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Shunkin-Sho

BBC Radio 3
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(The Story of Shunkin) Opera in three acts
Libretto by jun MAEDA based on the novel by JUN'ICHIRO TANI-ZAKI (1933)
Music by Minoru Mikl (1975) (sung in Japanese)
Miki blends traditional Japanese melodic style and instruments with Western techniques in this opera about the lifelong love between a beautiful blind Koto player. Shunkin. and Sasuke, a clerk in her father's drugstore. KEIKO NOSAKA
(koto and shamisen)
SHINSEI JAPAN SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA, with FEMALE CHORUS conducted by KAZUO YAMADA (Japanese Radio recording) Act 1

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Music By:
Minoru Mikl
Conducted By:
Kazuo Yamada
Source: Radio Times

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