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Akira Miyoshi Memorial Chorus Concert Uta no Mori

2023/10/09(mo.) 15:00 Starting

Westa Kawagoe Main HallSaitama

Official http://www.editionkawai.jp/blog/special/miyoshi/

Concert Details

Ongaku-No-Tomo-Sha, Zen Ongaku Publishing, and Kawai Publishing will celebrate the memorial year of Akira Miyoshi by crossing the boundaries of publishing companies. This is a one-day special concert where you can hear a selection of Miyoshi's works! Featuring conductors and choirs who love Miyoshi's works. Let's enjoy the choral works of Akira Miyoshi with the performers and the audience! ★

*Special website for the concert 👇
http://www.editionkawai.jp/blog/special/miyoshi/index.html#joint

★Admission ticket application form can be found here 👇.
https://forms.gle/o8ieuUVJkNNywenj9


Date & Time: October 9, 2023 (Monday, holiday) Doors open at 14:30, Concert begins at 15:00
Venue: Westa Kawagoe Main Hall
Admission: General 2,000 yen, Students 1,000 yen
No admission for preschool children (parent-child seating available)

Organizers: Ongaku-no-tomo-sha, Zen Ongaku Publishing, Kawai Publishing
Supported by: All Japan Chorus Union, Japan Chorus Conductors Association, Tokyo Chorus Union, Saitama Chorus Union

Program on the day
Single stage by each chorus group (in no particular order)
Ensemble Vocal Archaic-Tokyo [Mixed Voices
Kasukabe City Shozen Elementary School Hiroba no Kaze Chorus [Children's Voices
Chorus group Nukku [Mixed voices
Chorus group WAKAGE NO ITARI [Male voice
Chorus Nugiku [Mixed voices] Chorus WAKAGE NO ITARI [Male voices
Matsubara Mixed Chorus [Mixed voices
Regalo Tokyo [Female voice

Joint performance stage
At the Snowy Window
Yuyayaki Koyaki
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Inquiries: Uta no Mori Executive Committee
Mail: miyoshiutanomori@gmail.com
Tel: 090-6790-5014

Program

➊ [Female voice] Regalo Tokyo (Conductor: Fujio Furuhashi / Piano: Harumi Noma)
Akira Miyoshi Female Chorus and Children's Chorus Collection from "Uta no Mori" (Forest of Songs)
Minna Minna Minna
(Poem by Michio Mado / Tune by Akira Miyoshi)
An Anne of Green Gables" ending theme song
(words by Eriko Kishida, music by Akira Miyoshi, arrangement by Satoru Yoshida and Kazuko Yoshida)
etc.

Ensemble Vocal Archaic Tokyo (conductor: Tatehito Nomoto, piano: Chikako Kakehi)
Mixed Chorus Collection "Together with Trees, Together with People" (from "Together with Trees, Together with People")
Sky
Ikiru (poem by Shuntaro Tanikawa)
(Poem by Shuntaro Tanikawa / Tune by Akira Miyoshi)

Nagisa Female Chorus (Conductor: Yosuke Mashimo, Piano: Akira Fujita)
From "Four Autumn Songs" for female chorus
Station
Withered Leaves
(Poem by Toshiko Takada, music by Akira Miyoshi)
and others (poem by Toshiko Takada, music by Akira Miyoshi)

Nukku Chorus (conductor: Junya Hattori, piano: Fumihiko Mizukami, taiko: Yoki Sekimoto)
From "Miyoshi Akira Chorus Selection" for mixed chorus
Over the Rainbow
(Over the Rainbow (words by Yip Harburg, music by Harold Arlen, arranged by Akira Miyoshi)
Sado Okesa (for mixed chorus, Japanese drums (sleigh bells), and piano)
(Sado Okesa (for mixed chorus, taiko (sleigh bell), piano) (Niigata folk song, arranged by Akira Miyoshi)

~Intermission: (15 minutes)

➎[Children's Voices] Hiroba no Kaze Chorus of Shozen Elementary School in Kasukabe City (Conductor: Yukie Waku / Piano: Naoko Kawasaki)
Akira Miyoshi Female Chorus and Children's Chorus Collection "Uta no Mori" (from "Songs from the Forest of Songs")
Kikikakeru kakarikano kara [opening theme song for the TV animation "Anne of Green Gables"] (lyrics by Eriko Kishida)
(words by Eriko Kishida, music by Akira Miyoshi, arrangement by Satoru Yoshida and Kazuko Yoshida)
Waribashi Ippon (1984)
(Poem by Taizo Horai / Music by Akira Miyoshi)
etc.

WAKAGE NO ITARI (male voice) Chorus WAKAGE NO ITARI (conductor: Yosuke Mashita, piano: Sachio Kambara, Hiroki Igawa)
from "Yusei Hitori" for male chorus and piano (4 hands)
INITIAL CALL
Song of Baton Touch
(Poem by Hajime Kijima, music by Akira Miyoshi)
etc.

Mixed Chorus: Matsubara Mixed Chorus (Conductor: Keiichi Shimizu, Piano: Hiroyuki Oda)
From "Yutte Eiga-shu" for mixed chorus and piano
Furusato no Oka (Hometown Hill)
Te no Hira wa Mute ga Mute ni Shiteiru
Tori no uta
(Bird Song (poem by Hiroyuki Itsuki, music by Akira Miyoshi)

~Intermission: (10 minutes)

Joint Performance
(Conductor: Fujio Furuhashi / Piano: Harumi Noma)
(from "Uta no Mori" (Forest of Songs), a collection for mixed chorus by Akira Miyoshi)
At the Snowy Window
(Poem by Tadashi Satsuma / Tune by Akira Miyoshi)

(Conductor: Keiichi Shimizu/ Hiroyuki Oda)
From "Shoka no Shiki" (Four Seasons of Shoka) [newly revised edition], a collection of favorite songs by NEW Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus
Yuyaki Koyaki
(Poem by Amei Nakamura / Tune by Makoto Kusakawa / Arranged by Akira Miyoshi)

Admission and ticket purchase

  • How to buy

    Please purchase admission tickets from the following 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇.
    1⃣Purchase from members of the performing choir❣
    2⃣Apply using the Google Form on the special website❣
    http://t.co/mxTnS7hmTU

    We are also looking for participants for the joint performance, which is expected to have over 200 people.

  • Admission of a preschool child

    Parent-child rooms are available. Please inquire.

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