The 43rd N.C. Cherry Blossom Festival
US-Japan (Nichibei) Choral Festival

Friday April 9th 2010  8 p.m.
Herbst Theatre, SF
Conductor:  Kouji Toyama
 
Stage I
Odawara Male Chorus
Hohoemi (Smile) - Norio Suzuki
 
State II 
Female Chorus Groups from Japan
Kasan No Uta (My Dear Old Mom's Song) - Satoshi Kubota 
Usagi (Rabbit) - Anonymous
Kagome (Squat Down,Squat Down) - Anonymous
Kikyu Ni Notte Dokomademo - Takekuni Hirayoshi
Daisuki - Kenji Yamamoto
Believe - Yutaka Tomizawa
Utae BanBan - Naozumi Yamamoto

Stage III
Odawara Male Chorus
Karatachi No Hana - Kosaku Yamada
Oshima Bushi - Arr:Yoichiro Fukunaga
Soran Bushi - Arr:Osamu Shimizu
Mogamigawa Funauta - Arr:Osamu Shimizu
Itsutsu No Oaxaqueña Ni Yoru Shokei (The scenes from five
Oaxaqueña),
- Old Mexican (Oaxaca) Songs, Arr:Takatomi Nobunaga
 
 --- Intermission ---
 
Stage IV
Mixed Voice Chorus From Japan
"Akai Tori Kotori (Red Birdie)" for Mixed Voice Chorus and Piano
- Tamezo Narita, Arr:Takatomi Nobunaga
 
State V
Mixed Voice Chorus From US
Machiboke - Kosaku Yamada, Arr:Junpei Masuda
Furusato (My Old Town) - Teiichi Okano, Arr:Shunichiro Genda
America The Beautiful -  Samuel A. Ward, Arr:Kirby Shaw
 
Stage VI
US-Japan Joint Chorus
Kimi Utaeyo - Takatomi Nobunaga
Toriga (Bird) - Tokuhide Niimi
Yuyake Koyake (Sunset) - Shin Kusakawa, Arr:Akira Miyoshi