List of Works
List of works by Akane Nakanishi
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| Year | Title | Instrumentation | Duration | Information | |
| 2010 | Akane NAKANISHI Exhibition Ⅴ | Oji Hall, Tokyo. | |||
| “The Bells” for Tenor and Guitar | tenor, guitar | ca. 15 min. | Text by Edger Alan Poe. 1.Silver Bells 2.Golden Bells 3.Brazen Bells 4.Iron Bells premiered by Hirohisa TSUJI (ten) and Norio SATO(gtr) | ||
| Sprituals “Now Let Me Fly” for female voices | SSMA | ca.15 min. | 1.Deep River 2.Now Let me Fly 3.swing Low, Sweet Chariot 4.Battle of Jericho 5.Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen | ||
| Furusato Nohara no Uta | SMA choir, piano | ca. 4 min. | Commissioned by Tsukidate High School, text by Yoichi SASAKI, and premiered on the 29th May 2010 at Kurihara Bunka Kaikan. | ||
| 2009 | A Leaf | sop. pf. | 3 min. | Commissioned by Yukiko Nishi. Text by Tomihiro Hoshino. | |
| Across the memory | SATB | ca.14min. | Text by Tomihiro Hoshino. Revised Version of "Travel of the Wind" 1988.CD available. | |
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| A Meaning of Sorrow | female chorus, pf. | ca.22min. | a cycle of 6 pieces, adapted from song cycle "Like a Tree""As a Flower Brooms".Text by Tomihiro HOSHINO. Edition KAWAI. | |
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| Here’s Another One, Today for male choir | TBB(partly div.) | ca.4 min. | Newly arranged for male choir for Wedding selection(edition KAWAI). According to the publisher's suggestion, the piece is arranged for TBB(partly div.). | |
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| Jiyu no Megami (Another Statue of Liberty) | sop. fl. vc. perc.(drums ＋glocken.) ＋α | 15 min. | premiered at the 2nd Happy Birthday Fantasy Concert | ||
| Haratai Kenbairen | unaccompanied mixed 8-part choir | 8 min. | text by Kenji MIYAZAWA, commissioned by Epice | |
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| Sigh of the Wind for mixed choir and piano | SATB choir, piano | 15'00" | comissioned by Hikami pastral mixed choir for their 3oth anniversary concert on 31th, October, 2009. Text by Bun Hashizume. A cycle of 5 pieces. | ||
| 2008 | Greensleeves ~Theme and Variations for Piano solo | piano solo | 16'00" | comissoined by Tomoko Kidai and premiered on 24th March, 2009. Theme and 8 variations. | |
| Greensleeves for voice and piano Quintet | vo. pf. vn. vn. va. vc. | 2'00" | arranged as an encore piece for the 12th "An Evening with British Songs" recital dedicated for the 50th anniversary of Ralph Vaughan Williams's death, using the same instrumentation as RVW's "On Wenlock Edge". | |
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| Hakone Hachiri | A,T,T,T,B,B, | 4'20" | comissioned by Chiba Ryutsu Keizai University choir for their performance at the final round of Hakone Students music festival competition. | ||
| A Song is Born | 3'20" | commissioned by Tama Riviere and premiered at their 20th anniversary concert | |
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| Otemoyan Rapsody | Sop. Fl. Vc. Perc. | 4'10" | Premiered in the Utage 1st concert | |
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| Happy Birthday Fantasy | Pf. 4 hands | 5'00" | Premiered in the Utage 1st concert | |
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| Akane Nakanishi Exhibition IV | At Oji Hall, Ginza, sponsored by Asahi Shinbun Foundation for Arts | ||||
| 2007 | Song Cycle “As a flower blooms” | Sop. Pf. | 14'30" | Commissioned and premiered by Yukiko Nishi Published by Kawai 2008 | |
| Song Cycle “A Singing Bird” text by Emily Dickinson | Sop. Harp. Vc. Perc. | Array | Commissioned and premiered by Naomi Satake for Nikikai week 2007 | |
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| Irish Lullaby (Cycle of 3 pieces) | Female choir | 9'30" | Commissioned by the 3rd Miyagi girls high-school OG choir | ||
