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 |