Gaia Philharmonic Choir

Concerts performing Japanese most popular composers, Takatomi Nobunaga, Akira Miyoshi, and Ko Matsushita. Please enjoy their vigous works and their tastes.

Date: December 9, 2007 (Sun.)
14:00 Door Open, 14:30 Start
Venue: Dai-ichi Seimei Hall
8 minutes walk from Toei-Oedo Line Kachidoki Station, A2 exit

Conductor: Ko MATSUSHITA
Pianist: Yuri SAIKI

General Admission
General: 2,500 Yen (Advance ticket also)
Students: 2,000 Yen (Advance ticket also. University Students or younger)
* NOTE: Student ID is required.
Purchase of tickets from 13:30pm.

PROGRAM

1st Stage: "Song for a Fresh Start", for Mixed Chorus and Piano
Poems by Hajime KIJIMA, Music by Takatomi NOBUNAGA

* Song for a Fresh Start
* For Freedom
* After a funeral
* Song for Making a Fresh Start
* Song for a fountain

2nd Stage: "Ballade for the Earh", for Mixed Chorus
Lyrics by Shuntaro TANIKAWA, Music by Akira MIYOSHI

* I. The Reason I sing
* II. The name for Silence
* III. Bird
* IV. Evening
* V. Picnic to the Earth

3rd Stage: Symphonic Chorus, "Wind for Tomorrow"
- Story of St. Francisco Xabier, Coming Over the Blue Ocean

Lyrics by Kaoru FURUKAWA, composed by Ko MATSUSHITA

* Chapter 1 Departure
* Chapter 2 Oath at Montmartre
* Chapter 3 Island Shadow of Thick Green Zipangu
* Chapter 4 Farewell

Date:April 23, 2006, 14:00pm
Venue: Dai-ichi Seimei Hall, Kachidoki, Tokyo
Conductors: Jonathan Velasco, Ko Matsushita
Pianist: Katsunori Maeda

PROGRAM

1st Stage: German Romantic Works

* Hauptmann: Salve Regina
* Brahms: Letztes Gluck
* Mendelssohn: Trauergesang

2nd Stage: Philippino Choral Works

* Anima Christi
* Ummah, Sallih
* Buwa-Buwa ni utu
* Tarimbaba Punjungan
* Rosas Panadan
* Ilay Ganadangan

3rd Stage: Premiere for mixed version

"On our Planet" for mixed choir and piano
Words by Shuntaro TANIKAWA, composed by Ko MATSUSHITA

* Spring
* Guests of the Earth
* A Song of Lunch
* Smile
* This Year

Encore

* Spring (A cappella version)
* The Everlasting Sea
* Caturog Na Nonoy
(Bicolano Folk Song. Arranged by: George Hernandez)

Voice of the Earth Time to bring the light back

Date: April 24, 2005
Venue: Meguro Persimmon Hall
Conductor: Ko Matsushita

PROGRAM

1st Stage

J.S.Bach: Komm,Jesu,komm
- Viola da gamba: Yukimi Kambe
- Violone: Takashi Konno
- Organ: Eri Niiyama

2nd Stage

Kodaly Zoltan: Missa Brevis
- Orchestra: JK Philharmony Orchestra Tokyo

3rd Stage

A Suite for mixed chorus "For Birds"
Words by Kayoko Yamazaki, Composed by Ko Matsushita
* A letter
* The bird called Anna
* Tree
* Crying of stones
* Song of town

Encore
Gabriel Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine

In the beginning, there was a Word.

Date: April 24th, 2004 (Sat.)
Venue: Tokorozawa Civic Cultural Centre MUSE, ARK HALL
Conductor: Ko Matsushita

1st Stage

Sergey Vasilievich Rachmaninov:
* From "All-Night Vigil" 5, 6, 7, 8, 10

2nd Stage

Kodály Zoltán:
* Enek Szent Istvan Kiralyhoz
* Este
* Liszt Ferenchez

3rd Stage

Orbán György: Mass 11th

4th Stage

Music by: Ko Matsushita, Lyrics by Shuntaro Tanikawa
From the "Collection for Mixed Chorus, 'When the People Sing'"
* Our Planet
* Love
* When the People Sing

* To Believe