<Piano Solo >

• Improvisation on EDvArD GriEG (2014)  

【Private Première】 03/10/2013
Norwegian Ambassodor’s residence (Kensington, London)

【World Première】 05/02/2014
Carnegie Hall (New York)
                 
【UK Première】 27/02/2014                  
Cadogan Hall (London)

【Japan Première】 30/05/2014                  
Ginza Oji Hall (Tokyo)

【Netherlands Première】 27/06/2014                  
Concertgebouw (Amsterdam)

• Picture Books Suite (2007-2014) [concert version 2014]

【World Première】 30/05/2014                  
Ginza Oji Hall (Tokyo)

 

• Grace and Hope  (2011)
• ― Dedicated to the Victims and Survivors of the Earthquake and Tsunami

【World Première 】 29/10/2011
Wigmore Hall (London)

【Japan Première】 28/11/2011
Shichigahama Kokusai-mura Concert Hall (Miyagi)

【Tokyo Première】 1/5/2012
La Folle Journée au Japon 2012 (Tokyo)

【Africa Première】 27/9/2012
Residence of the Japanese Ambassador (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)

【Palestine Première】 12/11/2012
Al-Kasaba Theatre and Cinematheque (Ramallah)

【Oman Première】 5/3/2013
Residence of the Japanese Ambassador (Muscat)

【Slovakia Première】 18/08/2013
Brastislava Cultural Summer Festival 2013 (Brastislava)

【US Première】 05/02/2014
Carnegie Hall (New York)

【Netherlands Première】 27/06/2014                   
Concertgebouw (Amsterdam)

 

• Gratitude  (2007)

【World Première】 12/12/2007
Lutheran Ichigaya (Tokyo)

【UK Première】 19/05/2011
Canongate Kirk (Edinburgh)

【London Première】 25/05/2011
Cadogan Hall (London)

【Slovakia Première】 18/08/2013
Brastislava Cultural Summer Festival 2013 (Brastislava)

 

• Hommage à Grieg （1987/rev.2007）

【World Première】 01/06/2007
Wigmore Hall (London)

【Denmark Première】 14/06/2007
Residence of the Japanese Ambassador to Denmark (Copenhagen)

【Private Japan Première】 04/07/2007
Embassy of Norway (Tokyo)

【Japan Première】 08/07/2007
Kochi City Cultural Plaza Cul-Port (Kochi)

【Tokyo Première】 18/07/2007　　　
Tsuda Hall (Tokyo)

【US Première】 05/02/2014
Carnegie Hall (New York)

【Netherlands Première】 27/06/2014                   
Concertgebouw (Amsterdam)

 

• Scenes from a Native Land   (2005）
•        (‘Fantasie-Japonaise’) 

【World Première】 9/05/2005
St. John’s Smith Square (London)

【CD：‘Motoki Hirai Piano Works’】 22/12/2005
Recorded at Hitokuchizaka Studio (Tokyo)

【Japan Première】 22/07/2006
Tsuda Hall (Tokyo)

【Denmark Première】 11/06/2007
Residence of the Japanese Ambassador to Denmark (Copenhagen)

【Spain Première】 13/06/2009
Auditori Pau Casals (Barcelona)

【Romania Première】 16/06/2009
Filarmonica Brasov (Brasov)

【France Première】 20/06/2009
Maison de la culture due Japon à Paris (Paris)

【Slovakia Première】 31/07/2011
Brastislava Cultural Summer Festival 2011 (Brastislava)

【Lithuania Première】 10/10/2011
St. Catherine's (Vilnius)

【Africa Première】 29/9/2012
Serena Hotel, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)

【Palestine Première】 12/11/2012
Al-Kasaba Theatre and Cinematheque (Ramallah)

【Oman Première】 4/3/2013
Al Faham Hall, Cultural Center, Sultan Qaboos Uiversity (Muscat)

【US Première】 05/02/2014
Carnegie Hall (New York)

【Netherlands Première】 27/06/2014                  
Concertgebouw (Amsterdam)

 

• Mélodie  (2002)

