Winter Bird and Elegy - Violin Unaccompanied

Winter Bird for violin was first performaned on June 17, 1978 in Lübeck, Germany by Akiko Tatsumi.

This score is a revision by the composer of the eidtion, which was published by Ongaku no Tomo sha Corp. in 1985.

Duration: 13 minutes

Elegy for violin is a work mourning the death of Miyako Umehara, who died in 2007. It was given its first performance by Himari Umehara at the memorial service held on the 49th day after Miyako Umehara's death, November 29, 2007, in Kyoto.

In the following year this piece was revised, and on August 21, 2008, the revision was premiered by Carolin Widmann at the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Duration: 5 minutes