Choral Works by Yoshinao Nakada (English) / Concert Hall ATM

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Songs of Reminiscence, Songs of the Future
-- Remembering the Works of Yoshinao Nakada --

"Medaka no Gakko (School of Killifish)" "Kani-san Omeme (Mr. Crab, Nice Eyes!)" "Ahiru no Gyoretsu (Parade of Ducks)" "Chiisai Aki Mitsuketa (I Found a Piece of Autumn)"
It used to be so fun to learn songs back when we were little children, when we could hardly pronounce the words we were just beginning to learn.

"Aozora no Komichi (Lane of the Blue Sky)" "Natsu no Omoide (Memories of Summer)" "Numu no Hana (Silk blossom)" "Yuki no Furu Machi o (Snowfall in Town)"
As we become adults, we wear many scars that are a sign of our experience. Those wounds can be partially healed by singing songs. And sometimes, when we sing when we are happy, that happiness transforms into supreme bliss, filling us with euphoria.

"Utsukushii Wakare no Asa (Beautiful Morning of Separation)" "Shoten (Ascent to Heaven)"
Songs occasionally force us to look hard at life. If we wish to express the feeling of the preciousness of life, stemming from its evanescence, songs often work better than simple words.

The soul of Yoshinao Nakada, a composer who loved songs and loved music, has flown off to heaven, one year having passed since he died. The songs he left us combine a deep-rooted gentleness with a high artistic sense, and have captivated the hearts of many.
ATM's concert, focusing on hs Nakada's choral works, honors his passing while demonstrating the charm of the genre of song.

Nakada Yoshinao Gassho no Gogo (Choral works by Yoshinao Nakada)

May 3 (Thu, national holiday), 2001, 2:00 p.m. (seating starts at 1:30 p.m.)
Concert Hall ATM
A ¥3,000, B ¥2,000 (all seats reserved)
Planner/producer/emcee/director: Hiroshi Wakasugi
Conductors: Yoshitomo Suzuki, Toshiko Nakazawa
Chorus: Ahiru-kai Chorus, Caracoles Female Chorus, Nobara-kai, Mito Urara Female Chorus
Piano: Fumie Onuma, Naoko Tanaka, Yoko Yamada, Moeko Wada, Kana Kakefuda

Hiroshi Wakasugi

Upon graduation from the Conducting Dept. of the Music Faculty, the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music, Wakasugi immediately joined the NHK Symphony Orchestra as a part of the conducting staff. Thereafter, his career has been divided between Japan and Europe, serving as conductor of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, the main conductor of the Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, the general musical director of the Rhine German Opera, the regular conductor of the Dresden State Opera House and the Staatskapelle Dresden, the conductor of the Bavarian National Opera House, the general arts director of the Zurich Tonhalle Society and the main conductor of the Tonhalle Zurich Orchestra, and the musical director and main conductor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. He now lives in Japan, leading the NHK Symphony Orchestra as that group's main conductor, as well as the artistic conductor of both the Tokyo Chamber Opera House and the Shiga Center for the Performing Arts at Biwako Hall.

He has also won many awards: the Ministry of Education Award for Art, the Japan Academy of Arts Prize, the Asahi Prize, the Mainichi Arts Prize, the Suntory Music Prize, and the NHK Symphony Orchestra Arima Prize, among others. He currently serves as a member of the Japan Academy of Arts.

As far as his connection with Mito is concerned, Wakasugi is a member of ATM's Music Planning and Operating Committee. He has conducted three concerts here already the 3rd Regular Concert in 1990, the 26th Regular Concert in 1996, and the 30th Regular Concert in 1997. His refreshing selection of works has captivated audiences. Besides actual conducting, he has helped planned and emceed such events at ATM as the "Portrait of Messiaen" (1993) and the 4th Concert for Small Listeners (1994). He also serves as a judge for the Art Tower Mito's musical auditions, "Ibaraki no Meishu Meikashu-tachi (Musicians and Singers in Ibaraki)."

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