at Izumi Hall, Osaka
J. S. Bach: Suite Nr.3 D-Dur, BWV 1068
A. Bruckner: Messe Nr. 2 in e-moll, WAB 27
Christmas Carols:
    "Kiyoshi kono Yoru (Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht!; Silent Night, Holy Night)"
    A. Bruckner: "Ave Maria"
    "Aa Shu yo, Ware ha Fukaki Fuchi yori (Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir;
    Out of the depths I cry to you)"
    "Arano no Hate ni (Les Anges dans nos Campagnes; Angels We Have Heard on High)"
    "Sayaka ni Hoshi ha Kirameki (O holy Night)"
Japanese sound storytelling ―portrait of sound, reverberating to the heart―
at Kyoto Prefectural Citizens' Hall "ALTI"
SHIBATA Minao: "Yasashiki Uta II (A Gentle Song)"
    (lyrics: TACHIHARA Michizou) ~Celebration of 100th Birthday ~
CHIHARA Hideki: "EIKETSU-NO-ASA (Morning of Final Farewell)"
   for mixed chorus (lyrics: MIYAZAWA Kenji)
KINOSHITA Makiko: "GITANJALI" for Mixed Chorus and Piano
    (lyrics: Tagore, Japanese translation: KAWANA Kiyo)
TERASHIMA Rikuya: "OKINAWAN SKETCHES" for mixed chorus, two pianos and san-shin
    (Okinawa Folk Songs, lyrics: TANIKAWA Shuntaro)
at Izumi Hall, Osaka
SHIBATA Minao: "Human and Death" ~Celebration of 100th Birthday ~
CHIHARA Hideki: "Furukoto-no-fumi" for mixed chorus (text by KOJIKI)
NISHIMURA Akira: "Hikari no Mitsu (Honey of Light)" for 9 players (Oboe,
  Clarinet, Horn, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello and Two Percussionists)
at Izumi Hall, Osaka
L. van Beethoven: Symphony Nr.9 "Choral", Op.125
Christmas Songs and Carols:
"Hisashiku Machinishi (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel; Veni, Veni, Emmanuel)"
"Aa Shu yo, Ware ha Fukaki Fuchi yori (Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir;
Out of the depths I cry to you)"
SUZUKI Norio: "Ave Maria" string edition (arr.: by TOMA Shuichi)
"Arano no Hate ni (Les Anges dans nos Campagnes; Angels We Have Heard on
High)"
"Sayaka ni Hoshi ha Kirameki (O holy Night)"
at Izumi Hall, Osaka
〈from Heinrich Schütz to contemporary, the pathway to miracle〉
H. Schütz: Deutsches Magnificat “Meine Seele erhebt den Herren”, SWV 494
L. van Beethoven: Symphony Nr.7, Op.92
A. Pärt: "Magnificat" for mixed chorus
KINOSHITA Makiko: "The Light is Here" for mixed chorus and orchestra
(lyrics: TACHIHARA Michizou)
Japanese sound storytelling ―portrait of sound, reverberating to the heart―
at Kyoto Prefectural Citizens' Hall "ALTI"
NISHIMURA Akira: "Natsu no Niwa (Garden of Summer)" for Female or Male
Chorus and Piano (lyrics: SASAKI Mikiro)
NISHIMURA Akira: "Jashumon-Hikyoku" for Mixed Chorus and Piano
(lyrics: KITAHARA Hakushu)
CHIHARA Hideki: "The Last Words of Jesus Christ on the Cross" for mixed chorus
(lyrics: UEDA Yoshiyuki)
The Lyrical World of SUZUKI Norio:
"Hohoemi (Smile)" (lyrics: ODAGIRI Kiyomitsu)
"Asani (In the Morning) " (lyrics: TACHIHARA Michizo)
"Akogare (Longing)" (lyrics: anonymous)
"Densetsu (Folk Story)" (lyrics: SUZUKI Norio)
"Piero to iu na no Piero (A Clown named Clown)" (lyrics: SUZUKI Norio)
at Abeno Kumin Center Small Hall, Osaka
【Taipei Teacher's Choir】
G. B. Pergolesi: from "Stabat Mater"
漢光詩詞 (Hanguang Poem)
「釵頭鳳(Phoenix Hairpin)」「賣花生( Peanuts-sellers)-懷古」
客家民謠(Hakka Folk Songs)
「十八姑娘(A Girl at Eighteen)」「花樹下(Under the Flower Tree)」
and other songs
【Heinrich Schütz Kammerchor, Osaka】
H. Schütz:"Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes" , SWV 386
SUZUKI Norio: "Han nya shin gyo" for mixed chorus
TAKEMITSU Toru: from "Songs" for mixed chorus
CHIHARA Hideki: "GINGA NO JO" (Prelude to the Milky way) for mixed chorus and piano
and other songs
at Izumi Hall, Osaka
CHIHARA Hideki and MIYAZAWA Kenji, ~the fascinating world of sounds~
music:CHIHARA Hideki, lyrics: MIYAZAWA Kenji
《lighting and stage effects, performed as a theater piece》
Pre-Concert Talks: CHIHARA Hideki × TOMA Shuichi
CHIHARA Hideki:
"Taneyamagahara no Yoru no Uta (The Song of The Night of Taneyamagahara)"
