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Ryūka
Caplan performing Ryūka (Song of Okinawa) on Japanese koto for the 2020 annual international music event, "Play Music on the Porch Day".
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Aoi umi
Performing "Aoi umi" (Blue Sea), written by Chikushi Katsuko. From Caplan’s 25th anniversary concert, “Maboroshi no Koto”. Kobayashi Hall, Toronto, 2008.
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Yoshino Shizuka
Caplan performing Chikushi Katsuko's Yoshino Shizuka (Lady Shizuka of Yoshino) at Kokuritsu Gekijō (Tokyo National Theatre) at the National Theatre of Japan in Tokyo, 2017. With Tsukamoto Kassunori (koto) and Ishigaki Hideki (shakuhachi.
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Yumedono
25th anniversary concert. Guest artists: Chikushi Junko, acting Sōke of Chikushikai Koto School (Fukuoka, Japan), and Kazuko Muramoto, Tobiume Tsukasa Dai Shihan (California Chikushikai. Caplan (L) on 17-string bass koto in Katsuko Chikushi's Yumedono (Hall of Dreams). Kobayashi Hall, Toronto, August 2008.
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Mizumo
From "For the Love of Koto", Caplan's 20th anniversary concert. With guest artist Yoko Hiraoka, performing Tadao Sawai's "Mizumo". Flora McCrea Auditorium, Toronto, 2003.
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Chidori no kyoku
Clip from the tegoto (instrumental) section of Chidori no kyoku (Song of the Plovers). From solo concert at Maynard Nursing Home. Presented by and video credit to Concerts in Care. Toronto 2023.
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Yuki no gensō
Performance of Chikushi Katsuko's "Yuki no gensō" at Linda Kakō Caplan's 20th anniversary concert. Timothy Eaton Church, Flora McCrae Auditorium. Caplan's 20th anniversary concert, "For the Love of Koto". Katsuko Chikushi's Yuki no gensō. Flora McCrea Auditorium, Toronto, November 2003.
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Rokudan no shirabe
Selected sections of the famous classical koto piece, Rokudan no shirabe (Piece in Six Movements). Studio recording, Toronto, circa 1990.
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Skyline
Abridged version of Sakamoto Ichirō's Sukairain (Skyline). Studio recording, Toronto, circa 1990.
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