour 2 Minutes. Released: 25 Jul 2006. More By Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.