“All Loaded in for ‘Mono-Prism’!” by Tetsumi Hanaoka

Apr. 10, 2015

We’re all loaded in and set up on stage for Mono-Prism, and now we are getting ready for our rehearsal today.

Looking around the orchestra, I noticed something interesting…four wooden fish.

Apparently they normally use these in the orchestra and they call them “Temple Blocks,” not wooden fish!
We use wooden fish (mokugyo in Japanese) on the Kodo stage, but I had no idea that I’d ever see an orchestra playing them!

I also saw they had gongs called “Kin” and bin sasara in the percussion area. It made me feel happy to see Eastern instruments in an orchestra full of Western instruments.

Time to get ready for our performance! I’ll do my best!

Collaboration with Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra
Apr. 10 (Fri) & 11 (Sat), 2015 Festival Hall, Osaka City
http://www.kodo.or.jp/news/20150410osakaphil_en.html

Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra on Twitter (Japanese)
https://twitter.com/Osaka_phil/status/585045986835202048