Easter Vac 2019, Soma City, Fukushima
Sunday 24th March 2019, Soma Civic Concert Hall
The 5th El Sistema Children’s Music Festival in Soma City
Conducted by Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey and Shoichi Kawai
Performed alongside Orchestra Motif, Soma Children's Orchestra & Chorus, Soma Choir Espoir
Led by Ellen Dunn and Violetta Suvini
Featuring Shun Hioki (Violin)
Holst Jupiter from The Planets
Beethoven Romance No.2 for Violin and Orchestra
Verhelst A Song for Japan (arr. A. East for brass ensemble)
Mozart Ave Verum Corpus
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No.1
Trad. Fukushima folk song Soma Bon Uta (arr. Y. Ito)
This concert was the culmination of a few days of engagement working with the El Sistema Japan group which was set up as a response to the tsunami which devastated the area in 2011. As an orchestra, we had a great time working with the young people, visiting the local area and learning about its history.
News articles from the trip can be seen below:
Oxford University Orchestra trip to Japan in March 2019 - 大和基金 (dajf.org.uk)
The 5th El Sistema Children’s Music Festival in Soma City – The Ensemble @ Longy (ensemblenews.org)
The 5th Children's Music Festival in Soma (elsistemajapan.org)
"The 5th El Sistema Children's Music Festival in Soma" will be held! (elsistemajapan.org)
The programme for this concert can be seen in the file here:
