CORO SINFÓNICO LISBOA CANTAT AND THE SHUYUKAI CHOIR 

22 November
AUDITORIUM
21:30
Music

CORO SINFÓNICO LISBOA CANTAT AND THE SHUYUKAI CHOIR

The Symphonic Choir Lisboa Cantat and the Shuyukai Choir, from Japan, will sing Japanese and Portuguese traditional songs as well as 16th-20th century sacred music. A meeting between two popular cultures so different and yet so united by music.

PROGRAM:
CORO SINFÓNICO LISBOA CANTAT
Conductor: Jorge Alves

English Music:
Beati quorum via, by Stanford
Blue bird, by Stanford
There is a country, by Parry

Portuguese Music:
Sanhoane, by Carrapatoso
Calma, by Carrapatoso
Senhora Santa Catrina, by Lopes Graça
Os homens que vão prá guerra, by Lopes Graça
Confusa Perdida, by Lopes Graça
Deus lhe dê cá boas noites, by Lopes Graça

CORO SHUYUKAI
Conductor: Seiichi  Akitani

Puer natus in Bethlehem, by Michael Praetorius   
In dulci jubilo, by Michael Praetorius   
Arrangement by  Hirokazu Kannno
Kyrie eleison, by William Byrd
Sanctus, by William Byrd
Benedictus, by William Byrd
Agnus Dei, by William Byrd
Arrangment by  Hirokazu  Kannno

Japenese Spring Song Medley:
1.Haru ga Kita (Spring has come!) 
Words by Tatsuyuki Takano, music by Teiichi Okano
2.Hana  (Flower)
Words by Hagoromo Takeshima, music by  Rentaro Taki
3.Sakura sakura (Cherry blossom)

Zui zui zukkorobashi  - Japanese old song (kids’play song)
Shojoji no Tanuki (The racoon in the  Shojoji temple)  
Words by Ujo Noguchi, music by Shinpei Nakayama
Akatombo (Red dragon fly)
Words by Rofu Miki, music by Kosaku Yamada
Furusato (My sweet home town)
Words by Tatsuyuki Takano, music by Teiichi Okano

Group pieces:
Nossa Senhora do Carmo, by Carrapatoso
Kojo no Tsuki (Moon over the old castle)
Words by Bansui Dói, music by Rentaro Taki

Price: € 5,00
Age range: 12+
APPROX. DURATION: 1 hour, 30 minutes, with a 20 minute intermission
Production: Fundação Oriente/Coro Sinfónico Lisboa Cantat