Ensemble Canon Concert     “ Voices of Flowers“

Ensemble Canon　アンサンブル花音, 4 popular musicians from Japan, KazukoNakahama中濱加津子/ Toshiko Matsudaira　松平季子(Sop.),Yoko Yokoyama横山陽子 (Mez.),Yoshiko Toyonaga豊永佳子 (Piano) will entertain with Japanese songs in praise of Love and Nature followed by European songs particularly popular in Japan, including 'The Mikado'. Many previous delightful performances at Burgh House Hampstead.

In the Part One, mainly Japanese songs loved by the Japanese have been chosen.
Many of the Japanese poets have employed ‘Nature’ as their poems’ theme.

They have sung about changes of Nature, comparing man’s life with transforming Nature. Their poems depicting the pictures in their mind have strongly attracted the Japanese. 
“Cherry Blossom”(Traditional),“Narayama Hill”(K.Hirai)　etc.

In the first half, we will sing Japanese songs about ‘Nature and Love’, and in the second half, trios from the enjoyable opera “Mikado”

In the Part Two, we chose the famous European songs whose theme is ‘love’ and which the Japanese have loved and sung,

“Auf Fluegeln des Gesanges” (F.Mendelssohn)
Chanson d’Orkenise (F.Poulenc)  etc.

admission fee:　£9