Concert by Saitama University Music Faculty

The Department of Music, 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 26th in the series of "Gift of Music" concerts, which are free of charge and feature masterpieces of classical music that are accessible to the general public, presented by the professors of the Music Program.
The performers include the following five full-time faculty members of Saitama University and three splendid guest performers.
Main Performances

M. Ravel <Spanish Songs> Folk Songs <Italian Songs> Folk Songs
　　　　　　Vocalise (Habanera Etudes)
　Don Quixote, who is in love with Princess Dulcinea" (3 pieces)
I "Fantastic Songs," II "Epic Songs," III "Drinking Songs
　Bass: Kazuhiko Ono Piano (guest): Reiko Hiruta

G. Bizet Prelude to Act III from "Carmen
P. Gaubert Madrigal
　　　　Flute: Eisuke Takezawa Piano (guest): Akiko Takezawa

Cherry Blossoms, Japanese traditional song, arranged by Eriko Takahama
Composed by Eriko Takahama, "2025 Shoka" Vol. 2 (Poem from "Shoka Sho Sho Sho")
I. I. "Sakura Momiji" (11th Cherry Blossom and Autumn Leaves) II. The 15th poem, "Haru no yayohi" ("The Fifteenth, Spring's Night Heron") III. No.62 "Autumn grass" Ⅳ. Kiku (the 78th chrysanthemum)
　　　　　Soprano:Akemi Mori Piano:Eriko Takahama

J=M. Dammers Concert Sonata for Flute and Piano
　　　　　　Flute:Eisuke Takezawa Piano(Guest):Akiko Takezawa

G. Verdi From the opera "The Sicilian Evening Bell
Aria from "Procida" (Homeland, Palermo, My beloved land)
　　　　　　Bass:Kazuhiko Ono Piano(Guest):Reiko Hiruta

Composed by Eriko Takahama
Divertimento" for flute, soprano and piano
Flute: Eisuke Takezawa, Soprano (guest): Akemi Mori
Piano: Eriko Takahama

J. Strauss II/A. Schulze-Evler
　Concert Arabesque on a theme from "The Blue Danube
　　　　　　　　　　　　Piano: Akiko Higashiura