Toru Takemitsu is widely regarded as the greatest Japanese composer of the 20th century. After the appearance of Folios 1974 he was acknowledged as a formidable master of writing for the guitar. In the Woods, was his final composition. Shin-ichi Fukada and Leo Brouwer were both close friends of Takemitsu, and this programme includes Brouwers two heart-felt homages in his memory.