No.34 Trends of Japanese Song in the 21st Century

Program

Kazuo Asai
　Poem of Rain ＜Revised first performance
　Hydrangea Dreamscape ＜Premiere
　Flowers, Fluttering
　　Mezzo-soprano: Yukako Hoshi
　　Piano: Kazuko Kataoka

Shioji Kaneda
　SACRIFICE Ⅲ for Female Voice and Piano - Vocalise and Love Songs (lyrics by Eiko Koizumi) <2014/2023 revised premiere>.
　　Mezzo-soprano: Miku Tanaka
　　Piano: Momo Komatsu

Hiroshi Sawada
　Songs from the poem by Takuji Ote "The Rose Sent to the Curse" (premiere performance)
　　Soprano: Kako Sunasaki
　　Piano: RENTARO DAIDOJI

Ayako Tamaru
　Songs on poems by Michiko Fujimoto
　　Tachi obasan datte sukiyaki no uta nakanai (Even obasan can't speak without a clear voice) ＜Premiere
　Four Songs on Poems by Misuzu Kaneko
　　Beautiful Town, Invisible Things, Moonlight, Snow
　　Mezzo-soprano: Mutsuko Baba
　　Piano: Reiko Takeishi

Satoshi Nagano
　Cinq poèmes d'une poétesse (Five poems of a poet)
　Aurores boréales" (Aurora of the Arctic) ＜Premiere
　　Soprano: Chieko Watanabe
　　Piano: Noriko Ijuin

Masahiro Maeda
　Vocalise Ⅳ for Mezzo Soprano and Piano ＜Premiere
　　Soprano: Misao Masayuki
　　Piano: Machiko Higuchi

Yuya Makita
　My Cousin the Pianist
　Concert aria "Oshidori" for soprano
　　Soprano: Marie Tatsumi
　　Piano: Yuya Makita