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Kanako Abe

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A Thorough Exploration of the Rich Sounds Woven by the Organ and OrchestraBy Kanako Abe, who excels in both composition and conductingA concert featuring her original works and pieces with organ has been released on CDFeaturing Kanako Abe, who excels in both composition and conducting, this live recording captures a special concert by the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra that prominently showcased LUCY, the pipe organ installed at Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall. The album features Abes new work for organ and orchestra, Harmony of the Wind (world premiere), as well as Saint-Sanss famous piece With Organ. The organ is played by Gaku Kondo, a college classmate of Abes who, as the halls organist, knows LUCY inside and out. Not only in his own compositions but also in *With Organ*, Abe exquisitely controls the orchestral balance, taking into account that the organ is the star of the concert, allowing liste