University of Florida Performing Arts

*Please note: The date for this performance has changed from its original date of April 25, 2010 printed in the 2009-10 Season Brochure.   

Program:

Choro No.1  - Augusto Marcellino  (arr. Gordon Stout)
Choro No.3
Choro. No. 9 - Remeleixo

Bonze at the Temple  - Yasutaki Inamori     
from Japanese Folk Songs, Series I 

Gavotte en Rondeau from Partita in E Major, No.3  - J.S. Bach (arr. Takada)
 
Northern Lights - Eric Ewazen
   
Let It Rain  - John Anthony Lennon
Yesterday  - John Lennon and Paul McCartney (arr. Takada)
 
Adagio from Piano Sonata No.23 in F Major  - Franz Joseph Hadyn (arr. Takada)

Michiyuki (The Road to Death)  -  Paul Fowler
From Chikamatsu’s Love Suicides at Sonezaki  

Libertango – Variations on Marimba   - Astor Piazzolla/Eric Sammut    
 

Did you know… 

• Naoko Takada was recently awarded the S & R Washington Award, a prize that supports artists who contribute to cultural understanding between the U.S. and Japan.
• Naoko Takada was born in Tokyo and began to study the marimba when she was only 8 years old. 
• She first appeared as soloist with orchestra at the age of 11, when she played with the Tokyo Symphony and Tokyo Chamber Orchestra.
• Ms. Takada is renowned for her wide range of repertoire, from Bach to Piazzolla.
• An arranger as well as a performer, Ms. Takada’s transcriptions have been published by Studio 4 Music as part of the Naoko Takada Series.