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Sparkles of Modern Japanese Songs with Traditional Japanese Instruments Vol.14—Lineup of new works

Date Tue, Oct 29, 2019 18:30 (Open 18:00)
Venue

Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Recital Hall

Genre Concert


Artists & Program

[First Part]


Koun na Nofu


Lyrics: Yoshiaki Yoshida


Music: Etsuo Kawasaki


Song: Keiko Nagamatsu


Koto (Japanese zither): Yoko Hihara


Jushichigen koto (17-string koto): Makiko Goda


Shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute): Shozan Tanabe


 


Izumi—to Sorge’s lover Hanako Ishii


Lyrics: Kazumi Hara


Music: Mariko Kamisaka


Song: Fumiko Kagawa


Nijugogen bass koto (25-string bass koto): Nobuhiro Kaneko


 


Hotarugusa


Kijo no Mai


Lyrics: To Takahara


Music: Naoyuki Manabe


Song: Keiko Aoyama


Koto: Noriko Hirata


 


Hikari to Mizu no Mukashi Monogatari—for baritone solo, shinobue, koto


Lyrics: Ko Kiyotake


Music: Shuko Mizuno


Song: Isao Fukushima


Nijugogen koto (25-string koto): Tsugumi Yamamoto


Shamisen (Japanese three-stringed instrument): Tetsuya Nozawa


Shinobue (Japanese transverse bamboo flute): Jun Akaru


Artists & Program

[Second Part]


Maboroshi wo mita


Lyrics: Nobuko Kinoshita


Music: Shingo Ikegami


Song: Mihoko Yamada


Koto: Shingo Ikegami


Jushichigen koto: Hiroko Hirano


Shakuhachi: Kenichi Tajima


 


Yuki


Lyrics: Keiko Fujii


Music: Sawako Tamaru


Song: Michiko Yuri


Koto: Noriko Hirata


Koto: Yoko Hihara


 


Neko no Koi—from cat haikus by Kobayashi Issa


for voice and shamisen or sangen (Chinese lute), either sing and play at the same time by solo or duo is fine


Haiku: KOBAYASHI Issa


Music: Yoshihiro Kanno


Song: Ayumi Shimonoto


Sangen: Hiroko Hirano


 


Oshidori—for mezzo-soprano, tenor, 25-string koto, and Satsuma Biwa


Original work: KOIZUMI Yakumo


Text: Ryoichi Wago


Music: Tokuhide Niimi


Song: Keiko Aoyama


Song: Masaya Fuse


Nijugogen koto: Nobuhiro Kaneko


Satsuma Biwa (Japanese short-necked fretted lute): Kumiko Shuto


Tickets

Prices (tax included)

General Admission 4,000yen Students 2,000yen


Other Information

Organizers

Modern Japanese Song Society