{"id":3113,"date":"2021-03-01T22:45:27","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T13:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/?p=3113"},"modified":"2021-05-22T00:35:40","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T15:35:40","slug":"jamesgalway1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/en\/jamesgalway1\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir James Galway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a24b7e180a6e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a24b7e180a6e\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/en\/jamesgalway1\/#Hiro-Fujikake-encountered-Sir-James-Galway-in-1988\" >Hiro Fujikake encountered Sir James Galway in 1988<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/en\/jamesgalway1\/#Letter-from-Ralph-Mace-music-producer-for-the-CDs-of-James-Galways-and-Hiro-Fujikake\" >Letter from Ralph Mace (music producer for the CDs of James Galways and Hiro Fujikake)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/en\/jamesgalway1\/#The-Enchanted-Forest-%E2%80%93-Melodies-of-Japan\" >The Enchanted Forest &#8211; Melodies of Japan<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/en\/jamesgalway1\/#The-Lark-In-The-Clear-Air\" >The Lark In The Clear Air<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hiro-Fujikake-encountered-Sir-James-Galway-in-1988\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Hiro Fujikake encountered Sir James Galway in 1988<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>It was 1988 when Hiro Fujikake first met <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Galway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sir James Galway<\/a>.\u00a0 When Hiro was living in London, he approached RCA Records to produce his symphonic works. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michalapetri.com\/collaborators\/Ralph-Mace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ralph MACE <\/a>\u00a0who was working for the company as a music producer introduced Hiro to James Galway. Instinctively Ralph felt they could be the perfect match for new release and he was right.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3074 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/\u30b9\u30ad\u30e3\u30f3-12-300x273.jpeg\" alt=\"Hiro &amp; Sir James Galway\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/\u30b9\u30ad\u30e3\u30f3-12-300x273.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/\u30b9\u30ad\u30e3\u30f3-12-768x698.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/\u30b9\u30ad\u30e3\u30f3-12.jpeg 1004w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3085\" src=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/James-and-Hiro-300x268.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"306\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/James-and-Hiro-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/James-and-Hiro-768x685.jpg 768w, https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/James-and-Hiro.jpg 918w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Letter-from-Ralph-Mace-music-producer-for-the-CDs-of-James-Galways-and-Hiro-Fujikake\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Letter from Ralph Mace (music producer for the CDs of James Galways and Hiro Fujikake)<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Hiro Fujikake and Ralph had friendship almost 30 years.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Dear Hiro Fujikake<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">I first met Hiro Fujikake in 1985 when I was director of classical music for RCA Records in London. This was shortly after he had won the composition prize at the prestigious Queen of the Belgian\u2019s Music Competition and he came to my office to see if we would be interested in recording some of his serious music works. I explained to him that there was very little interest for contemporary music recordings at that time and asked what else he might have. So he played me a cassette of some of his light music pieces which he had recorded on his electric keyboards. The very first of these was The Enchanted Forest and after just a few bars my eyes lit up and I knew that I had found something very important.<br \/>\nSeveral years before, I had signed the wonderful flutist, James Galway, to RCA Records. The records we had made included several \u201ccross over\u201d albums, including \u201cAnnies Song\u201d which was very successful and reached the tops of the pop charts in Europe and North America. We then recorded a few similar albums including \u201cSongs of the Sea Shore \u2013 a collection of Japanese folk songs\u201d which we recorded in Tokyo with a studio orchestra conducted by Maestro Hiroyuki Iwaki. Following these successes, Mr. Galway now had very many \u201cmiddle of the road\u201d fans all over the world who were still hoping for more similar repertoire from him, but this was becoming difficult to find.<br \/>\nImmediately I knew that these pieces by Hiro were perfect for James Galway. I sent him the cassette, he agreed with me and so we arranged to make a recording of Hiro\u2019s pieces and arrangements during James\u2019 concert tour of Japan in 1988.<br \/>\nWe all met together in the Sound Valley Studios in Tokyo on March 13th, 1988. It was a slightly nervous meeting. James and Hiro had not met before and we had never recorded with an accompaniment solely of electronic keyboard instruments \u2013 all of which Hiro was to play. We set up the Roland synthesizers, put a pair of headphones on James\u2019 head and played the first track for him. The mood in the studio quickly became warm and confident. James and Hiro worked happily together as two great musicians should, and the results can now be heard on the CD of The Enchanted Forest, which millions of people have enjoyed.<br \/>\nI soon found that Hiro was also a man of great charm and humour. At the end of the first day\u2019s work he asked what I was going to do afterwards. I said that I would take a taxi back to my hotel. \u201cI am going to the station and it is on the way to your hotel, can we share a taxi?