Concert by the faculty of Saitama University, Faculty of Education, Department of Music The 25th Gift of Music

The Department of Music, Division of Art, Faculty of Education, Saitama University is a national university where music can be studied. As part of the university's contribution to the local community, this concert is the 25th in the series of "Gift of Music" concerts, in which admission is free and the professors in the field of music will present masterpieces of classical music that are accessible to the general audience.
The performers include the following five full-time faculty members of Saitama University and three splendid guest performers.
Main performance program (The order of performance is yet to be decided.)

J.S. Bach: "Polonaise" and "Badinuri" from Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067
Bach (?) S. S. Bach: Sonata in E-flat major for flute and obbligato harpsichord, BWV1031, 2nd movement (Bach's Siciliano)
Eisuke Takezawa (flute) Akiko Takezawa (piano/guest)

Kohsuke Yamada: "Kono michi" (This Way) Saburo Takada: "Kuchinashi" from "Hitori no hanwa" (One Man's Dialogue)
J. Massenet: Act II, from the opera "Thais" (You, Father... / Do you remember that glorious journey?)
Kazuhiko Ono (Voice, Bass) Reiko Hiruta (Piano, Guest)

F. F. Chopin Fantasy Impromptu
F. F. Chopin "Withering Wood" from "12 Exercises" Op.25, No.11
Akiko Higashiura, piano

Eriko Takahama "2038 Shoka" (Poem from "Shoka Sho Sho Sho") I. Kare I. Kare II. I. Koware (The First) II. The twelfth [Hanasaku Haru] Ⅲ. The 41st [Cherry blossoms on the shore] IV. V. The 60th <Autumn Dusk> V. The 89th <Flowers and Birds> VII. V. The 89th <Flowers and Birds> VI. VII. 82nd <Snow on the Head> VII. VII. 24th <If I Think of You

Eriko Takahama (Composition, piano) Akemi Mori (Soprano, guest)
Christmas medley (Arr. by Eriko Takahama)

Kaoru Mori (MC)

Past concerts are streamed on the official YouTube Saitama University channel. Please also see here.
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