【CD：‘Motoki Hirai Piano Works’】 22/12/2005
Recorded at Hitokuchizaka Studio (Tokyo)

【World Première】 31/07/2011　              
Cultural Summer Festival 2011 (Bratislava, Slovakia)

【Palestine Première】 12/11/2012           
Al-Kasaba Theatre and Cinematheque (Ramallah)

【UK Première】 29/6/2013                  
Embassy of Japan (London)

• Hommage à Chopin  (1999)

【CD：‘Motoki Hirai Piano Works’】 22/12/2005
Recorded at Hitokuchizaka Studio (Tokyo)

【World Première】 19/04/2009
Smetana Hall (Prague)

【UK Première】 08/06/2009
Wigmore Hall (London)

【Denmark Première】 11/06/2009
Residence of the Japanese Ambassador to Denmark (Copenhagen)

【Spain Première】 13/06/2009
Auditori Pau Casals (Barcelona)

【Romania Première】 16/06/2009
Filarmonica Brasov (Brasov)

【France Première】   20/06/2009
Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris (Paris)

【Lithuania Première】   10/06/2010
National Photography Museum - ‘Chopin Salon’ (Vilnius)

【Japan Première】   10/07/2010
Hamarikyu Asahi Hall (Tokyo)

【US Première】 4/03/2011
Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall (New York)

【Scotland Première】 19/05/2011
Canongate Kirk (Edinburgh)

【Slovakia Première】 31/07/2011
Bratislava Cultural Summer Festival 2011 (Bratislava)

【Oman Première】 4/3/2013
Al Faham Hall, Cultural Center, Sultan Qaboos Uiversity (Muscat)

 

• Canto Amoroso  (1994)

【US Première】 19/1/2003
Baptist Church (Dallas)

【UK Première】 09/05/2005
St. John’s Smith Square (London)

【CD：‘Motoki Hirai Piano Works’】 22/12/2005
Recorded at Hitokuchizaka Studio (Tokyo)

【Denmark Première】 14/06/2007
Residence of the Japanese Ambassador to Denmark (Copenhagen)

【Slovakia Première】 31/07/2011
Bratislava Cultural Summer Festival 2011 (Bratislava)

【Lithuania Première】   14/10/2011
Great Hall, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (Vilnius)

【Africa Première】 29/9/2012
Serena Hotel, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)

【Palestine Première】 12/11/2012
Al-Kasaba Theatre and Cinematheque (Ramallah)

【Oman Première】 4/3/2013
Al Faham Hall, Cultural Center, Sultan Qaboos Uiversity (Muscat)

 

• La Martiniquaise  (1994)

【US Première】 19/1/2003
Baptist Church (Dallas)

【UK Première】 08/12/2004
St Martin-within-Ludgate (London)

【CD：‘Motoki Hirai Piano Works’】 22/12/2005
Recorded at Hitokuchizaka Studio (Tokyo)

【Denmark Première】 14/06/2007
Residence of the Japanese Ambassador to Denmark (Copenhagen)

【Lithuania Première】   14/10/2011
Great Hall, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (Vilnius)

【Africa Première】 28/9/2012
Residence of the Japanese Ambassador (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)

 

• Valse Pathétique  (1993)

【World Première 】17/7/1993
St. Alban’s (Tokyo)

【CD：‘Motoki Hirai Piano Works’】 22/12/2005
Recorded at Hitokuchizaka Studio (Tokyo)

【UK Première】 04/03/2006
St. George’s (Bristol)

【London Première】 27/11/2006
St. John’s Smith Square (London)

【Denmark Première】 14/06/2007
Residence of the Japanese Ambassador to Denmark (Copenhagen)

【Lithuania Première】 14/06/2010
Great Hall, Vytautas Magnus University (Kaunas)

【US Première】 4/03/2011
Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall (New York)

【Scotland Première】 19/05/2011
Canongate Kirk (Edinburgh)

 

• Gavotte à L’antique   (1992)

【World Première】 23/10/1994
Marukomachi Bunka Kaikan (Nagano)

 

• Prélude  (1992)
•  
•  
• 
  

• Polish Song and Dance  (1992)

