Konichiwa, The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre is delighted to present The klpac Orchestra Look East ‘Celebrating 30 Years’ . It is a fantastic 3 day performance, each day features a unique orchestral experience, blending styles of music and dance by Japanese and Malaysian artistic comrades; in honour of 30 years of friendship.
Show Title klpac Orchestra Look East! Celebrating 30 Years
Presenter The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (klpac)
Dates/Times 13th (Fri) – 14th (Sat) July @ 8.30pm
Matinee 15th July (Sun) @ 3pm
Venue Pentas 1, The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (klpac)
Sentul Park, Jalan Strachan, 51100 Kuala Lumpur
Tickets RM50/RM30 (Adults)
RM20 (Students, the Disabled and TAS Card members)
Note: All ticket proceeds from the Concert will be used to perpetuate the community orchestra and development of upcoming orchestral productions by the klpac Orchestra.
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Programme
DAY ONE – 13th Friday @ 8.30pm
(Part I)
A. Ladies Choir (Cattleya Choir of Japan Club, conducted by Dr.T.Ota)
1 “Otemoyan” – Otemoyan is a Japanese folk song (min’yo) from Kumamoto Prefecture. It is played by mass performers dancing in the streets of Kumamoto in the summer. It is usually accompanied by shamisen, taiko drums and other percussion, and the Japanese used has a southern Kumamoto accent.
2 “Kiso-Bushi” – Kisobushi is a folk song originating from the Koso District of Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It sings about the river, mountains and people who live there. “Fushi” (in Japanese: 節) or “Bushi”, when immediately follows another nouns, as in “Tankobushi“, means a melody or a song.
3 “Four Seasons of Japanese Folk Tune” – will express the beauty of the four seasons – Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter
B. Soprano Solo (Ms.YoonJeong Hwang)
1 “Furusato (My Country Home)” – means “hometown” in Japanese
2 “koojoo no Tsuki (Moon on the Ruined Castel)” – Japanese pianist and composer Rentarō Taki composed the music as a music lesson song without instrumental accompaniment in 1901. The song was included in the songbook for Junior High School students. The music of the song was inspired by the ruins of Oka Castle (ja) built in 1185. The lyrics were written by Bansui Doi, who came from Sendai. The lyric of the song was inspired by the ruins of Aoba Castle and Aizuwakamatsu Castle.
3 “Natsu No Omoide (Memory of Summer)” -
4 “Sen No Kaze (Thousand Winds)”
C. Japanese Orchestral Pieces (klpac-orchestra, conducted by Dr.T.Ota)
1 Main Theme of NHK Drama “Princess Atsu” – Atsuhime (篤姫?), literally Princess Atsu, is the 47th NHK Taiga drama. It began on January 6, 2008 and aired throughout, completing its run with 50 episodes. The story chronicles the life of Tenshōin, based on Tomiko Miyao’s 1984 novel Tenshō-in Atsuhime (天璋院篤姫?).
2 “Rhapsody for Orchestra” by Yuzo Toyama
(Part II)
Dvorak / Symphony No.9 “From the New World” by Antonin Dvorak
(The Symphony No. 9 in E Minor “From the New World”, Op. 95, B. 178 (Czech: Symfonie č. 9 e moll „Z nového světa“), popularly known as theNew World Symphony, was composed by Antonín Dvořák in 1893 during his visit to the United States from 1892 to 1895. It is by far his most popularsymphony, and one of the most popular in the modern repertoire. In older literature and recordings this symphony is often indicated as Symphony No. 5)
“I have not actually used any of the [Native American] melodies. I have simply written original themes embodying the peculiarities of the Indian music, and, using these themes as subjects, have developed them with all the resources of modern rhythms, counterpoint, and orchestral colour.” Antonin Dvorak.
DAY TWO – 14th Saturday @ 8.30pm
(Part I)
A. Soprano Solo (Ms.YoonJeong Hwang)
1 “Furusato (My Country Home)”
2 “Akatonnbo (Red Dragonfly)” – Aka-tonbo (“red dragonfly”) is a popular nursery song. The lyrics are from a poem written by Miki, Rofu (1889-1964) which first appeared in the nursery song book Shinjujima (“Pearl Island”) in 1921. The poem was set to music by Yamada, Kosaku (1886-1965) in 1927.
3 “koojoo no Tsuki (Moon on the Ruined Castel)”
4 “Eyes on Me”(Theme of TV-Game “Final Fantasy VIII”)
5 “Natsu No Omoide (Memory of Summer)”
6 “Sen No Kaze (Thousand Winds)”
B. Japanese Orchestral Pieces (klpac-orchestra, conducted by Dr.T.Ota)
1 Main Theme of NHK Drama “Princess Atsu”
2 “Lullaby of Itsuki, Fantasy” (Horn solo Yasuo Imase) – Itsuki Lullaby (in Japanese:五木の子守歌, Itsuki no komoriuta) is a lullaby known widely in Japan, and is a folk song representative ofKyūshū, Japan.