- viriant version "Haratai-Kenbairen" (lyrics: MIYAZAWA Kenji)
CHIHARA Hideki:
A Literary Poem "Saijitu" (A Holy Day) for chorus, cello, piano and percussion
CHIHARA Hideki:
"Changa Chaga Umako" song for children/female
CHIHARA Hideki:
"Watakushi to Yu Gensho wa (The Phenomenon called I)" suite for mixed chorus and piano
at Hamarikyu Asahi Hall, Tokyo
CHIHARA Hideki and MIYAZAWA Kenji, ~the fascinating world of sounds~
music:CHIHARA Hideki, lyrics: MIYAZAWA Kenji
《lighting and stage effects, performed as a theater piece》
Pre-Concert Talks: CHIHARA Hideki × TOMA Shuichi
CHIHARA Hideki:
"Taneyamagahara no Yoru no Uta (The Song of The Night of Taneyamagahara)"
- viriant version "Haratai-Kenbairen" (lyrics: MIYAZAWA Kenji)
CHIHARA Hideki:
A Literary Poem "Saijitu" (A Holy Day) for chorus, cello, piano and percussion
CHIHARA Hideki:
"Changa Chaga Umako" song for children/female
CHIHARA Hideki:
"Watakushi to Yu Gensho wa (The Phenomenon called I)" suite for mixed chorus and piano
at Izumi Hall, Osaka
J. S. Bach: Weihnachts Oratorium, BWV 248, Teil I-III
Christmas Carols:
"White Christmas" (arr.: D. Duesing)
A. Bruckner: "Ave Maria"
A. Bruckner: "Virga Jesse"
J. S. Bach = C. F. Gounod: "Ave Maria"
"Hisashiku Machinishi (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel; Veni, Veni, Emmanuel)"
"Arano no Hate ni (Les Anges dans nos Campagnes; Angels We Have Heard on High)"
"Kiyoshi kono Yoru (Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht!; Silent Night, Holy Night)"
"Aa Shu yo, Ware ha Fukaki Fuchi yori (Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir; Out of the depths I cry to you)"
"Sayaka ni Hoshi ha Kirameki (O holy Night)"
at Kyoto Prefectural Citizens' Hall "ALTI"
NISHIMURA Akira: "Ozora no Ryushi (Particles of the Great Sky)" for mixed
chorus and piano (lyrics: SASAKI Mikirou)
SUZUKI Norio: "IHATOV, Fantasia" suite for male chorus
(lyrics: MIYAZAWA Kenji)
CHIHARA Hideki: "AMAKUSA-GAKA"<Vol.1> for mixed chorus
CHIHARA Hideki: "AMAKUSA-GAKA"<Vol.2> -The Route to the East- for mixed chorus
KINOSHITA Makiko, the magnificient world of her sound
~Collection of Orchestra and Choral Works~
at Izumi Hall, Osaka
KINOSHITA Makiko with TOMA Shuichi - Special Talk on her works
KINOSHITA Makiko: "Taiyo Organ (The Sun Organ)" for mixed chorus and orchestra
(lyrics: ARAI Ryoji)
*comissioned work of OCM in 2010, first performance of revised edition
KINOSHITA Makiko: "The Light is Here" for mixed chorus and orchestra
(lyrics: TACHIHARA Michizou)
KINOSHITA Makiko: "Sinfonietta" for string orchestra
KINOSHITA Makiko: "Jashumon-Hikyoku" for chorus and orchestra
(lyrics: KITAHARA Hakushu)
Visiting the upstream of German Protestant and their predecessors ~Salvation will overcome sorrow~
at MS&AD Shirakawa Hall, Nagoya
H. Schütz: "Passions-Motetten", SWV 56-60 ("Cantiones sacrae 1625" Nr.IV-VIII)
J. Brahms: "Ein deutsches Requiem", Op. 45 (piano duet accompaniment)
~Prayer for Peace〜
at Izumi Hall, Osaka
J. S. Bach: Messe in h-moll, BWV 232
at Hamarikyu Asahi Hall, Tokyo
KINOSHITA Makiko: "ELEGIA" for mixed chorus without accompaniment
(lyrics: KITAZONO Katue)
KINOSHITA Makiko:
"HARATAI-KENBAIREN" for Mixed Chorus and Four Hands Piano
(lyrics: MIYAZAWA Kenji)
*commissioned work in 2005, first performance of revised edition (four hands
piano edition) in Kanto region
SHIBATA Minao: Cosmology
~The Enjoyment of Strings~
at Abeno Kumin Center Small Hall, Osaka
A. Dvořák: Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22 B. 52
B. Britten: "Simple Symphony", Op. 4
A. Pärt: "Orient & Occident" for string orchestra
G. F. Händel: "Lascia ch'io pianga"
CHIHARA Hideki: "Iwami Soumonka" from "two songs by Hitomaro" (strings accompaniment edition)
TOMA Shuichi: "Uri Hameba Kodomo Omooyu (Eating gourd reminds me of my children)"
(lyrics: YAMANOUE-no-Okura, strings accompaniment edition)