【World Première】 23/10/1994
Marukomachi Bunka Kaikan (Nagano)

 

• Recollection No.1　(1991)

【Austria Première】 18/07/1999
Festsaal Schloss (Mondsee)

【CD：‘Motoki Hirai Piano Works’】 22/12/2005
Recorded at Hitokuchizaka Studio (Tokyo)

【US Première】 4/03/2011
Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall (New York)

【Scotland Première】 19/05/2011
Canongate Kirk (Edinburgh)

【UK Première】 25/05/2011
Cadogan Hall (London)

 

• Recollection No.2　(1991)

【Austria Première】 18/07/1999
Festsaal Schloss (Mondsee)

【CD：‘Motoki Hirai Piano Works’】 22/12/2005
Recorded at Hitokuchizaka Studio (Tokyo)

【Denmark Première】 14/06/2007
Residence of the Japanese Ambassador to Denmark (Copenhagen)

【US Première】 4/03/2011
Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall (New York)

【Scotland Première】 19/05/2011
Canongate Kirk (Edinburgh)

【UK Première】 25/05/2011
Cadogan Hall (London)

 

• Recollection No.3　(1991)

【Austria Première】 18/07/1999
Festsaal Schloss (Mondsee)

【CD：‘Motoki Hirai Piano Works’】 22/12/2005
Recorded at Hitokuchizaka Studio (Tokyo)

【Denmark Première】 14/06/2007
Residence of the Japanese Ambassador to Denmark (Copenhagen)

【US Première】 4/03/2011
Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall (New York)

【Scotland Première】 19/05/2011
Canongate Kirk (Edinburgh)

【UK Première】 25/05/2011
Cadogan Hall (London)

【Slovakia Première】 31/07/2011
Bratislava Cultural Summer Festival 2011 (Bratislava)

 

• Serenade  (1991)

【World Première】 23/10/1994
Marukomachi Bunka Kaikan (Nagano)

 

• Fantasie-Tableaux  (1990)

【World Première】 Aug. 1991
Washington D.C. (USA)

【Japan Première】 23/10/1994
Marukomachi Bunka Kaikan (Nagano)

【Texas Première】 19/1/2003
Baptist Church (Dallas)

 

• Mazurka No. 7  (1989)

【World Première】 23/10/1994
Marukomachi Bunka Kaikan (Nagano)

 

• Légende  (1989)
•  
• 
  

• Angel’s Prelude　(1989)
• 
  
  

• Chorale without Words  (1988)

【US Première】Dec. 1988
Dallas (Texas)
Barry Craft (piano)

 

• Busshari　(1988)
• 
  
  

• Apparitions  (1988)
• 
  
  

• Prelude to Heaven   (1988)
• 
  
  

• Waltz No.15　(1988)
• 
  
  

• Poésie Ancienne　(1988)
• 
  
  

• Improvisation Hongroise (1987)

【US Première】 19/1/2003
Baptist Church (Dallas)

 

• Mémoire du Voyage　(1987)
• 
  
  

• 3 Valse-Impromptus  (1987)

【World Première】 3/1988
Tachikawa Bunka Kaikan – Great Hall (Tokyo)

• French Old Tales　(1986)
• 
  
  

• American Old Tales　(1986)
• 
  
  

• Polka ‘La Cinquantaine’　(1986)
•          ('Wedding Polka')

【World Première】 Dec. 1986
Tokyo (Japan)

【US Première】 Aug. 1988
Portland (USA)

【UK Première】 09/05/2005
St. John’s Smith Square (London)

【CD：‘Motoki Hirai Piano Works’】 22/12/2005
Recorded at Hitokuchizaka Studio (Tokyo)

【Denmark Première】 14/06/2007
Residence of the Japanese Ambassador to Denmark (Copenhagen)

【NY Première】 4/03/2011
Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall (New York)

【Scotland Première】 19/05/2011
Canongate Kirk (Edinburgh)

【Slovakia Première】 31/07/2011
Bratislava Cultural Summer Festival 2011 (Bratislava)

【Lithuania Première】   14/10/2011
Great Hall, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (Vilnius)

【Africa Première】 29/9/2012
Serena Hotel, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)