3 “Rhapsody for Orchestra” by Yuzo Toyama
Part 2
Dvorak / Symphony No.9 “From the New World” by Antonin Dvorak
DAY THREE – 15th Sunday @ 3.00pm
Part 1
(Part I)
A .Japanese Traditional Dance (Japanese Traditional Dance＆Music Group of Japan Club)
1 “Azuma-Jisi” (Dance of Paper-Doll of Lion)
2 “Syukuga No Mai”(Dance of Celeblation)
3 “Takeda-Bushi”(Folk Tune of Takeda Region)
4 “Koi-Botaru”(Firefly of Love)
5 “Soran-Bushi”(Powerful Dance of Fishermen at Hokkaido Region)
B. Soprano Solo (Ms.YoonJeong Hwang)
1 “Furusato (My Country Home)”
2 “koojoo no Tsuki (Moon on the Ruined Castel)”
3 “Natsu No Omoide (Memory of Summer)”
4 “Sen No Kaze (Thousand Winds)”
C. Japanese Orchestral Pieces (klpac-orchestra, conducted by Dr.T.Ota)
1 Main Theme of NHK Drama “Princess Atsu”
2 “Rhapsody for Orchestra” by Yuzo Toyama
Part 2
Dvorak / Symphony No.9 “From the New World” by Antonin Dvorak
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The Creative Team
Dr Ota (Maestro)
Takahisa Ota
He was attached to several orchestras in Japan as principal flautist and orchestra trainer, one of which was the Shin-Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Ota studied orchestra training under Prof. Shigenobu Yamaoka and Yasushi Akutagawa. In 1993, he obtained his Ph.D. in Musicology in Belgium for orchestra training.
In Malaysia, he helped to form the National Symphony Orchestra in 1992 and was its Resident Conductor until 2000. He became the Musical Advisor to the same orchestra from 2006 to 2008 (sponsored by Japanese government-JICA). Since its formation in 2010, Dr. Ota trained the klpac String Ensemble. He assumed the position of Music Director & Resident Conductor of the klpac Orchestra in 2012.
Yoon Jeong (Coloratura Soprano)
Seoul-born Yoon Jeong Hwang is a lyric coloratura soprano. After obtaining a Bachelors of Music degree majoring in Vocal Performance in Korea, she furthered her studies in voice at the California Institute of the Arts with a scholarship. After winning and earning good rankings at several singing competitions including the American-Italian Bel Canto Society and Redland Bowl, she is now a highly in demand vocalist. Performance credits include Humperdinck’s “Gretel” from Hansel und Gretel, Menotti’s “Monica” from Medium, Verdi’s “Gilda” from Rigoletto, and “Violetta” from La Traviata. She was has performed with Center Stage Opera and REDCAT in Walt Disney Hall, Los Angeles. She is also a soloist in the legendary Roger Wagner Chorale that travels worldwide.
In 2012, she performed with the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra Ensemble for a concert to support the cities affected by the earthquake and tsunami in 2011. She returned to perform in a recital with a Japanese flutist in Tokyo in early 2012
Cattleya Choir
This female choral group under the Japan Club of Kuala Lumpur comprises 35 Japanese-speaking women. The choir performs a wide variety of songs in Japanese as well as other languages such as Bahasa Malaysia. This forty year old choir has been trained by Dr. Takahisa Ota since 2002. They perform regularly especially during the Christmas season and have gained many fans.
Japanese Traditional Dance＆Music Group of Japan Club
Established in 1995 under the Japan Club of Kuala Lumpur, this group is led by an authorised trainer Ms. Hisako Sube. The members are trained to perform Japanese traditional dance and music including koto and shakuhachi, both Japanese instruments. In order to introduce traditional Japanese arts and culture in Malaysia, they regularly perform at private and public occasions.In Look East! they will be performing a type of traditional Japanese dance called Nihon Buyoo (Nichibu).
Yasuo Imase - Horn Soloist (14th of July)
klpac Orchestra
The notion of a community orchestra is very much in keeping with the vision of The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (klpac), which is to foster creative excellence and develop and nurture performing arts culture in Malaysia.
Driven by the obvious need for a community orchestra to cater for the growing numbers of classically trained music students and amateurs, the first auditions were held in October 2006. The orchestra’s debut concert in December 2006 was Candlelight Christmas, conducted by then Music Director & Resident Conductor Brian Tan.
Since then, hundreds of musicians have been a part of the klpac Orchestra and its many concerts throughout the year.
