Charity Concerts by London-based professional musicians for the Japanese Tsunami Appeal (Special guest: Actor Togo Igawa)

London-based professional musicians come together for two Japanese Tsunami Appeal Charity Concerts on 3 & 6 April (please note the different times and venues).

 

There will be flute & piano, violin & piano duos, wind & piano trios, a chamber orchestra, and a wind and piano sextet ensemble with the prize-winning London Myriad Ensemble. Other performers include Saori Oda, currently performing in the hit West End musical "Wicked", and a special guest appearance from Togo Igawa, a UK-based Hollywood actor whose credits include “Memoirs of a Geisha”. He is currently working on “47 Ronin” with Keanu Reeves, and awaiting the release of “Johnny English Reborn” with Rowan Atkinson in October.

 

Programme
Edward Elgar　Salut d’amour　
Toru Takemitsu　Distance de Fèe　
Japanese folk tunes　“Hamabe no Uta”Aka tonbo”
Ciprian Porumbescu Balada

 

Haruko Motohashi - violin Masachi Nishiyama - piano

 

Francis Poulenc　Sextet for Piano and Wind
Allegro vivace - Divertissement - Finale

 

The London Myriad Ensemble
Julie Groves - flute Jenni Britton - oboe
John Slack - clarinet Susana Dias - bassoon
Paul Cott - horn Yuki Negishi - piano

 

Johann Pachelbel　 Kanon
Maurice Ravel　 Pavane pour une infante défunte
Gustav Holst　St.Paul's Suite

 

The Hokusai Chamber Orchestra (concertmaster: Ayako Yamazaki)
Akiko Ohtomo - conductor

 

Special guest: Actor- Togo Igawa ("Memoirs of a Geisha". Currently awaiting the release of "Johnny English Reborn" with Rowan Atkinson.) 

 

Tickets: 20 pounds