The Guitar Works of Yori-Aki Matsudaira

ByBradford Werner
2015

I was doing some research on post-minimalist composers (if we dare use such defining musical terms) and never knew that Japanese composer Yori-Aki Matsudaira 松平頼暁 (born 1931) had written guitar works. To my knowledge his father was the composer Yoritsune Matsudaira (松平頼則 1907-2001) So I thought I would quickly list them here and post a few available videos since I’m doing it already.

If you know of more works by him please leave a comment below.

Solo Guitar Music

Undulation [gt] (1986) 10′ CD
Grating [gt] (1999) score

Chamber Music with Guitar

Transient ’74 [gt, harmonium, perc] (1974)
Spectra [3 amplified-gt] (1979) score
Colorization [cl, gt, perc, pf] (1992)
Kanon XXIX & VIII (based on the Kanon by SCHOENBERG) [gt, mand, cl, vn, vla, vc] (1997) score
Thema & Variations [gt, mand, cl, vn, vla, vc] (1997) 9′ score CD
Toki no Koe (2013) for Soprano and Electric guitar

Undulation played by Joseph Perez Mirandilla

Grating played by Gaku Yamada

Toki no Koe (2013) played by Maki Ota & Gaku Yamada

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.