Raffiné Christmas Gala Concert

Program

Noriko Takahashi <Soprano> Piano: Megumi Anami
F. Mendelssohn: "Jerusalem!" from Oratorio "St. Paul
Megumi Anami: The Sky at Dusk (poem by Misuzu Kaneko)
W.A.Mozart: "Oh, if there were gracious stars in the sky" K.538

Yoshiko Tomihara <Soprano> Piano: Kozue Akasaka
G. Verdi: "My Last Wish" from "The Masked Ball
G. Faure: Soir (Dusk)
Yoshinao Nakata: Hair
F. Cilea: "I am the servant of the god of art" from the opera "Adriana Lecouvreur

Minako Kasai <Soprano> Piano: Machiko Higuchi
W. Gomez: Ave Maria
S. Rachmaninoff: Vocalise
G. Verdi: "What are you wearing?" from the opera "The Masked Ball

Jiko Iguchi<soprano> Piano: Mayuko Hattori
G. Donizetti: Love that compels us not to love those we love
Voice of Hope (same melody as "Tears of a Stranger" for female voice)
G. Puccini: "On a fine day" from the opera "Madame Butterfly

Takashi Maeshiro (bass), Megumi Okudaira (piano)
G. Verdi: "Poor father's breast" from the opera "Simon Boccanegra
F. de Curtis: "You who never cries
Yuji Koseki: Night of Iomante
Masao Yoneyama: Tsugaru no Hometown

Nami Iwai <Recitation, mezzo-soprano> Piano: Machiko Higuchi
The Gift of the Wise Man by O. Henry
[Intertitle] F.X. Gruber: KIYOSHIKONO Yoru
Amazing Grace
W.A.Mozart: "You who know the troubles of love" from the opera "The Marriage of Figaro
F. Cilea: "Bitter Pleasure, Sweet Suffering" from the opera "Adriana Lecouvreur"
G. Verdi: "Ugly Fate!" from the opera "Don Carlo" 　　etc.