SPECIAL CONCERT
concluding the celebration of the 90th anniversary
of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Poland

Programme:
       
Yasushi Akutagawa Triptyque for string orchestra (1953)

Works of traditional Zen music for the shakuhachi flute:
Shishi (Lion)
Shingetsu (Shingetsu)
Tsuru no sugomori (Crane's Nest)
Saji (Saji)

intermission

Oborozukiyo (Teiichi Okano, arr. Akio Yashiro)
Koujou no Tsuki (Rentaro Taki, arr. Akio Yashiro)
Kokiriko (Traditional Folk Song in Toyama Prefecture)
Hamabe no Ute (Tamezo Narita, arr. Akio Yashiro)
Akatonbo (Kousaku Yamada, arr. Akio Yashiro)
Souranbushi (Folk Song in Hokkaido) 


Conductor: Chikara Imamura
Shakuhachi flute: Akikazu Nakamura
Chamber Ensemble of the Polish National Opera
         
Organizer:
The Embassy of Japan in Poland

 

Sponsors:
 

SHOKOKAI Association of Employers, Japanese Club in Poland, Sony Poland

  Admission free
Invitations are available at the National Opera box office

  SPECIAL CONCERT
concluding the celebration of the 90th anniversary
of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Poland

Programme:
       
Yasushi Akutagawa Triptyque for string orchestra (1953)

Works of traditional Zen music for the shakuhachi flute:
Shishi (Lion)
Shingetsu (Shingetsu)
Tsuru no sugomori (Crane's Nest)
Saji (Saji)

Akira Ifukube Japanese Suite for string orchestra
Bon-odori (Bon Festival Dance)
Tanabata (Star Festival)
Nagashi (Folk Musician)
Nebuta (Festival Ballad)

Popular Japanese songs: Akatonbo, Hamabe no uta, Kōjō no tsuki, Oborozukiyo              
(arranged for string orchestra by Akio Yashiro)
Conductor: Chikara Imamura
Shakuhachi flute: Akikazu Nakamura
Chamber Ensemble of the Polish National Opera
         
Organizers:
The Embassy of Japan in Poland, Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera

Sponsors: SHOKOKAI Association of Employers, Japanese Club in Poland, Sony Poland