| Cycle “Hikari no oka no uta” | Female choir | 13'00" | Text by Kenji Miyazawa. Commissioned and premiered by Tama Rivere for their 20th anniversary. | |
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| 2006 | Akane Nakanishi Exhibition III | At Lutheran Ichigaya Center sponsored by Asahi Shinbun Foundation for Arts | |||
| Cycle “Here’s another one, today” Text by Tomihiro Hoshino | Female choir・pf | 13'00" | Premiered in the 120th anniversary of Miyagi Gakuin memorial concert. Music published by Kawai 2007 | |
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| Three Drunken Sailors | 2 ten. pf | 5'00" | Premiered by Hideyuki & Hirohisa Tsuji ten. and Shiro Tsuji pf. | |
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| A Musical Instrument | Mez. Pf | 8'00" | Premiered by Mutsumi Hatano mez. And the composer | ||
| Floating Island | Female choir・pf | 8'00" | Premiered in the 120th anniversary of Miyagi Gakuin memorial concert | |
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| Cantata “The Garden of Love” (Cycle of 7 pieces) | Mez. Ten. solo Mixed choir・ Org. | 30'00" | Premiered by Musical Group Takumi | |
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| 2005 | Song Cycle “Spring Quiet” | Ten. Pf | 22'00" | Premiered by Hirohisa Tsuji and the composer | |
| Cycle “Songs of 20-years old” | Male choir・pf | 20'00" | Commissioned and premiered by Male choir Fraude in the occasion of their 20th anniversary concert | ||
| Sonnets for 6 voices “Summer’s Day” Text by W. Shakespeare | 6 part female voices | 8'00" | Premiered in Giardino della Musica Ⅲ concert | ||
| Aisareteiru | Sop. Pf. | 3'30" | Commissioned and premiered by Yukiko Nishi | |
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| “Aoume””Tsuruume modoki” text by Tomihiro Hoshino | Children’s choir・pf | 5'00" | Commissioned and premiered for the opening ceremony of New Tomihiro Museum. Gumma | ||
| 2004 | Cycle “Tsukiyo no kitsune” text by Nankichi Niimi | Mixed choir・pf | 25'00" | Commissioned and premiered in the occasion of 60th anniversary of Sendai broadcasting choir | |
| Akane Nakanishi Exhibition II | Lutheran Ichigaya Centre | ||||
| Cycle “Like a tree” text by Tomihiro Hoshino | Ten.Pf. | 17'00" | Music published by Kawai 2008 | |
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| Songs (Cycle of 12 songs for 12 months) | Cl. Vn. Pf, | 20'00" | Commissioned and premiered by Verdehr Trio (US), performed in US, London and Tokyo | ||
| Like as the waves make towards the peddled shore text by W. Shakespeare | Ten.Pf. | 5'00" | Premiered in the series of “London ,as the musical market”concert | ||
| Mrs. Jelly-beans | Female choir | 11'00" | Commissioned and premiered in Hokutopia Choir Festival | ||
| 2002 | Tomo yo text by Hiroshi Takada | Female double choir, Pf. | 10'00" | Commissioned and premiered in the 70th anniversary concert of Masayuki Tsuji | |
| 2001 | Across the Sea | 2fl. Ob. Bn. 2Vn. Va.Vc | 11'00" | Commissioned by and premiered in the JAPAN FESTIVAL 2001 (UK) | |
| “A Big Tree”(cycle of 4 pieces in Osaka dialect) | Children’s (female) choir | 8'30" | CD and music published by Japan Gramophone “Junior Chorus21” | |
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| 2000 | 3 songs text by Sumiko Miyagawa | Sop.Pf. | 8'00" | Commissioned and premiered by the 10th Anniversary of the Stroke Company, memorial concert | |
| Annabel Lee, text by E. A. Poe | Ten.solo | 11'00" | Premiered in Tokyo Opera City Bach to Contemporary concert, Hirohisa Tsuji tenor recital | |
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| In the Late Autumn | Alt-fl. Va. Harp | 10'00" | Commissioned and Premiered by the Breccia Music Festival(Italy) | ||
| 1998 | The Questions for tenor and instruments | Ten.Cl.Vn.Va. Vc. Perc. | 20'00" | Commissioned and premiered in the 5th Kobe Exhibition of Music | |
| Jona～from presence of the Lord~for tenor and orchestra | Ten. solo, orchestra | 27'00" | Commissioned and premiered in the 23rd Sapporo Sinfonietta Concert | ||
