4pm: Duo Yumeno

Duo YUMENO

Yoko Reikano Kimura, koto, shamisen, voice

Hikaru Tamaki, violoncello

Yoko Sato: In the Land of Dreams (2016)*

Kin’ichi Nakanoshima: Mirage Dance (Kagerō no odori) (1925)

Ken Ueno: Sunsets Look to the Future (2024)*
Black Ships
Song for Sendai

Sayaka Ishiguro: Genka Triptych (1996)
III. Ostinato

Mayu Masuda: Moon Songs (2025)*
*commissioned by Duo YUMENO

Ken Ueno: Sunsets Look to the Future

[Black Ships]
Tall black ships, they have come to harbor
Into my bay, I’ve let him shelter within me
Who am I to question God’s ungodly scale of
devastation
Science whose wrath is great
Greater than God, the great mushroom in the sky
The loop of technology only amplifies the wrath
A loop like a passacaglia which keeps me stuck in the
past
Black ships and Pinkerton are present always

[Song for Sendai]
ぼく　もう泣いてもしょうがない
だから歌をうたう
ぼく　悲しみを心の中にしまって
母の顔みえる　まだ近いところに感じてる
いつもそばにいて
ハチ公みたいに遠くの海を見つめて
帰って来てくれるまで

(There is no use crying
So, I will sing
I will lock up my sadness in my heart
I can see my mother’s face
I can still feel her presence close by
Always stay with me
Like Hachi-ko, I will stare at the sea
Until you come back to me
You said, only the thoughts I carry in my head
Some call them memories, like something nice
You said, but now I’d rather have a sled
Something to hold and remind me of where I’ve been
Another wave, I’d be lost and though I’ve never been
back
It’s nice to know that a home is still a fact
My favorite genius still alive
You said, so like Hachi-ko waiting by a matsu no ki
I will stay here staring at the sea
Until the tide brings you back to me)
(Lyrics by Ken Ueno)

Mayu Masuda: Moon Songs
I. 天(あめ)の海に 雲の波立ち 月の舟 星
の林に 漕ぎ隠る見ゆ (柿本人麻呂)
II. 窓越しに月おし照りて、足引きのあらし
吹く夜は君をしぞ思ふ (作者不詳)
III. 春日山。遍して照らせる此月は、妹が
庭にもさやかりけり (作者不詳)
IV. 東の野に陽光の立つ見えて、かへりみす
れば、月傾きぬ。(柿本人麻呂)

1. On the sea of heaven the waves of cloud arise.
And the moon’s ship is seen sailing
To hide in a forest of stars. – Hitomaro Kakinomoto
2.The moon shines brightly through the window.
I long for him
On a stormy night like this. – Anonymous
3. The moonlight shines throughout Mt. Kasuga.
Her garden must be lit
Under the pristine light. – Anonymous
4. On the eastern plain
The purple dawn is glowing,
While looking back I see
The moon declining to the west
– Hitomaro Kakinomoto