~The Fascination of CHIHARA Hideki's Works~
at Kyoto Prefectural Citizens' Hall "ALTI"
CHIHARA Hideki:
"The Last Words of Jesus Christ on the Cross" for mixed chorus
"Seven Songs for You" suite for mixed chorus
"From the north world" for mixed chorus
"Ryojin-Hishou-Godai" for unaccompanied mixed chorus
"Goten-Manzai" for mixed chorus
~Ethnic Songs emerging to Contemporary~
at Izumi Hall, Osaka
A. Pärt: Festina Lente
CHIHARA Hideki: Symphonia for Strings No.1 Ten-Chi MONYO
*commissioned work in 2003, first performance of 2013 edition
KINOSHITA Makiko: "Haratai Kenbairen" (lyrics: MIYAZAWA Kenji)
*commissioned work in 2005, first performance of revised edition(four hands piano version) in 2013
SHIBATA Minao: Cosmology
at Izumi Hall, Osaka
J. S. Bach: Weihnachts Oratorium, BWV 248 (excerpt)
A. Hollins: "Christmas Cradle Song" for Organ
J. Rutter: "The Gift of Charity"
"I would be true"(arr.: J. Rutter)
"Aah Shu yo, Ware ha Fukaki Fuchi yori (Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir; Out of the
depths I cry to you)" (Hymn, arr.: TOMA Shuichi)
"Arano no Hate ni (Les Anges dans nos Campagnes; Angels We Have Heard on
High)" (Hymn, arr.:TOMA Shuichi)
KEDASHIRO Yoki: "Sagari-bana" (arr.: TOMA Shuichi)
"Sayaka ni Hoshi ha Kirameki (O holy Night)" (Hymn, arr.:TOMA Shuichi)
at Kyoto Prefectural Citizens' Hall "ALTI"
KINOSHITA Makiko: "Nature, Love and Solitude" collection for female chorus
CHIHARA Hideki: "Changa Chaga Umako" song for children/female
NAKAJIMA Haru: Male Chorus, Shakuhachi quartet, English recitation "Yasashii
Hannyashingyo (Easy Hannya Shingyo)"
CHIHARA Hideki: Hymns to creation of the universe, from Rig-Veda for male chorus
at Kyoto Prefectural Citizens' Hall "ALTI"
W. A. Mozart: Symphony No.25 in G Minor, K. 183
F. Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D. 485
E. Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for Strings, Op. 47
at Kyoto Prefectural Citizens' Hall "ALTI"
SHIBATA Minao: "Shizen ni tsuite (On Nature)"
MIYOSHI Akira: "Chikyu eno Ballard (A Ballard to the Earth)" for mixed chorus
CHIHARA Hideki: "Yorokobi no Tayori" of Johannes for mixed chorus
at Izumi Hall, Osaka
F. Delius: (celebration of 150th birthday)
Two songs to be sung of a summer night on the water, RT iv/5
Two Pieces For Small Orchestra, RT VI/19
I. On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring
II. Summer Night On The River
A. Pärt: "Magnificat" for mixed chorus
SUZUKI Norio: Symphonia for Orcherstra (revised edition)
CHIHARA Hideki: "The Taketori's Tale" for mixed chrous
(with lighting/staging effects)
at DAI-ICHI SEIMEI HALL, Tokyo
CHIHARA Hideki: "HOJO-Ki" for mixed chorus
NISHIMURA Akira: "Lemon-Aika (Lemon Elegy)" for mixed chorus and piano
TOMA Shuichi: "Kono Itoshiki Mono ni (To my dearest)" (excerpt)
J. S. Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080 (excerpt)
P. I. Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings, Op.48
at MS&AD Shirakawa Hall, Nagoya
CHIHARA Hideki: "REQUIEM" for mixed chorus
(lyrics: KAKINOMOTO-no-Hitomaro)
NAKAJIMA Haru: Songs of Manyo and Sakimori "Tabanare Oshimi" for female
chorus
NISHIMURA Akira: "Tori-no-Kuni" (a Land of Birds) for mixed chorus
(lyrics: SASAKI Mikirou)
KINOSHITA Makiko: "Jashumon-Hikyoku" for Chorus and Orchestra
S. Barber: "Adagio for Strings", Op.11
G. F. Händel: Concerto grosso in C-Major "Alexander's Feast", HWV 318
at The Museum of Kyoto Annex Hall
TOMA Shuichi:
"Eating gourd reminds me of my children (Uri Hameba Kodomo Omooyu)"
(lyrics: YAMANOUE-no-Okura from "Manyo")
"Love songs (Kimi wo Shitai Kouru Uta)"
(lyrics: two "Manyo" poets by KAKINOMOTO-no-Hitomaro and YAMANOUE-no- Okura)
"Elephant's nose (Zo no Hana)"
(lyrics: KANEKO Misuzu)
"Fish (Osakana)"
(lyrics: KANEKO Misuzu)
"Sky and sea (Sora to Umi)"
(lyrics: KANEKO Misuzu)
"Misohagi"
(lyrics: KANEKO Misuzu)
KEDASHIRO Yoki: "Sagari-bana" (arr.:TOMA Shuichi)
