Gaia Philharmonic Choir

“THREE” is ...

a biennial concert,featuring three choirs coming together to make music led by conductors who were born in the same year in three Asian countries

This concert in Tokyo following the inaugural concert held in Singapore in 2006 is themed
ASIAN SOUND

Date: January 18, 2009 (Sunday), 1630h (scheduled)
(Doors are scheduled to open at 1600h.)
Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space, Main Hall
JR/Major subway lines/Tobu Tojo Line/Seibu Ikebukuro Line “Ikebukuro Station.”
Three-minute walk from West Exit “2b.”

Presenting:
SYC Ensemble Singers (Conductor: Jennifer Tham/Singapore)
Ateneo Chamber Singers (Conductor: Jonathan Velasco/Philippines)
Gaia Philharmonic Choir (Conductor: Ko Matsushita/Japan)

Performing:
"Akita Obako" from "2 Folksongs from Akita"
Tin o o (Taiwanese children's song) 天烏烏（台湾童謡）
Lok Sui Tien (Hakka folksong) 落水天（客家民謡）
To the Unnamed Light (Francisco Feliciano)
Anima Christi (Cipriano Cayabyab)
Burrinjuck (Stephen Leek) * premiere
Fuggite, amanti (Corrado Margutti) * premiere
 *** And More ! ***
Joint Performance:
Dona nobis pacem  - For 3 groups of choirs
Aterna lux, divinitas (Americ Goh) * premiere
Maior Caritas (John August Pamintuan) * premiere

Tickets are available at:
Tokyo Metropolitan Artspace - Phone; 03-5985-1707
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan at Ueno
ONLINE TICKETING AT; Ticket Application Form （Japanese）

Phone Enqury:
080-5025-7452 (THREE Concert Secretariat, Yamaji)

Admission:
SS: 4,000 Yen (4,500 Yen on the day of performance)
S:3,500 Yen (4,000 Yen on the day of performance)
A: 2,500 Yen (3,000 Yen on the day of performance)
B: 1,500 Yen (2,000 Yen on the day of performance)

Date: October 11, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Venue: The O’Shaughnessy at The College of St. Catherine

Date:October 12, 2008, Afternoon
Venue: Within Minneapolis and St. Paul

Date:October 13, 2008, 10:00 a.m.
Venue: The O’Shaughnessy at The College of St. Catherine

PROGRAM (Not all shall be performed)

Osmo Vänskä: “The Bridge”
- Metropolitan Symphony

- Performance by Mu Daiko

- Performance by Minnesota Chorale

- Performance by Gaia Philharmonic Choir and Yokohama Chamber Choir "kai"
Ko MATSUSHITA: From "Four Motets for Mixed Choir"
* O lux beata Trinitas
* Domine fac me servum pacis tuae

Ko MATSUSHITA: From "3 Insular Songs of Yaeyama and Miyako Islands"
* Asadoya Yunta

Ko MATSUSHITA: From "2 Folksongs from Akita"
* Akita Ondo (performed by Kai)
Ko MATSUSHITA: From "Japanese Folksongs 5" composition for mixed choir
* Mihara Yassa Bushi (Dance Music of Mihara) (peformed by Gaia)

Robert Kyr: "Ah Nagasaki Ashes Into Light" (premiere)
Lyrics by Robert Kyr, Kazuaki Tanahashi