【Palestine Première】 12/11/2012
Al-Kasaba Theatre and Cinematheque (Ramallah)

【Oman Première】 5/3/2013
Residence of the Japanese Ambassador (Muscat)

 

 

<Piano Solo with Reading>

• Suite No.8 "Hana-Oni" for 'World of Japanese Picture Books' with Reading and Images (2014)

【World Première】 07/05/2014
Oxford Brookes Festival 2014 - Pegasus Theatre (Oxford, UK)
Bunnoh (Daisuke) Fujisawa (story)
Toshiya Kobayashi (illustrations)
Motoki Hirai (piano)
Chie Ishiyama (Reading in Japanese)
Commission by Oxford Brookes University

 

• Suite No.7 "The Grateful Crane" for 'World of Japanese Picture Books' with Reading and Images (2014)

【World Première】 07/05/2014
Oxford Brookes Festival 2014 - Pegasus Theatre (Oxford, UK)
Traditional [ca. 8th century] (story)
Peter Daly (illustrations)
Motoki Hirai (piano)
Jonathan Boon, Conor Dunne, Alice Fracchia, Anthea Hopkins (Reading in Japanese)
Commission by Oxford Brookes University

 

• Suite No.6 "The Cats and Tanabata" for 'World of Japanese Picture Books' with Reading and Images (2014)

【World Première】 07/05/2014
Oxford Brookes Festival 2014 - Pegasus Theatre (Oxford, UK)
Shinsuke Takasaki (story)
Pana Stamos (illustrations)
Motoki Hirai (piano)
Omar Chowdhury, Alex Hughes, Clarissa Marley, Rosie Tayler (Reading in Japanese)
Commission by Oxford Brookes University

 

• Suite No.5 "Run, Melos!" for 'World of Japanese Picture Books' with Reading and Images (2013)

【World Première】 21/12/2013
JOBA International London [Richard Lodge High School] (Wimbledon, UK)
Osamu Dazai (story)
Tsuga Takeuchi (illustrations)
Motoki Hirai (piano)
Students from JOBA International London (Reading in Japanese)
Commission by JOBA International London

 

• Suite No.4 "Urashima Taro" for 'World of Japanese Picture Books' with Reading and Images (2013)

【World Première】 18/08/2013
Brastislava Cultural Summer Festival 2013 (Brastislava, Slovakia)
Traditional [ca.5th centry] (story)
Shinami Sasamatsu (illustrations)
Motoki Hirai (piano)
Jana Soucova (Reading in Slovak)
Commission by Japanese Embassy in Slovakia

 

• Suite No.3 "A Cat Who lived a Million Times" for 'World of Japanese Picture Books' with Reading and Images (2011)

【World Première】 31/07/2011
Brastislava Cultural Summer Festival 2011 (Brastislava, Slovakia)
Yoko Sano (Story & Illustrations)
Motoki Hirai (piano)
A. Amadina, M. Korman, H. Valkova (Reading in Slovak)
Commission by Japanese Embassy in Slovakia

【Palestine Première】 12/11/2012
Al-Kasaba Theatre and Cinematheque (Ramallah, Palastine)
Motoki Hirai (Piano)　　　
George Ibrahim (Reading in Arabic)

【UK Première】 29/6/2013　　　　　
Embassy of Japan – Ballroom (London)
Motoki Hirai (Piano)
Kornelia Mundo, Ollie Capehorn (Reading in English)

【Oxford Première】 07/05/2014
Oxford Brookes Festival 2014 - Pegasus Theatre (Oxford, UK)
Motoki Hirai (piano)
Omar Chowdhury, Alex Hughes, Clarissa Marley, Rosie Tayler, Jonathan Boon, Conor Dunne, Alice Fracchia, Anthea Hopkins (Reading in English)

 

• Suite No.2 "The Restaurant of Many Orders" for 'World of Japanese Picture Books' with Reading and Images (2011)

【World Première】 31/07/2011
Brastislava Cultural Summer Festival 2011 (Brastislava, Slovakia)
Kenji Miyazawa (Story)
Koji Suzuki (Illustrations)
Motoki Hirai (piano)
A. Amadina, M. Korman, H. Valkova (Reading in Slovak)
Commission by Japanese Embassy in Slovakia

