Performance has ended

The first performance of two songs, "Akagitsune (The Red Fox)" and "Kaigara (The Shell)", from the choral suite "Three Poems by Nankichi Niimi" composed by Kato, Yota.

The chorus deeply felt the poetry and music, and expressed them very sincerely and carefully. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone in the mixed chorus Cole Amafolk, conductor Akira Kohama, and pianist Akiko Watanabe. And we would like to thank everyone who came to the concert. (※) The state of the day and commemorative photos are posted on Cole Amafolk's blog.

Concert Information

The complete "Three Poems by Nankichi Niimi" will finally be premiered at the "Chor Amafok Christmas Concert" on Sunday, December 8th (in Japan). Please look forward to it!

This is a choral event sponsored by the Matsudo City Choral Federation as part of the 76th Matsudo City Cultural Festival. Various groups perform, and there are also reviews by famous composers and choral leaders.

In the evening program on Saturday, November 2nd, the first day of the Choral Festival, two pieces from the new suite "Three Poems of Nankichi Niimi'' for mixed chorus and piano will be premiered.

Introduction to "Three Poems by Nankichi NIIMI"

I contributed an introduction to the commissioned work "Three Poems by Nankichi NIIMI" to Chor Amafok's blog.

About "Three Poems of Nankichi Niimi"

This is a choral suite composed by Yota Kato in 2023 at the request of "Chor-Amafok", a choir active mainly in Matsudo City. Each song is based on three poems "Akagitsune" (The Red Fox), "Biwa no hana no matsuri" (The Loquat Flower Festival) and "Kaigara" (The Shell) selected by the composer himself from the poems of Nankichi Niimi, a children's story writer from Aichi Prefecture, known for works such as "Gongitsune" (Gon, the Little Fox) and "Denden Mushi no Kanashimi" (The Sorrow of a Snail) . 

■Performer information:

Mixed choir "Chor-Amafok"  [WEB]

Conductor: Akira Kohama

Pianist: Akiko Watanabe

■Performance program

From "Three Poems by Nankichi Niimi'' (poem by Nankichi Niimi, composed by Yota Kato) : I. "Akagitsune (The Red Fox)" & III. "Kaigara (The Shell)" *Performance start time is scheduled from 18:04 (within D-Block (start time is 17:26))

■Event Information

Saturday, November 2, 2024

Mori no Hall 21 Large Hall (Hall of the Forest 21) (Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture)

Free admission

Concert information, performers, songs, etc. are subject to change without notice. Please note.