| 1997 | Three or more Scottish Folksongs | Voice. Pf. | 9'00" | Premiered in the 2nd series of “an Evening with British Songs”. Annie Laurie, Comin' thro' the Rye, Loch Lomond and ... | |
| Wildcat and the acorns , tale by Kenji Miyazawa | Narration, string orchestra | Array | Commissioned and premiered in the 19th Nishinomiya Junior Orchestra Concert | ||
| Three Winter Songs, text by Norman Nicolson | Ten.・fl. Vn. Va. Vc. harp | 15'00" | 1st prize winning composition of the 66th Japan music Competition. Recorded and broadcasted from BBC(UK) etc. | ||
| 1996 | Chor del Engel | Mixed choir | 5'00" | Prize winning piece of Franz Schubert International Composition Competition | |
| The Question for tenor and cello | Ten. Vc | 5'00" | Commissioned and premiered in the Crossroad Academy Concert, premiered by Hirohisa TSUJI ten. and Tomoya KIKUCHI vc. | ||
| Mono opera “The Red” | Ten. 2 percussionists | 20'00" | Premiered in the 3rd Sound International Concert (London) | ||
| 1995 | The Judgement for violin and viola | Vn,Va | 11'00" | 3rd Prize in Suita Music Competition. Performed in London, Osaka, Cheltenham Music Festival(UK), and Tokyo. Music published by JFC in 2006 | |
| String Quartet “Absolution” | String quartet | 9'00" | Finalist work at the Japan Contemporary Music Association Competition for young composers | |
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| Mono opera “Echo and Narcissus” | Sop. 5 part Vior consort | 16'00" | Commissioned and premiered in the Exshibition of Contemporary Vior ConsortＸ | ||
| 『CRYSTAL』 | ２Sop. | 10'00" | Premiered in the King’s College, London | ||
| 1994 | 『A Song for Travelers』 | Ten. Vn. Vc. Pf. | 9'00" | Premiered in the 1st Sound International Concert(London) | |
| Uguisu | Tenor recorder solo | 5'00" | Premiered in the Fero Contemporary Music Festival(Denmark) CD published by PAULA (PACD97) | ||
| 1993 | Cycle “Singing Clock” (Arrangement) | Female (children’s) choir. piano | Original melody composed by Hiroshi SAKAMOTO. CD and music published by Sakamoto Musical Company | ||
| 7 Poems for Quartet | Cl.Vn.Vc.Pf. | 20'00" | Premiered in the Dartington International Summer School and Festival (UK) | ||
| Ko-in for 8 instruments | Fl.Cl.Hor.Tp.Perc.Pf.Vn.Vc. | 11'00" | Premiered in the Goldsmith’s Colledge, Univ. London | ||
| 1992 | A large tree in the deep forest | Female choir・２perc.・2pf | 12'00" | Commissioned and premiered in the 60th anniversary concert of Masayuki Tsuji | |
| Akane Nakanishi Exhibition I | Organized by Kobe Sogo sports park and Orix Bluewave | ||||
| Cycle “the second thing I want to say”text by Tomihiro Hoshino | Sop.Pf | 19'00" | Commissioned and premiered by Yukiko Nishi, sop. CD published by Life Music (WLP-lk48360) in 2004 Music published by Kawai in 2008 | |
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| 1991 | Baroque Suites for harp solo | Harp solo | 12'00" | Premiered in the 3rd concert of Arsis | |
| Mimi o sumasu | Mixed choir | 8'00" | Premiered in the 6th concert of Vocal Ensemble Trerinco | ||
| 1990 | “Winter cherry””Song” | Sop.pf. | 6'00" | Comissioned and premiered by Sawako Hiraiwa, sop. | |
| 1989 | “Osaka kotoba asobi uta”cycle of 7 pieces in Osaka dialect | Children’s choir, piano | 15'00" | CD by Japan Gramoophon “Junior Chorus 21” | |
| Arrangement Piano Fantasy by HiroshiSakamoto “Doubutsu tachi no oshaberi” | Pf.solo | 28'00" | CD published by Sakamoto Musical Company | ||
| 1988 | Cycle “Nohara Uta” | Female choir | 13'00" | Piano interludes added in 1991 | |
| Cycle “Travel of the wind” | Mixed choir | 14'00" | Runners-up composition at Kanagawa composition competition for choir | ||
| 1987 | Ⅲ movements for ４ hands | Pf. 4 hands | 12'00" | Prize winning work at ＫＡＣＣ concert | |
| Tsunda no wa | Sop.Pf. | 2'30" | Special prize winning composition of Sumako Fukao Compostion Prize |
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