\u201d Of course we could. Just before we arrived at the station, Hiro suggested that I should join him for a meal at the station before he caught his train home. That seemed a good idea and we went into one of his favourite \u201cnoodle shops\u201d. Everything in the restaurant was in Japanese, not a word in English, so I asked Hiro to order something for me. \u201cDo you like noodles?\u201d has asked. \u201cWhy not!\u201d and the noodles soon appeared on the table. All this was quite an exciting and new experience for me, I carefully watched everything that Hiro did so that I could then do likewise. Hiro noticed this and as he filled his spoon with the delicious food he smiled at me and gave me a first lesson in Japanese table etiquette, \u201cIn Japan\u201d he said, \u201cit is good manners to make big noise when you eat noodles!\u201d We have got on famously ever since.<br \/>\nThe Enchanted Forest was a big success and a sequel was required and so we recorded The Lark In The Clear A ir in Sydney, Australia, in 1992 where James was making a concert tour. This time we used traditional and classical repertoire which included an English folk song (the title track), and then ranged from the Albinoni Adagio, via Borodin (the beautiful Notturno from the String Quartet) and Shostakovich (the Romance from \u201cThe Gadfly\u201d) to a most exotic arrangement for solo flute and synthesizers of Debussy\u2019s Prelude a l\u2019apres midi d\u2019un faune. Again the album was a success and fully displays Hiro\u2019s mastery as a performer and at arranging traditional repertoire so that it sounds as if the great composers, if alive today, would automatically have written for the Roland synthesizer\u2019s. The only other musician I know who has a similar unique talent is Hiro\u2019s compatriot, Isao Tomita, who I am also happy to count as one of my colleagues and friends.<br \/>\nFor me, Hiro Fujikake has achieved his success in music through his skill as a performer and arranger and particularly for his great gift \u2013 something that has to be \u201cGod-given\u201d, for it cannot be taught \u2013 of being able to create magical melodies which all can enjoy.<br \/>\n\u201cHiro, it is a privilege to know you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Ralph Mace August 2004<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The-Enchanted-Forest-%E2%80%93-Melodies-of-Japan\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/4GDQJLlCNYi2LGm7iHaIMH?highlight=spotify:track:0j4lZA6KiMTZRtsUfwxQsn#login\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>The Enchanted Forest &#8211; Melodies of Japan<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">This CD was the USA <a title=\"Billboard charts\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billboard_charts\">Billboard Top 10<\/a> of the Classical crossover section in five months (The best rank was 2) in 1990.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2088 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-Enchanted-Forest-CD_-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Enchanted Forest CD\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-Enchanted-Forest-CD_-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-Enchanted-Forest-CD_-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-Enchanted-Forest-CD_.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2080\" src=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/g-galwayhiro.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/g-galwayhiro.jpg 345w, https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/g-galwayhiro-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/4GDQJLlCNYi2LGm7iHaIMH?highlight=spotify:track:0j4lZA6KiMTZRtsUfwxQsn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35557\" src=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Spotifyicon-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Spotifyicon-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Spotifyicon.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 40px) 100vw, 40px\" \/> S<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/4GDQJLlCNYi2LGm7iHaIMH?highlight=spotify:track:0j4lZA6KiMTZRtsUfwxQsn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">potify<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/jp\/album\/the-enchanted-forest-melodies-of-japan\/933990779?i=933994139&amp;ign-gact=3&amp;ls=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35558\" src=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Applemusicicon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Applemusicicon.png 180w, https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Applemusicicon-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 40px) 100vw, 40px\" \/> <\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/jp\/album\/the-enchanted-forest-melodies-of-japan\/933990779?i=933994139&amp;ign-gact=3&amp;ls=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Music<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>In the introduction to the Japanese edition of \u201cThe Man with the Golden Flute,\u201d by Sir James Galway, Galway mentions that \u201cThe Enchanted Forest -Melody of Japan\u201d is one of his favorite albums, and\u00a0every time he listens to the album beautiful memories of Japan come back to his mind.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of this project, Hiro Fujikake was just asked to arrange his own original work as well as traditional Japanese folk songs for solo flute and orchestra. As meetings progressed the concept of the project was totally changed. During the selection of music, they thought it would be more innovative and sensational if they used synthesizer rather than a standard orchestra with flute. Although Hiro specialized in symphonic music, they wanted to use Fujikake\u2019s lighter music to bring out the delicate flute melodies. So, the music was selected from Japanese TV music and ballet music composed by Hiro. Music from \u201cROMANCE,\u201d Hiro\u2019s 2nd solo synthesizer album and some Japanese folk songs were also included. Hiro oversaw all arrangements and synthesizer programming. As the recording proceeded, Jimmy, Ralph and Hiro collaborated spontaneously: \u201cLet\u2019s add sounds of water and hummingbirds!\u201d \u201cWhy don\u2019t we add real\u00a0guitar and bass sounds?