TERASHIMA Naohiko: "Satokibi-Batake" (arr.: TOMA Shuichi)
ARAI Man: "I am a thousand winds (Sen no Kaze ni natte)" (arr.: TOMA Shuichi)
CHIHARA Hideki: "Inishie no Kimi he" for mixed chorus
CHIHARA Hideki: "Apollon's Lyre (Harp)" for female (children's) chorus and piano
at Izumi Hall, Osaka
J. S. Bach: Weihnachts Oratorium BWV 248, Teil 1,3
L. Boëllmann: Offertory on Christmas Themes for organ
S. Barber: Adagio for Strings
SUZUKI Norio: "Ave Maria" string edition (arr.: by TOMA Shuichi)
KINOSHITA Makiko: "Kamome (Seagulls)" orchestra accompaniment edition
CHIHARA Hideki: from "Seven Songs for You",
"Agemasu (this is for you)" orchestra accompaniment edition
"Prayer of St. Francis" (arr.: A. Wilson)
Christmas Carols:
"Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (arr.: P. Gritton)
"Winter Wonderland" (arr.: P. Gritton)
"Santa Claus is Coming to Town" (arr.: P. Gritton)
"Aah Shu yo, Ware ha Fukaki Fuchi yori (Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir; Out of the depths I cry to you)"
(Hymn, arr. TOMA Shuichi)
"Hisashiku Machinishi (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel; Veni, Veni, Emmanuel)"
(Hymn, arr. TOMA Shuichi)
at Kobe Asahi Hall
【A Musical Gift ~World of Poets~】
C. Monteverdi: Madrigals,
"Io mi son giovinetta", "T'amo, mia vita' la mia cara vita"
T. L. de Victoria:
"Ave Maria" for 8 voices
"Sancta Maria, succurre miseris"
"Quam pulchri sunt"
"Pueri Hebraeorum"
G. Holst: "St. Paul Suite" Op. 29-2
HAYASHI Hikaru: from Song Collection for mixed chorus from MIYAZAWA Kenji's Poems,
"Watakushi to iu Gensho wa (The Phenomenon called I)"
""Fuyu to Ginga Station (Winter and Galactic Station)"
HAYASHI Hikaru: from Song Album from MIYAZAWA Kenji's Poems "Iwate Keiben Tetsudo no
Ichigatsu (January of Iwate Keiben railway)" mixed chorus edition,
"Grand Denchu (Grand Telegraph Pole)"
"Hoshi-meguri no Uta (Song of the Circling Stars)"
(arr.: HAYASHI Hikaru, music/lyrics: MIYAZAWA Kenji)
CHIHARA Hideki: "Ame ni mo Makezu (Be not Defeated by the Rain)" for mixed chorus and strings
(lyrics: MIYAZAWA Kenji)
TAKEMITSU Toru: from "Songs I, II" for mixed chorus,
"Chisana Sora (Small Sky)", "Mienai Kodomo (Unseen Child)", "Tsubasa (Wings)"
【~Wind, String and Voice all of their charm~ Classic and Romantic Scent】
at Izumi Hall, Osaka
L. van Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Op.62
W. A. Mozart: Serenade in B-flat major, K.361, for 13 Winds "Gran Partita" (excerpt)
J. Brahms: "Vier Gesänge", Op. 17
P. I. Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings, Op.48
at Kyoto Prefectural Citizens' Hall "ALTI"
TAKATA Saburo: "The Soul of Water" for mixed chorus
(lyrics:TAKANO Kikuo)
NISHIMURA Akira: "Lemon-Aika (Lemon Elegy)" for mixed chorus and piano
OGIKUBO Kazuaki: Suite for mixed chorus "Fukkatsu (Resurrection)"
CHIHARA Hideki: "Cosmic Elegy" for mixed chorus
and others
at Nagoya Atsuta Cultural Mini Theater
OGIKUBO Kazuaki:
Song for Male Chorus "Kisetsu heno Manazashi (Eyes for the seasons)"
CHIHARA Hideki:
Discover Japan for Male Choir (Vol.1) "TOKAIDO-YOTSUYA-KAIDAN (Ghost
Story of Yotsuya)"
UEDA Maki: Lyric Songs Medley for male chorus "Ayanasu Kokyo"
~Romantic Scent 'Collection of Male Chorus Song'~
J. G. Rheinberger: "Ave Maria" (from Missa in B major, Op. 172)
F. Mendelssohn: "2 Geistliche Chöre", Op. 115
  "Beati Mortui (Blessed are the Dead)"
  "Periti autem (And they that be wise shall shine)"
and others
at Izumi Hall, Osaka
H. Schütz: Cantiones Sacrae, Op.4
 9. Verba mea auribus percipe, SWV 61
10. Quoniam ad te clamabo, SWV 62
29. Cantate Domino canticum novum, SWV 81
30. Inter brachia salvatoris mei, SWV 82
G. F. Händel: "Dixit Dominus", HWV 232
TAKEMITSU Toru: "Ame zo Furu (Rain Coming)" for Chamber Orchestra
CHIHARA Hideki: "Rhapsody in CHIKAMATSU" for mixed chorus
at Shirakawa Hall, Nagoya
HAYASHI Hikaru:
from Song Collection for Mixed Chorus from MIYAZAWA Kenji's Poems
