Hamish Strathdee Plays Hika (In memoriam Toru Takemitsu) by Brouwer

ByBradford Werner
2021

Hamish Strathdee performs Hika (In memoriam Toru Takemitsu) by Leo Brouwer (b.1939) via a live performance, Darmstadt 2021. This comes via Strathdee’s YouTube channel (go subscribe). Cuban composer Brouwer was a close friend of Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu. Hika (In Memoriam Toru Takemitsu) was composed shortly after the Takemitsu’s death. Hika means ‘elegy’ or ‘song of mourning’. I really enjoy Strathdee’s performance with plenty of contrasts between textures and colouration. His beautiful and gentle moments meet intense explosions and outbursts.

Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 94,000 subscribers and 13 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.