\u201d It was exciting for them to work together and it turned into a transformative album in the classical field, ranking in the Billboard Top 10 for five months in a row. The music evokes images of musical fairies bathing in the Enchanted Forest.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The-Lark-In-The-Clear-Air\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>The Lark In The Clear Air<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The friendship of Jimmy and Hiro created the second album\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3099 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CD-Image-the-lark-in-the-clear-air-300x296.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CD-Image-the-lark-in-the-clear-air-300x296.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CD-Image-the-lark-in-the-clear-air-1024x1012.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CD-Image-the-lark-in-the-clear-air-768x759.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CD-Image-the-lark-in-the-clear-air.jpeg 1419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 68px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 68px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/01VDzTpMVhrQwjxLZoCRut\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35557\" src=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Spotifyicon-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Spotifyicon-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Spotifyicon.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 40px) 100vw, 40px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/01VDzTpMVhrQwjxLZoCRut\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \u00a0Spotify<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 53px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 53px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/jp\/album\/the-lark-in-the-clear-air\/927487815\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35558\" src=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Applemusicicon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Applemusicicon.png 180w, https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Applemusicicon-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 40px) 100vw, 40px\" \/><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/jp\/album\/the-lark-in-the-clear-air\/927487815\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Music<\/a><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/01VDzTpMVhrQwjxLZoCRut\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Hiro received a phone call from music producer Ralph Mace, &#8220;I want to make an album of Adagios, for solo flute and synthesizer. What do you think?&#8221;\u00a0 Hiro answered &#8220;There are Adagio masterpieces, like Albinoni\u2019s and Samuel Barber\u2019s. We could make wonderful arrangements.&#8221; Thats was the beginning of the project.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In February 1992, the recording was done in Sydney, Australia. After returning from Sydney, Ralph and Hiro made the finishing touches at Hiro\u2019s studio in Japan, and the final mixing was done in New York.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large XcVN5d tw-ta\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">I received the sheet music for Pr\u00e9lude \u00e0 l\u2019apres midi d\u2019un faune from Sir James Galway for the second album, and I found that it would be difficult to make the best use of flute solo with this original. So I suggested moving the melody to a higher key. He was surprised by my suggestion and said, \u201cAre you really going to change the masterpiece of Claude Debussy?\u201d Then I joked that \u201cHe wouldn\u2019t care since he is sleeping in the ground,\u201d and continued, \u201cIn order to bring out 100% of your charm, it\u2019s better to move it up.\u201d He was suspicious and said, \u201cKeep the same harmony!\u201d I answered, \u201cOK! trust me.\u201d Then I arranged the music.<br \/>\nThe recording was made in Sydney, Australia. All the staff were anxious about my arrangement. As soon as the recording was finished, everyone stood up and said \u201cBravo!!\u201d with a big round of applause.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">\u201cMr. Debussy, please accept my apology. I rearranged your masterpiece 3 times, but I finally got a wonderful outcome. Appreciate your generosity\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3079 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Ralph-1-300x212.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Ralph-1-300x212.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Ralph-1-1024x722.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Ralph-1-768x542.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Ralph-1.jpeg 1384w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3080 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Ralph2-300x217.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Ralph2-300x217.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Ralph2-1024x740.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Ralph2-768x555.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Ralph2.jpeg 1361w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nRalph Mace and Hiro at Hiro&#8217;s Studio.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"EC6uyXIHYr\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/en\/sheet-music-for-flute\/\">Flute \/ Woodwind Instrument<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Flute \/ Woodwind Instrument&#8221; &#8212; \u85e4\u639b\u5ee3\u5e78 (Hiro Fujikake Official Site)\" src=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/en\/sheet-music-for-flute\/embed\/#?secret=EC6uyXIHYr\" data-secret=\"EC6uyXIHYr\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hiro Fujikake encountered Sir James Galway in 1988 It was 1988 when Hiro Fujikake first met Sir James Galway.\u00a0 When Hiro was living in London, he approached RCA Records to produce his symphonic works. Ralph MACE \u00a0who was working for the company as a music producer introduced Hiro to James Galway. 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