【Palestine Première】 12/11/2012
Al-Kasaba Theatre and Cinematheque (Ramallah, Palastine)
Motoki Hirai (Piano)　　　
George Ibrahim (Reading in Arabic)

 

• Suite No.1 "A Tree of Courage" for 'World of Japanese Picture Books' with Reading and Images (2011)

【World Première】 31/07/2011
Brastislava Cultural Summer Festival 2011 (Brastislava, Slovakia)

Ryusuke Saito (Story)
Jiro Takidaira (Illustrations)
Motoki Hirai (piano)
A. Amadina, M. Korman, H. Valkova (Reading in Slovak)
Commission by Japanese Embassy in Slovakia

【Palestine Première】 12/11/2012
Al-Kasaba Theatre and Cinematheque (Ramallah, Palastine)
Motoki Hirai (Piano)　　　
George Ibrahim (Reading in Arabic)

【UK Première】 29/6/2013　　　　　
Embassy of Japan – Ballroom (London)
Motoki Hirai (Piano)
Kornelia Mundo, Ollie Capehorn (Reading in English)

【Oxford Première】 07/05/2014
Oxford Brookes Festival 2014 - Pegasus Theatre (Oxford, UK)
Motoki Hirai (Piano)　　　
John Lo Breglio (Reading in English)

 

• Alcohol, Songs, Cigarettes and Women  (2008)

from the Poem by Haruo Sato

【World Première】 19/10/2008
NHK Hall (Tokyo)
Reading: Ichitaro Nakamura (Kabuki Actor)       
Improvisation: Motoki Hirai (Piano Solo)        

 

 

<Piano Duet / Two Pianos>

• Hommage à Chopin  (2008/rev.2010)
  

【World Première】 01/04/2008
Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall (Tokyo)
Piano Duet: Piano4Hands (Waka Hasegawa & Joseph Tong)      
Commission by Piano4Hands    　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

【UK Première】 12/05/2010
Dulwich Festival 2010 (London)
Piano Duet: Piano4Hands (Waka Hasegawa & Joseph Tong)      

【Scotland Première】 21/11/2010
Monymusk Arts Trust (Monymusk)
Piano Duet: Piano4Hands (Waka Hasegawa & Joseph Tong)

 

• Initiation - Unpleasant Etude for 20 Fingers  (2008)

【World Première】 01/04/2008
Tokyo Opera City Recital Hall (Tokyo)
Piano Duet: Piano4Hands (Waka Hasegawa & Joseph Tong)
Commission by Piano4Hands

【UK Première】 22/05/2008
Wigmore Hall (London)
Piano Duet: Piano4Hands (Waka Hasegawa & Joseph Tong)

 

• Fragment for ‘Piano4Hands’ (2008)

【World Première】 01/04/2008
Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall (Tokyo)
Piano Duet: Piano4Hands (Waka Hasegawa & Joseph Tong)
Commission by Piano4Hands

【UK Première】 22/05/2008
Wigmore Hall (London)
Piano Duet: Piano4Hands (Waka Hasegawa & Joseph Tong)

 

 

<Piano Trio>

• Suite for two violins and piano (2015)  

 

 

 

<Violin & Orchestra>

• Concerto for violin and orchestra  (1983 - unfinished)

 

 

 

<Violin & Piano>

• Kotodama - Voices of Nature I (2007) for violin and piano
  

【World Première】 01/06/2007
Wigmore Hall (London)
Katsuya Matsubara (Violin)
Motoki Hirai (Piano)
Commission by Katsuya Matsubara

【Japan Première】 08/07/2007
Kochi City Cultural Plaza Cul-Port (Kochi)
Katsuya Matsubara (Violin)
Motoki Hirai (Piano)

【Tokyo Première】 18/07/2007
Tsuda Hall (Tokyo)
Katsuya Matsubara (Violin)
Motoki Hirai (Piano)

