Takashi Yoshimatsu - 2 Romances [with score]

[@KyleHohn]

The ending of the second romance with the most hilariously beautiful version of happy birthday I’ve ever seen

[@isaacwittenberg]

If you're familiar with Yoshimatsu's Memo Flora Concerto (1997), you can here many similarities between it and this work which was written (published?) in 1996. There are certain phrases in this work that appear in the concerto. Actually, the second Romance is basically copied into the end of Movement 2 from the Memo Flora. Very interesting to hear what may have inspired his piano concerto or at least was reused. I love all his works.

[@musicboiscores]

Yeah! Yoshimatsu likes to recycle some of materials from his pieces. He quoted No. 1 and 3 from his three waltzes quite a lot in the 2nd and third movement of his 4th symphony, and I also recall hearing a quote from Pleiades Dances IX in his 6th symphony. I'm pretty sure he has more quotations in his other pieces though.

[@SuonoReale]

@@musicboiscores Shostakovich recycled a lot of his materials as well. According to Yoshimatsu's website, Shostakovich was one of his big influences.

[@oliviertakemitsu9583]

Many uses this as an argument to discredit Yoshimatsu, but honestly, i dont know any composer who does not "recycle" material. I think is normal, even the greatest as Bach have a lot of recycled material. Is just normal, and proportional to the quantity of work you produce. The only difference with Yoshimatsu, i a that this guy is more transparent with that, his compositions are tender, cute, and melody focused something and academics get upset with that, they think that innovation must come in an extreme expression of a combinatorial or serialistic work.

[@giftcodez]

Thanks. I was wondering why the second romance sounded so familiar to me.

[@Florian-rd3eb]

Lydian scale going crazy 🏄

[@Juha-th3go]

Today was my birthday, and listening to Yoshimatsu's arrangement I had the best birthday ever.

[@theeyethatchanges]

Discovered this on my birthday of all days

[@musicboiscores]

Happy birthday!

[@theeyethatchanges]

Aw, thank you :)

[@mottobel8502]

The dreamy, fairy-tale-like atmosphere of the second romance really fits the theme "birthday". I wonder if it is a cultural thing specific to Japan. The "birthday" feels like a distant childhood memory, with a beauty which almost appears to be ameliorated from hindsight, too good to be true. The other-worldly carefreeness and naivety, feelings of being loved by someone.

[@mottobel8502]

the recurring plagal cadence in D major is impressive, (and how the plagal cadence connects B back to A section) as well as the melody going up to E.

[@mottobel8502]

and the pianist is so good at emotional ritardando / Rallentando, love the first romance's rall. That really brings me to a different world, into the G minor meno mosso

[@mottobel8502]

The opening really touches me for the repeated I chord (F Maj), going up to E then back down to I (traveling through the minor iv for a "mixed" feeling).

[@evandanielson1937]

Thank you for finding these recordings. To me, they are incredibly expressive and almost overwhelmingly beautiful, yet always organic and meaningful. They do justice to Yoshimatsu's works, which are unlike that of any other composer I've heard. As a music student who had become disillusioned with piano literature/performance, these recordings are healing in a way. Sorry, I must be in my feels.

[@polfelipefalgas8290]

I get you, yoshimatsu hits different. His pieces 'memo flora' and 'ode to birds' are the most 'natural' works i've ever heard. Hard to explain really. So glad op posted the sheet music

[@rsaettone]

I feel it too. I'm pretty sure Happy Birthday has never brought me to tears before, but here I am, weeping.

[@nowheretogobuteverywhere1266]

just learnt the first one. Amazing experience, more challenging than it seems but once youre comfortable playing it is bliss

[@nellind1]

I like how the melody follows its own path and then as if in indecision slows down and changes slightly from western to eastern harmony.

[@rgarlinyc]

Wonderful, just wonderful - thank you for unearthing and presenting these two to me! 💙

[@alfredbooth6854]

Another duo of pieces I did not know. Thank you for sharing the link. I’ll have another busy day tomorrow with this wonderful new score.

[@annulrsolformrkelse4023]

These are absolutely stunning. Thank you very much for this wonderful upload!

[@martincacho8624]

I Was looking for the score of this so long! thank you!

[@GaleRianes]

This is like Debussy with drops of modernism. Good.

[@traderjoas]

Love the memo flora motif resurfacing here

[@gabi.coroian]

Oh my God!!! This is amazing!!!!!❤❤❤❤

[@collinm.4652]

Based minor 4 chord

[@someangel-shape6797]

bar 13-16 of the second piece is divided so strangely, it would make so much more sense as two 6/8 bars.

[@maxolydiann]

i had the same reaction when i first saw it, but i think if the performer emphasised the phrasing a little more in that section it may make more sense

[@vincentong7288]

Apparently the time signatures from bars 9-15 spell out the birthday of the pianist, Kyoko Tabe in the Japanese date format of year, month, day: 1967-3-26. Hence "Romance on the Birthday".

[@sabinaquaresimin3691]

Che leggerezza! 💞

[@Dylonely_9274]

Thank you for the sharing.

[@ТатьянаСизикова-ю7ч]

Прекрасная музыка.

[@martinpeters2708]

The twilight movie stole a signature melody from Yoshimatsu. Used in his romances and in Memo flora.

[@esthertan4425]

May I ask where to find the original score?

[@musicboiscores]

The score of this is on the book Regulus Circuit Piano Works, which also contains the 3 Waltzes, 4 Little Dream Songs, Piano Folio and Regulus Circuit. As far as I know the book is sold overseas in Amazon along with a bunch of other solo piano works of Yoshimatsu like the Pleiades Dances and also the pieces for left hand.

[@Dylonely_9274]

5:55

[@francissalado4529]

I wanna hear this in orchestral arrangement

[@wisdomencouraged9326]

Reminds me of Bella's lullaby

[@Teslav2_music]

where can I find the score for this?

[@faktablad]

It seems lots of music from Japan favors the IV--iv progression

[@collinm.4652]

It’s le epic sad chord progression

[@veronicat.4375]

PDF? :)

[@musicboiscores]

Nope, can't send the files for Yoshimatsu. These score-videos are already very inviting for the publishers to justify completely nuking my channel xD

[@veronicat.4375]

@@musicboiscores Oh, I see. Thank you!

[@leafeon1975]

Where can I found the score?

[@musicboiscores]

@@leafeon1975 It is published by Ongaku No Tomo. This set appears in the book "Regulus Circuit: Piano Works" along with other pieces like the 4 Little Dream Songs, 3 Waltzes, Piano Folio ... to a Disappeared Pleiad, and Regulus Circuit

[@capbubbles6982]

Do you have the sheet music pdfs? It’s so pretty :o