Shaney on March 31st, 2009

On May 5, which is Children’s Day in Japan, there will be a musical for children performed at Capio. The musical is called “Adventures in Jamblini” and the main characters are played by children.

The musical is in Japanese, but if you read the synopsis (see below), it should be fairly easy to understand what [...]

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Shaney on December 16th, 2006

The City of Tsukuba, the Tsukuba Cultural Foundation, and the Tsukuba 9th Symphony Steering Committee would like to invite the public to a performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D. minor, opus 125, known as the “Ode to Joy Choral” to be performed at Nova Hall on Saturday, December 30, 2006. The choral [...]

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Shaney on May 27th, 2007

Blast is an exciting musical show that focuses on percussion. It is coming to Japan for shows in Tokyo in August and September. (August 3 to 5 at Tokyo Kosei Nenkin Kaikan, August 8 to September 9 at Tokyo Kokusai Forum.) Tickets range from 4000 yen to 11,500 yen. (The cheaper [...]

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Shaney on January 29th, 2008

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CELLO RECITAL
Saturday, February 2, 2008
3pm
Nova Hall
Cello: Pieter Wispelwey
Piano: Alexander Melnikov
A seats: 3000 yen
B seats: 2500 yen
C seats: 1500 yen
Program includes:
B. Britten: Cello Sonata in C major, Op.65
L.v. Beethoven: Cello Sonata No.3 in A major, Op. 69
B. Martinu: Variation on a Slovac Folksong
S. Prokofiev: Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119
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PIANO RECITAL
Sunday, March 9, 2008
3pm
Nova Hall
Piano: [...]

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The sound engineer who has been doing most of our recording recently has very good English. Out of respect for his ability, I ALWAYS use that language when dealing with him, even though we could always switch to Japanese. WHICH language to use with a particular person can be a delicate question when there [...]

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