Dejima Suite (CD)

CD by Wil Offermans with his music project inspired by the Dutch-Japanese history, on the occasion of the 400 years relationship between Japan and Holland.

1. Ancient Voices
2. Voices of Ocean
3. Voices of Celebration
4. Voices of Nagasaki*
5. Inner Voices
6. Crossing Voices
7. Into the Future

* = compositions published by Zimmerman, Frankfurt (click the link)

Features

title: Dejima Suite
subtitle: a music project inspired by the Dutch-Japanese history by Wil Offermans
category: CD by Wil Offermans
performer: Wil Offermans (flute, bass-flute, contra-bass-flute, Thumpy, synthesizer & sampler); Junko Ueda: (satsuma-biwa, vocals); Hôdô Matsuo (shômyô / Japanese Buddhist monk chanting); The Voices of Nagasaki Ensemble (voice): Kayoko Ano; Yuria Itô; Moeko Eguchi; Bungo Okuno; Yoshifumi Okuno; Yûdai Obuchi; Mari Kanezaki; Fumiko Kusano; Kimiko Sakai; Chizuko Sasayama; Shigeko Shibatani; Rie Shimazaki; Akemi Takayama; Ai Tanaka; Reina Tanaka; Shôko Tajiri; Yôko Naitô; Aiko Nakagawa; Kazuyo Hamasaki; Yôko Hayashida; Ritsuko Fukai; Naomi Fuji; Yukino Matsuo; Naho Matsuda; Mari Miyazaki; Eriko Murakami; Megumi Yamashita; Chidori Yamasaki; Takako Mori; Miwa Yano; Hitomi Yoshida; Hisako Watase.
composer: Wil Offermans
publisher: E-records, Amsterdam
number: CDE011
year: 2001
total time: 44 minutes
booklet: 4 pages text in English and Japanese
notes: the score of Voices of Nagasaki (#4) has been published in an arrangement for flute ensemble of Wil Offermans by Zimmermann, Frankfurt (ZM 34770).