"Musei Doukoku (Silent Wailing)",
"Tori no Yoni Risu no Yoni (Like a bird, like a squirrel)"
"Kyo no uchi ni (Within Today)"
"Watakushi to iu Gensho wa (The Phenomenon called I)"
"Fuyu to Ginga Station (Winter and Galactic Station)"
"Hoshi-meguri no Uta (Song of the Circling Stars)"
(arr.: HAYASHI Hikaru, music/lyrics: MIYAZAWA Kenji)
"Inori (Prayer)"
KINOSHITA Makiko:
"Taiyo Orugan (The Sun Organ)" for mixed chorus and orchestra (lyrics: ARAI Ryoji)
*commitioned work in 2010, first performance in Nagoya
CHIHARA Hideki:
Cantata "Kozui (The Flood)" from the Epic of Gilgamesh (Tablet 11) for mixed chorus and orchestra
*commssioned work of Kansai Students Mixed Choral Federation in 2009, enlarged and complete version
commissioned by OCM in 2010
*first performance in Nagoya
at Izumi Hall, Osaka
arr.: KINOSHITA Makiko: Christmas Medley for brass ensemble and choir
J. S. Bach: Suite Nr.3 D-Dur, BWV 1068
Christmas Carols:
"Aah Shu yo, Ware ha Fukaki Fuchi yori (Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir;
Out of the depths I cry to you)"
"Sayaka ni Hoshi ha Kirameki (O holy Night)"
music: SADA Masashi, arr.: TOMA Shuichi: "Haruka naru Christmas (Christmas Far Away)"
music: SADA Masashi, arr.: TOMA Shuichi: "Chisana Oba-chan (Little Grandmother)"
music:TOKURA Shunichi, arr.: TOMA Shuichi: "Hallelujah Christmas"
H. Schütz: "Ein Kind ist uns geboren", SWV 384
Nr.16 aus "Geistliche Chormusik 1648"
T. L. de Victoria: "Ave Maria" for 8 voices
at DAI-ICHI SEIMEI HALL, Tokyo
A. Pärt: "Wallfahrtslied; Pilgrims' Song" Psalm 121(120)
für Männerchor und Streichorchester (1984/2001)
B. Bartók: Divertimento for String Orchestra, Sz.113 BB.118
NISHIMURA Akira: "Tori-no-Kuni"(a Land of Birds) for mixed chorus
(lyrics: SASAKI Mikirou)
*first performance in Tokyo
CHIHARA Hideki: "Itsukushiki-Nori"-- from Nihon Shoki (Chapter 22):
Somakusya-Jo, Gagaku/Netori, Etenraku and Bugaku/Ryo-o for voices and
chamber orchestra
*first performance in Tokyo
at Izumi Hall, Osaka
A. Pärt: "Wallfahrtslied; Pilgrims' Song" Psalm 121(120)
für Männerchor und Streichorchester (1984/2001)
*first performance in Japan
A. Pärt: "Orient & Occident" for string orchestra
KINOSHITA Makiko:
"Taiyo Orugan"(The Sun Organ) for mixed chorus and orchestra (lyrics: ARAI Ryoji)
*commissioned work for this concert
CHIHARA Hideki:
Cantata "Kozui (The Flood)" from the Epic of Gilgamesh (Tablet 11) for mixed chorus and orchestra
*commissioned work of Kansai Students Mixed Choral Federation in 2009
*enlarged and complete version commissioned for this concert by OCM (2010)
at Kyoto Prefectural Citizens' Hall "ALTI"
NISHIMURA Akira: "Tori-no-Kuni"(a Land of Birds) for mixed chorus
(lyrics: SASAKI Mikiro)
*commissioned work for this concert
TAKATA Saburo:
"Yohane ni yoru Fukuin (The Gospel of John)" for mixed chorus and piano
CHIHARA Hideki: "HOJO-Ki" for mixed chorus
CHIHARA Hideki: "UTA-GAKI" selections from Ogura-Hyakunin-Issyu
UEDA Maki: "The meaning of Dream" for mixed chorus and piano
(lyrics: HAYASHI Nozomu)
at Houzan Hall (Kagoshima Prefectual Culture Center)
H. Schütz: Deutsches Magnificat “Meine Seele erhebt den Herren”, SWV 494
SUZUKI Norio: "Ame ni mo makezu (Be not Defeated by the Rain)" for mixed chorus
(lyrics: MIYAZAWA Kenji)
KINOSHITA Makiko: from Selection for A Cappella Chorus for Mixed Voices
"Music", "44 Avadavats", "Blessing"
CHIHARA Hideki: "Rhapsody in CHIKAMATSU" for mixed chorus
and many other requested songs
at Tsurumi Kumin Center Hall, Osaka
"Alice in Wonderland"
from Musical Chorus for Children "Alice in Wonderland"
(lyrics:NAKAYAMA Tomoko, music: KOSHIBE Nobuyoshi)
"Triangle"
(music: ICHIKAWA Yoshiyasu, original arr.:KONISHI Takao, chorus arr.:
WAKAMATSU Kan)
TOMA Shuichi: (lyrics: KANEKO Misuzu)
"Elephant's nose"
"Asagaho"
"Sky and Sea"
KINOSHITA Makiko:(lyrics: KUDO Naoko)
"Hajimari" (Beginning)
~Experiencing Corner ~ Let's play with rhythm!
