Watch & Listen
Interview
Interview with Postmodern Camerata on the production of her cantata Debris
Rita Ueda interviews with Naomi Sato, sho
Orchestra / Large Ensemble
Birds Calling… from the Canada in You
sheng/suona, sho and orchestra
Zhongxi Wu, sheng/suona
Naomi Sato, sho
Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal
Alexandre Bloch, conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDJFJ2H-yDU&t=942s
as the first spring blossoms awaken through the snow
Intercultural ensemble
Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra
Janna Sailor, conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35u2AFuGfrA
Hummingbird in Winter
Chinese ensemble
BC Chinese Music Ensemble
Jennifer Tham, conductors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRLRBfkfEYM
Fly Away Phoenix, Into the Sky
Sanxian and intercultural strings
Geling Jiang, sanxian
Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra
Janna Sailor, conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQD3u6bS7Y0
Il Viaggio di Dante
Guzheng and chamber orchestra
Geling Jiang, guzheng
Ensemble Bios
Andrea Vitello, conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laFft-Q728o
the last frozen teardrop to fall from the sky
Guzheng, 2 Percussion players, and strings
Dailin Hsieh, guzheng
Julia Chien, percussion
Katie Rife, percussion
Allegra Chamber Orchestra
Janna Sailor, conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQQr-FUo1gs
let us not be the reason why someone out there is praying for peace
String orchestra
Little Chamber Music
Janna Sailor, conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVvdiqEK5zA
so long as your tears are still in the sea
Orchestra
Budapest MAV Symphony Orchestra
Ryusuke Kawakami, conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMEV5IFe7w0
Hummingbird Lovers
Concerto grosso for 2 violins, Chinese ensemble and Western chamber orchestra
Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra
Turning Point Ensemble
Domagoj Ivanovic, violin
Mary Sokol, violin
Chih-Sheng Chen, conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSWLJqrC7sU
Into the Atmosphere
Orchestra
Based on a melody (submitted online) by Yuko Nakanishi
Anhaltische Philharmonie Dessau
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNHvDoRQIjw
Enthalpy of Vaporization
Chamber orchestra
Prague Modern
Márian Lejava, conductor
https://soundcloud.com/rita-ueda/sets/enthalpy-of-vaporization-for
ice melting… trickling gently
String orchestra
Prague Modern
Márian Lejava, conductor
https://soundcloud.com/rita-ueda/sets/ice-melting-trickling-gently
forty years of snowfall will not heal an ancient forest – 1972 Sapporo Winter Olympics
Orchestra
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey, conductor
https://soundcloud.com/rita-ueda/forty-years-of-snowfall-will-not-heal-an-ancient-forest
as the snowflakes return to the sky
String orchestra
Prague Modern
Márian Lejava, conductor
Strawberry Love Panic
Orchestra
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Chamber
… and even if the sky fades into the dark…
Liuqin and string quartet
Geling Jiang, Liuqin
AU Ensemble
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEngJD7xdLk
Kokoro
Intercultural ensemble
AU Ensemble
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PgZkh_IjcA
Gargoyles in Love (2017)
Wind octet
I Solisti Della Scala
Andrea Vitello, conductor
https://soundcloud.com/rita-ueda/gargoyles-in-love
gently, like the trickling of melting ice
String quartet
Prague Modern (FamaQ String Quartet)
https://soundcloud.com/rita-ueda/sets/gently-like-the-trickling-of
Opera / Cantata
One Thousand White Paper Cranes for Japan
Chamber opera
Heather Pawsey, soprano
Rodney Robertson, libretto
Amsterdam 2018 AU Ensemble
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjTtUUGE5qg
Prague 2016 Prague Modern
Vancouver 2014 Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AfF91ruTdI
The Old Man and the Sea
Turning Point Ensemble
Willy Miles-Grenzberg, baritone
Jeremy Berkman, trombone
Rodney Robertson, libretto
Based on a novel by Ernest Heminway
Debris
Cantata
Postmodern Camerata
Greg Caisley, conductor
Choir
Yuki ya Kon (Come Falling Snow)
SYC Ensemble Singers
Jennifer Tham, director
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2gJK0eFvHc
Hoping You Hear Me (kikoeru to iina, 聞えるといいな)
The Esoterics
Eric Banks, director
https://soundcloud.com/rita-ueda/hoping-you-hear-me
in the sound of a clock
SYC Ensemble Singers
Jennifer Tham, director
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erACOoGQYUA
Raindrops Footsteps Raindrops Footsteps – amaoto ashioto amaoto ashioto
Phoenix Chamber Choir
Ramona Luengen, director
https://soundcloud.com/rita-ueda/raindrops-footsteps-raindrops-footsteps
ame (1995, revised 2011)
Ostrava Canticum
Jurij Galatenko, director
Solo
Under the Same Big Sky
- Neelamjit Dhillon, bansuri in Los Angeles, USA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8-SyUag6mY
- Naomi Sato, sho in Fijnaart, Netherlands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQqOlTdHKcU
- Navid Goldrick, oud in Himeji, Japan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OVu25O434I
- Ali Razmi, tar in Richmond, BC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDtCkl0Q6lca
- Geling Jiang, guzheng in Wuhan, China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvOvwEjjoVY
- David Danel, violin in Prague, Czech Republic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBWqtaTxTKY
- Saina Khaledi, santur in Coquitlam, BC