【Denmark Première】 18/08/2007
Music Hall (Frederikshavn)
Yuko Yasui (Violin)
Motoki Hirai (Piano)

 

 

<Two Violins>

Suite No.1 for two violins (2011)

［originally composed for the music of three stories as part of 'World of Japanese Picture Books' with reading and images］
【World Première】 17/08/2007
Det Musiske Hus (Frederikshavn)
Masaki Okada (Violin I)
Yuko Yasui (Violin II)
Hanne Boensen (Reading in Danish)
Commission by the Japanese Ambassador to Denmark

【UK Première】 21/11/2008
Westminster Academy (London)
Tomoko Sasaki (Violin I)
John Pearce (Violin II)
Kumiko Mendl (Reading in English)

【Lithuania Première】 8/2/2012
Applied Art Museum (Vilnius)         
Raimundas Neverovas (Violin I)       　
Eduardas Bogdanovas (Violin II)
Juozas Šalkauskas (Reading in Lithuanian)

【Cornwall Première】 16/3/2012                
The Gallery, Eden Project (Cornwall)
Phil Montgomery-Smith (Violin I)
Jake Loewendahl (Violin II)
David Bunday and Barbara Gordon (Reading in English)

Juozas Šalkauskas (Reading in Lithuanian)　　

【US Première】 25/03/2012
National Building Museum (Washington D.C.)
Molly Hodges Hollingsworth (Violin I)
Hoorig Poochikian (Violin II)
Yumiko Kusakabe, Robert Gallagher, Mica Dumas (Reading in English)

【Africa Première】 8/9/2012
Residence of the Japanese Ambassador (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
Masaki Okada (Violin I)
 Nina Kawaguchi (Violin II)
 Kiyoe Maeda, Yohei Sato and Kaori Honma (Reading in Japanese)

【Israel Première】 14/11/2012
Haifa Museum of Art – Auditorium (Haifa)
Yinal Khoury (Violin I)
Hisham Khoury (Violin II)
Yoram Yosefsberg (Reading in Hebrew)

【Tel Aviv Première】 15/11/2012
Cameri Theatre - Café Theatre (Israel)
Yinal Khoury (Violin I)
Hisham Khoury (Violin II)
Yoram Yosefsberg (Reading in Hebrew)

 

• Suite No.2 for two violins (2012)
  

[originally composed for the music of 'Urashima-Taro' as part of 'World of Japanese Picture Books' with reading and images]
【World Première】 27/9/2012 (English version)
                               28/9/2012 (Swahili version)
                               29/9/2012 (Japanese version)
Residence of the Japanese Ambassador (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
Masaki Okada (Violin I)
Nina Kawaguchi (Violin II)
Shuichiro Kawaguchi (Taiko Drum)　
Louise Tonkin (Reading in English)
Emery Kimaro (Reading in Swahili)
Masayuki Hattori (Reading in Japanese)　
Commission by the Japanese Ambassador to Tanzania

 

 

<Unaccompanied Violin>

• Kotodama - Voices of Nature II (2008) for unaccompanied violin

【World Première】 21/05/2008
Chelsea Flower Show 2008 (London)     
John Pearce (Violin)
Commission by Studio Lasso

【Africa Première】 28/9/2012
 Residence of the Japanese Ambassador (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
Nina Kawaguchi (Violin)

 

• Sonata (1985) for unaccompanied violin
• 
  
  

• Kyogen (1984) for unaccompanied violin

 

 

 

<Cello & Piano>

• Mélodie (2006) for cello and piano

【World Première】 27/11/2006
St. John’s Smith Square (London)
Yoko Ara (Cello)
Motoki Hirai (Piano)

 

 

<String Trio>

• Suite for violin, viola and cello (2015) 　

 

 

 

<Flute & Two Violins with Reading>

• Suite for flute & two violins  (2011)

for ‘World of Japanese Picture Books’ with reading and images

【World Première】 14/10/2011
Residence of the Japanese Ambassador to Lithuania (Vilnius)
Aiste Birvydaite (Violin I)
Eduardas Bogdanovas (Violin II)
Machiko Takahashi (Flute)
Juozas Šalkauskas (Reading in Lithuanian)　　　
Commission by the Embassy of Japan in Lithuania   