Invitaion to Moments Musicaux ~From Beethoven to Schubert ~
(35th Anniversary Concert)
at Izumi Hall, Osaka
F. Schubert: Schauspiel "Rosamunde, Prinzessin von Zypern", Op.26 D.797 (excerpt)
L. van Beethoven: Symphony Nr.7, Op.92
at Shirakawa Hall, Nagoya
H. Schütz: "Stehe auf, meine Freundin", SWV 499
J. S. Bach: "Komm, Jesu, komm", BWV 229
B. Bartók: Divertimento for String Orchestra, Sz.113 BB.118
CHIHARA Hideki: "Rhapsody in CHIKAMATSU" for mixed chorus
SUZUKI Norio: "Ave Maria"(strings accompaniment edition, arr. by TOMA Shuichi)
SUZUKI Norio: "Han nya shin gyo" for mixed chorus
at Izumi Hall, Osaka
J. S. Bach: Weihnachts Oratorium BWV 248, Teil IV - VI
Christmas Carols:
"Hisashiku Machinishi (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel; Veni, Veni, Emmanuel)"
"Sayaka ni Hoshi ha Kirameki (O holy Night)"
"Arano no Hate ni (Les Anges dans nos Campagnes; Angels We Have Heard on High)"
"Kikasete kudasai (O Shepherd, Please Tell Us What You Have Heard)"
J. S. Bach = C. F. Gounod: "Ave Maria"
G. F. Händel: Messiah
39. "Hallelujah"
at Izumi Hall, Osaka
G. Holst: 7 Partsongs, for Soprano, Female Chorus and Strings Op.44, H.162 (excerpt)
B. Bartók: Divertimento for String Orchestra, Sz.113 BB.118
SUZUKI Norio: "Raku-En (Paradise)" for mixed chorus, piano and marimba
CHIHARA Hideki: "Itsukushiki-Nori"-- from Nihon Shoki (Chapter 22):
Somakusya-Jo, Gagaku/Netori, Etenraku and Bugaku/Ryo-o for voices and
chamber orchestra
*first performance
at Kyoto Prefectural Citizens' Hall "ALTI"
SHIBATA Minao: Three A Cappella Songs for Mixed Chorus Op. 11
NISHIMURA Akira: "GION-SOSHI" for Female Chorus A Cappella
CHIHARA Hideki: "At a Midnight" for Mixed Chorus and Piano
HAYASHI Hikaru: "Spring Tunes Vol.2" for Mixed Voices and Piano 4 Hands
(or 2 Pianos)
OGIKUBO Kazuaki: Chorus for Mixed Voices "In Terra Pax"(Peace on Earth)
An Evening of Male Chorus
~A flexible singing heart, brightening people's hearts ~
at Kyoto Prefectural Citizens' Hall "ALTI"
T. L. de Victoria: Vexilla Regis prodeunt
F.Poulenc: "Quatre Petites prières de Saint François d'Assise" FP 142, pour chœur d'hommes
TADA, Takehiko:
"Ame (Rain)", "Musashino no Ame (Rain of Musashi)" (from Suite "Ame (Rain)" for male chorus)
"Ki no Kuni" (from Suite "Chichi no iru Niwa (A Garden where my Father is)" for male chorus)
"Yanagawa" from Suite "Yanagawa-Fuuzoku-Shi (Yanagawa Poem of Manners)" for male chorus)
"Saigo no Yuki ni (The Last Snow)" from Suite "OZAKi-Kihachi no Shi kara (from OZAKI Kihachi's
poems)" for male chorus
KINOSHITA Makiko: "Enfance finie", suite for male chorus
(lyrics:Tatsuji Miyoshi)
CHIHARA Hideki: Canticum Sacrum Vol.2 <Maria, Alleluia!>, 3 Hymns of Virgin Mary for male chorus
CHIHARA Hideki: "ORASHO (Oratio)", 3movements of crypto-Christian for male chorus
at Tsurumi Kumin Center Hall, Osaka
<Portraying Japan's seasons by Songs >
from the CD:"Japan, Songs of the Heart" (arr.: SUZUKI Norio and TOMA Shuichi)
〈spring〉 "Haru ga Kita (Spring has Come)", "Hiraita-Hiraita (Opened Up,
Opened Up)"
〈summer〉 "Teru Teru Bozu", "Hamabe no Uta (Song of Seashore)"
〈autumn〉 "Akatonbo (Red Dragonfly)", "Niwa no Chigusa (Various plants in the Garden)", "Ano Machi Kono Machi (This City, That City)"
〈winter〉 "Takibi"(Bonfire), "Oshogatu (The New Year)"
"Ai no Chorus (Chorus of Love)"
(lyrics: KAZATO Tsuyoshi, music: KOROKU Eijiro, arr.: NOBUNAGA Takatomi)
"Hotaru Koi (Come, firefly)", Children's Songs (arr.: ROU Ogura)
"Miagete goran Yoru no Hoshi wo (Look at the Stars in the sky at Night)"
(lyrics: EI Rokusuke, music: IZUMI Taku)
"Gake no Ue no Ponyo (Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea)"
(lyrics: KONDO Katsuya, lyrics assist.: MIYAZAKI Hayao, music: HISAISHI Jo)
<Experiencing Corner >
・Let's play with rhythm!
*Enjoy experiencing the beat of songs such as Japanese traditional songs "Umi(Sea)", "Yuki (Snow)",
and MIYAZAKI Hayao's Animation Song "Sanpo (A Walk)" .
You can enjoy more by bringing something from your home for rhythmic beating .
・Let's sing along!
