Tokyo Metropolitan PrefectureSumida-ku
Tokyo Cantat 2024 Opening Concert by Japanese Female Chorus: Song no Milky Way: Kaizuka Where the Soul Shines
- Music
- Real-life event
Schedule
2024.04.28（日）
Open：15:30 Start：16:00
Charge
Advance booking discount 3500 yen
4000 yen Same-day
Advance booking discount 2,500 yen for students
Same-day Students 3000 yen
500 yen for high school students and younger
Contents
Cast: Tsurumi Sachiyo (Sanshin (Three-string guitar)) and others
A concert where you can fully enjoy the beauty of the Japanese language, focusing on “female chorus,” which has played a major role and presence in the history of Japanese choral singing.
●Part 1
Conductor: Isamu Matani
Corodia Piano: Tanaka Naoko
Written by Kazue Shinkawa and composed by Midori Takashima
From “Tomorrow's Apple” for female vocals and piano
“Into the Greenery to Today's Sun”
Conductor: Isamu Matani
Corodia & Female Chorus Dandelion Piano: Tanaka Naoko
Lyrics by Kan Tanigawa and composed by Tokuhide Niimi
From “White Song, Blue Song,” a two-part choral collection for three generations
“Whisper of Thorns,” “Nemunoki Tremble,” and “Blue Flower”
Conductor: Shirai Tomoro
Cole Lisblanc Piano: Hanai Miharu
Written by Shigemichi Shimizu, composed by Kiyoshi Nobutoki, arranged by Tamotsu Kinoshita
From Women's Chorus Suite “Sara”
“Tanzawa,” “Northern Autumn's,” “Raven,” “Fortune Telling,” and “Dreams.”
Conductor: Takuya Yokoyama
M&M (Ansan Burumei & Women's Voice Choir Tree Voice Association)
Piano: Akiko Tsujiraku Flute: Ikeda Kazuki
Arranged by Nobunaga Takatomi
From “Yuming Oldies” for female vocals, flute, and piano
“Graduation Photo,” “No Side,” and “DESTINY”
Conductor: Sato Hiroto
Female Voice Choir Mel & Female Voice Ensemble Marble Piano: Uesugi Naoko
Written by Toshifumi Suzuki and composed by Rikuya Terashima
6 choral songs “Morning Glory Seedling” with poems by Toshifumi Suzuki
Conductor: Tanaka Emi
Utanakama Akasatana (Azalea & Suiseikai Group II)
Composed by Nakamura Toru
“Playtime Song (Children's Poem)” from “The Four Okinawan Songs” for female vocals
Lyrics by Rin Ishigaki and composed by Takako Okuma
“It's in this world”
Conductor: Akasaka Yuki
Utanakama Akasatana (Azalea & Suiseikai Group II)
Piano: Masako Sawabata
Kato Naosaku poems composed by Nobunaga Takatomi
From the choral opera “Camellia, Tsubute, and Kawakami (Kami)”
“Red Flowers” “Women's Winter Jazz”
●Part 2
Conductor: Tsuji Shirō
Kagurazaka Women's Choir Piano: Kuroo Yumiko
Written by Kobayashi Katsu, composed by Shigemi Yoshioka, arranged by Michiru Oshima
“To the green star”
Written by Chizuru Ito, composed by Hiroyuki Yoshioka
“Osaka-style okonomiyaki”
Conductor: Katayama Miyuki
“Sounds of the Town” singing party piano: Terashima Rikuya
Written by Chihiro Honmachi and composed by Rikuya Terashima
“Sounds of the Town” for simultaneous voice (mixed) chorus and piano
Conductor: Tsuji Hideyuki
Crossroad “Shu” piano: Kawamoto Mitsuyo
Christina Rossetti poetry, Japanese lyrics and composition by Akane Nakanishi
Excerpted from “Moon and Sun” for Female Chorus and Piano ~Poems by Christina Rossetti~
“Moon,” “Rainbow,” and “Sun's Favorite Swallow”
Conductor: Nomoto Tatsuto
Kumayusha Women's Choir Urizun Piano: Chikako Kakei
Arranged by Takahiro Abe
From the Okinawan song album “Islander Nu Treasure” for the two-part choir with the same voice (children's voice)
1. “Shimauta (Okinawan music)”
2. “Baby God ~ Yamato Guchi ~”
3. Okinawa Warabe Song and Folk Song Medley (Tinsagu nu Hana (Okinawan food & Awamori liquor) ~ Hananu Windmill ~ Asahiya Yunta ~ Karafune Doi)
Conductor: Matsumura Tsutomu
Vert Pin Plage Piano: Oda Sachiyo
Written by Akira Noro and composed by Hideki Chihara
Suite “Miyakowasure” for female vocals and piano
●Part 3
Conductor: Masami Sugano
Asaka Female Call Tokyo Piano: Shoji Noriko
“Farewell in the Prairie” written by Hiroo Sakata and composed by Onaka Ken
“Autumn Woman” written by Haruo Sato and composed by Onaka Ken
“Weaving Stars” from the Women's Chorus Suite “A Long Walk,” written by Hiroko Murakami and composed by Saburo Takada
Conductor: Fujii Hiroki
Women's Chorus Ayanone Piano: Fujii Mieko
Acacia Chorus Piano: Keiko Ajimine
Women's Choir Hanayo Piano: Iwamoto Kako
“Nemu no Hana” (Ayanone) from “Nakata Yoshinao Female Voice Chorus Collection I” written by Nakata Yoshinao by Hanako Tsubota
“Don't forget” (Acacia) from “Nakata Yoshinao Female Voice Chorus Collection I” written by Sumako Fukao and composed by Yoshinao Nakata
Gray Rain from Female Chorus Suite “Butterfly” written by Mihiko Ito and composed by Nakata Yoshinao (Hua Rong)
Conductor: Fujii Hiroki
Joint performance
Written by Ema Akiko, composed by Nakata Yoshinao
“Summer Memories” Piano: Keiko Ajimine
Conductor: Furuhashi Fujio
N.F. Ladies Singers Piano: Junko Akino
Written by Toson Shimazaki, composed by Katsuya Asako
“Three Tablos with Poems by Tosura Shimazaki” for female vocals and piano
Conductor: Kuriyama Fumiaki
Women's Choir September Wind & Women's Choir Blue Bird Piano: Saiki Yuri Sanshin (Three-string guitar): Tsurumi Sachiyo
Matsumoto Female Voice Ensemble AZ & Female Voice Choir Aya Piano: Hagi Kyoko
“Moon Moon Beauty” arranged by Yukiyo Tsurumi (September Wind & Blue Bird)
“Miruku Sekai ga Yura” (AZ & Aya) composed by Chinen Jitsuki and Kyoko Hagi
Conductor: Kuriyama Fumiaki
Joint Chorus by Takeshima Hagoromo, composed by Rentaro Taki