 

 

<Percussions>

• Etude on the Theme of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony  (1983) for two marimbas and percussions

 

 

 

<Choral Works>

• Grace and Hope  (2011)

 

• Vocalise  (1988)

 

• Chorale  (1985)

 

 

 

<Songs / Lieder>

• Grace and Hope  (2011)

 

• Lullaby  (1993)

 

• For gotten Melody   (1993)

 

 

 

<Transcriptions>

• J.S.Bach (arr.Motoki Hirai): Organ Concerto in D minor, BWV 596 after Vivaldi (Concerto Grosso, Op.3, No.11 / RV 565) for solo piano

【World Première】 29/9/2012
Serena Hotel, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)

【Oman Première】 4/3/2013
Al Faham Hall, Cultural Center, Sultan Qaboos Uiversity (Muscat)

【World Première】 05/02/2014
Carnegie Hall (New York)
                 
【UK Première】 27/02/2014                  
Cadogan Hall (London)

【Japan Première】 30/05/2014                  
Ginza Oji Hall (Tokyo)

【Netherlands Première】 27/06/2014                  
Concertgebouw (Amsterdam)

 

• J.S.Bach (arr. Motoki Hirai): Arioso for solo piano

【CD：‘Motoki Hirai Piano Works’】 22/12/2005
Recorded at Hitokuchizaka Studio (Tokyo)

 

• Schubert (arr. Motoki Hirai): Ländler for solo piano

【World Première】  4/3/2013
Al Faham Hall, Cultural Center, Sultan Qaboos Uiversity (Muscat)

【World Première】 05/02/2014
Carnegie Hall (New York)
                 
【UK Première】 27/02/2014                  
Cadogan Hall (London)

【Japan Première】 30/05/2014                   
Ginza Oji Hall (Tokyo)

【Netherlands Première】 27/06/2014                  
Concertgebouw (Amsterdam)

 

• Traditional (arr. Motoki Hirai): Tanzania Tanzania for solo piano

【World Première】 27/9/2012
Residence of the Japanese Ambassador (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
Commission by Japanese Embassy in Tanzania　　　

 

• Vivaldi (arr. Motoki Hirai): Largo for solo piano

【World Première】 09/05/2005
St John’s Smith Square (London)

【CD：‘Motoki Hirai Piano Works’】 22/12/2005
Recorded at Hitokuchizaka Studio (Tokyo)

【Japan Première】 12/12/2007　
Lutheran Ichigaya (Tokyo)

 

• Nielsen (arr. Motoki Hirai): Five Songs for violin and piano

【World Première】 18/08/2007
Music Hall (Frederikshavn)
Yuko Yasui (Violin)
Motoki Hirai (Piano)
Commission by the Embassy of Japan in Denmark   

【Japan Première】 21/10/2009
Hamarikyu Asahi Hall (Tokyo)
Mami Motoyoshi (Violin)
Motoki Hirai (Piano)

• Vivaldi (arr. Motoki Hirai): Largo for violin (or flute) and piano

【World Première】 08/12/2004
St Martin-within-Ludgate (London)
Masahiro Ogura (Flute)
Motoki Hirai (piano)

【Bristol Première】 04/03/2006
St George’s (Bristol)
John Pearce (Violin)
Motoki Hirai (Piano)

 

• Paderewski (arr. Motoki Hirai): Mélodie for cello (or viola) and piano

 

• Anton Rubinstein (arr. Motoki Hirai): Barcarolle for cello (or viola) and piano

 

• Vivaldi (arr. Motoki Hirai): Largo for cello (or viola) and piano

【World Première】 27/11/2006
St John’s Smith Square (London)
Yoko Ara (Cello)
Motoki Hirai (Piano)

 

• School Song of Keio Secondary School (Futsubu) for male chorus

Lylics: Haruo Sato, Song: Keizo Horiuchi (arr. Motoki Hirai)

【World Première】 19/10/2008
NHK Hall (Tokyo)
Keiko Secondary School Old Boys (Male Chorus)
Motoki Hirai (Piano)