*By TOMA Shuichi's singing guidance you can experience the actual harmony by singing together
with Heinrich Schütz Kammerchor, Osaka
The Magnificence of German Music ~The Great Coordination of Beethoven~
at Izumi Hall, Osaka
J. S. Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV1080 (excerpt)
J. S. Bach: "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied", BWV225
L. van Beethoven: Fantasie für Klavier, Chor und Orchester c-Moll, Op.80
F.Schubert: Sinfonie Nr.7 in h-moll, D 759 "Die Unvollendete"
at DAI-ICHI SEIMEI HALL, Tokyo
TAKADA Saburo:
”Mizu-kumi"(Water drawing) from songs for mixed Chorus “Mental Sketch”
SUZUKI Teruaki:
"Polano no Hiroba" (Polano Square) from “Ihatov Suite”
  for female or children chorus and piano
HAYASHI Hikaru:
Song Album from MIYAZAWA Kenji's poems "Iwate Keiben Tetsudo no Ichigatsu
(January of Iwate Keiben Railway) mixed chorus edition
"Inori"(Prayer)
"Wakai Kashiwa no Ki to Kashiwa no Ki Daio no Uta"(Song of the Young Oaks and the King Oak)
"Umi dabegado"
"Hoshi-meguri no Uta (Song of the Circling Stars)"
(arr.: HAYASHI Hikaru, music/lyrics: MIYAZAWA Kenji)
SUZUKI Norio:
"Ame ni mo makezu (Be not Defeated by the Rain)" for mixed chorus
(lyrics: MIYAZAWA Kenji)
CHIHARA Hideki:
 "Taneyamagahara no Yoru no Uta (The Song of The Night of Taneyamagahara)"
- viriant version "Haratai-Kenbairen"
*first performance in Kanto region
CHIHARA Hideki:
"Tsuki-Tenshi" for mixed chorus
*first performance in Kanto region
CHIHARA Hideki:
A Literary Poem "Saijitu" (A Holy Day) for chorus, cello, piano and percussion
*first performance in Kanto region
at Izumi Hall, Osaka
J. S. Bach: Weihnachts Oratorium BWV 248, Teil I - III
J. S. Bach: Präludium und Fuge C-Dur BWV 547
G. F. Händel: Messiah
11. "For unto us a Child is born"
39. "Hallelujah"
SUZUKI Norio: "Ave Maria" (strings accompaniment edition, arr.: TOMA Shuichi)
Christmas Carols:
"Hisashiku Machinishi (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel; Veni, Veni, Emmanuel)"
"Kiyoshi kono Yoru (Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht!; Silent Night, Holy Night)"
"Arano no Hate ni (Les Anges dans nos Campagnes; Angels We Have Heard on High)"
(arr.: TOMA Shuichi)
"Aah Shu yo, Ware ha Fukaki Fuchi yori (Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir; Out of the depths I cry to you)"
"Sayaka ni Hoshi ha Kirameki (O holy Night)"
at Izumi Hall, Osaka
SHIBATA Minao: "Bijo uchi Mireba" from "Ryojin Hisho" for male chorus
and hand drum
NISHIMURA Akira: "UKIFUNE" for unaccompanied female chorus
by Waka poems in The Tale of Genji
CHIHARA Hideki: Stage Art Music Piece "GAGAKU I II" -from "The Book of the
Dead" by ORIKUCHI Shinobu
*commissioned work, first performance
at Kyoto Prefectural Citizens' Hall "ALTI"
KINOSHITA Makiko: "3 Songs of Otomo no Yakamochi" for Mixed Chorus
HAYASHI Hikaru: "Spring Tunes Vol. one" for mixed voices and piano 4 hands
(or 2 pianos)
NISHIMURA Akira: "Jakkou Aika" for unaccompanied female chorus
NAKAJIMA Haru: Songs of Manyo and Sakimori "Tabanare Oshimi" for female
chorus
CHIHARA Hideki: "TOKAIDOCHU HIZAKURIGE" for male chorus
Aug. 12th (Tue) Hakodate Citizens Arts Hall Hokkaido
Aug. 13th (Wed) Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara
Aug. 15th (Fri) Kushiro Shogai Gakushu Center Hall
■ Programs *programs differ by places performed
T.L.de Victoria: "Ave Maria"
H. Schütz: Deutsches Magnificat “Meine Seele erhebt den Herren”, SWV 494
J. S. Bach: "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied", BWV.225
J. S. Bach: "Komm, Jesu, komm", BWV.229
SUZUKI Norio: "Eiketsu no Asa"(The Morning of Last Farewell) for mixed chorus
and piano
SUZUKI Norio: "Tokoshina ni (For Ever)" for mixed chorus and piano
SUZUKI Norio: "Hohoemi (Smile)" from "Hohoemi (Smile)" collection for mixed chorus
SUZUKI Norio: "Ketsui (Determination)" from "Mirai he no Ketsui (Determination on the Future)"
for mixed chorus
CHIHARA Hideki: "Maria Orientalis" : 5 movements of St. Mary for mixed chorus
CHIHARA Hideki: "Ame ni mo makezu (Be not Defeated by the Rain)" for mixed chorus
and piano (lyrics: MIYAZAWA Kenji)
CHIHARA Hideki: "Kirishitan Ten-chi Hazimari no Koto (The Creation)" : for mixed chorus
CHIHARA Hideki: "Tsuki-Tenshi" for mixed chorus
CHIHARA Hideki: "Funauta (Barcarolle) Yodogawa-Sanjukkoku-Bune"
KINOSHITA Makiko: from Selection for A Cappella Chorus (for mixed chorus)
"44 Avadavats", "Seagulls" "Blessing" and other songs
KINOSHITA Makiko: "In Spring" from "Beyond the Horizon" for mixed chorus
KINOSHITA Makiko: "Beginning" from "Going with Light and Wind" for mixed chorus
ARAI Man: "Sen no Kaze ni natte (I am a thousand winds)" (arr.: TOMA Shuichi)
