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Toru Takemitsu’s Requiem for String Orchestra was originally written in memory of Fumio Hayasaka, the composer who provided the scores for many of Kurosawa’s films, including Rashomon and Seven Samurai.

Following the devastation in Japan, on March 17 the New York Philharmonic under Music Director Alan Gilbert performed the work as a dedication to the Japanese people.

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