at Tsurumi Kumin Center Hall, Osaka
"Alle psalite cum luya" from Gregorian chant
J.S. Bach: "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied", BWV 225 (excerpt)
J. Arcadelt: "Ave Maria"
"Furusato (My Country Home)" and other songs from Japanese traditional songs
"Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta nara (If enwrapped by tenderness)", "Sanpo (Walk)"
and other songs from MIYAZAKI Hayao's animation songs
"Believe" from Disney animation songs
ODA Kazumasa: "Tashikana Koto (Definate Things)"
MAKIHARA Noriyuki: "Sekai ni Hitotsu dake no Hana (The Only Flower in the World)"
KINOSHITA Makiko: "Song of Green Peas", "44 Avadavats", "Seagulls"
SHIBATA Minao: "Oiwake Bushiko"
CHIHARA Hideo: "Ave Maria"
With Ms. Yuko Shiokawa(violin) as guest performer
at Shirakawa Hall, Nagoya
L. van Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op.61
L. van Beethoven: Symphony Nr.4, Op.60
W. A. Mozart: Divertimento in F major, K.138
Voice and Strings, a Banquet of their Magnificence
at DAI-ICHI SEIMEI HALL, Tokyo
D. Buxtehude: Magnificat anima mea for 5 voices and strings, BuxWV. Anh 1
G. F. Händel: Nisi Dominus, HWV.238
G. Holst: 7 Partsongs, for soprano, female chorus and strings Op.44, H.162
CHIHARA Hideki: "Ame ni mo makezu (Be not Defeated by the Rain)" for mixed
chorus and strings (lyrics: MIYAZAWA Kenji)
SUZUKI Norio: "Ave Maria"(strings accompaniment edition, arr.: TOMA Shuichi)
at Izumi Hall, Osaka
J. S. Bach: Messe in h-moll, BWV232
~The World of MIYAZAWA Kenji Vol. 2~
at Izumi Hall, Osaka
KINOSHITA Makiko: "HARATAI-KENBAIREN" for Mixed Chorus and Orchestra
(revised edition)
CHIHARA Hideki:
"Taneyamagahara no Yoru no Uta (The Song of The Night of
Taneyamagahara) -virant lore, Harataikenbai-Ren"
  *first perfomance
A Literary Poem "Saijitu" (A Holy Day) for chorus, cello, piano and percussion
  *first perfomance
HAYASHI Hikaru:
"Umidabe gado (It could be the ocean)" (chorus version of "Kogen")
"Hoshi-meguri no Uta (Song of the Circling Stars)"
(arr.: HAYASHI Hikaru, music/lyrics: MIYAZAWA Kenji)
"Fuyu to Ginga Staion (Winter and Galactic Station)"
"Tori no Yoni Risu no Yoni (Like a bird, like a squirrel)"
"Inori (Prayer)" from "Karasu no Hokutoshichisei (The Crow's Big Dipper)"
"Polano no Hiroba no Uta (Song of Polano Square)"
NISHIMURA Akira:
"Eiketsu no Asa (The morning of Last Farewell)", Suite for three parts chorus and piano
~The World of MIYAZAWA Kenji Vol. 1~
at Kyoto Prefectural Citizens' Hall "ALTI"
TAKATA Saburo: ”Mizu-kumi (Water drawing)" from suite for mixed chorus
“Mental Sketch”
SUZUKI Teruaki: from "Ihatov Suite" for children (female) chorus and piano,
"Hoshi-meguri no Uta"(Song of the Circling Stars)
"Polano no Hiroba" (Polano Square)
(lyrics: MIYAZAWA Kenji)
SUZUKI Teruaki: "Haratai-kenbairen" from "Haratai-kenbairen" suite for mixed chorus
SUZUKI Norio: "Tokoshina-ni (For Ever)" suite for mixed chorus
CHIHARA Hideki: "Ame ni mo makezu (Be not Defeated by the Rain)" for mixed chorus and strings
(lyrics: MIYAZAWA Kenji)
*first performance
With Ms. Yuko Shiokawa(violin) as guest performer
at Izumi Hall, Osaka
L. van Beethoven:
Violin Concerto in D major, Op.61
Symphony Nr.7, Op.92
Cantata "Meeresstille und Glückliche Fahrt", Op.112/G
Opferlied "Die Flamme lodert", Op.121b
at Shirakawa Hall, Nagoya
SHIBATA Minao: "Human and Death"
KINOSHITA Makiko: "HARATAI-KENBAIREN " for Mixed Chorus and Orchestra,
revised edition
CHIHARA Hideki: Symphonia for strings No.2
at DAI-ICHI SEIMEI HALL, Tokyo
J. S. Bach: "Johannes-Passion", BWV 245 (Opera-Style)
at Izumi Hall, Osaka
J. S. Bach: Magnificat in D major, BWV243
H. Schütz: Weihnachtshistorie, SWV435
"Alle psalite cum luya" (anonymous)
G. Caccini: "Ave Maria"
SUZUKI Norio: "Ave Maria"
F.Biebl: "Ave Maria"
Christmas Carols:
"Arano no Hate ni (Les Anges dans nos Campagnes; Angels We Have Heard on High)"
"Hisashiku Machinishi (O come, O come, Emmanuel; Veni, Veni, Emmanuel)"
"Sayaka ni Hoshi ha Kirameki (O holy Night)"
at The Symphony Hall, Osaka
J. S. Bach: Matthaus-Passion, BWV 244
The world of CHIHARA Hideki
at Kyoto Prefectural Citizens' Hall "ALTI"
CHIHARA Hideki: "REQUIEM" for mixed chorus
(texts from HITOMARO, japanese ancient songs and Mass liturgy text)
CHIHARA Hideki: "Sho-ga (Songs)" for mixed chorus
CHIHARA Hideki: "OTOGIZOSHI" 3 Etudes for mixed chorus
CHIHARA Hideki: "Nankin-Tamasudare"
The magnificence of Mozart
at Izumi Hall, Osaka
W. A. Mozart: Symphony No.17 in G major, K.129
W. A. Mozart: Symphony No.40 in g minor, K.550
W. A. Mozart: Piano Concerto No.25 in C major, K.503
W. A. Mozart: Violin Concerto No.4 in G major, K.216
at Izumi Hall, Osaka
J. S. Bach: "Johannes-Passion" BWV 245