Psalm.24

Six works were "transferred" from the famous symphonies into a cappella works. Latin text gives a mystic atmosphere. Human voices directly replace instrumental parts; therefore, the range of pitches and the

Chris Artley's a cappella setting of "Agnus Dei", features a slow, hauntingly beautiful melody, sung first by sopranos and then by baritones, accompanied by lush harmony infused with jazz chords, from the

This piece is one of the songs included in the Ko Matsushita's choral collection "Asia no kodomo uta" (Asian Children's Songs). There are various ways of singing "Arirang" and the composer endeavored to

The piece has been inspired by the Ave Maria of Giuseppe Verdi, who was among the first composers to adopt the Enigmatic scale, which was in turn coined by Adolfo Crescentini in 1888. This musical scale is

Hideki Chihara composed this piece imagining a scene of the temple festivals in the ancient times. A string, the sound of which was thought to have a miraculously spiritual power, was an object to which a

The poem describes the landscape of sea and mountains in the Kumamoto prefecture. Composer Kitagawa gave this song a gentle and warm harmony. Even though the piece should be considered as a song dedicated

This song was born as a result of the friendship between the composer Ko Matsushita and Reiko Ito who wrote the poem. "Here Now" was accepted very well and later offered to the "Sing for Japan", a campaign

Six works were "transferred" from the famous symphonies into a cappella works. Latin text gives a mystic atmosphere. Human voices directly replace instrumental parts; therefore, the range of pitches and the

Six works were "transferred" from the famous symphonies into a cappella works. Latin text gives a mystic atmosphere. Human voices directly replace instrumental parts; therefore, the range of pitches and the

Ko Matsushita has already set many poems of Naoko Kudo into music. The unaccompanied songs express the pureness and vividness of the poems. This choral suite should be performed with the sonority full of

Six works were "transferred" from the famous symphonies into a cappella works. Latin text gives a mystic atmosphere. Human voices directly replace instrumental parts; therefore, the range of pitches and the

The original poems were written by Shuntaro Tanikawa, one of the greatest poets in Japan. With the sound, Ko Matsushita aimed to express the images of the Tokyo city and the vigor and emptiness of the

Note from the Composer: I made an attempt in composing these choral songs. The attempt is rather a adventurous one in vocal music work in general. And you will find ornamental figuration as experimental

Six works were "transferred" from the famous symphonies into a cappella works. Latin text gives a mystic atmosphere. Human voices directly replace instrumental parts; therefore, the range of pitches and the

Six works were "transferred" from the famous symphonies into a cappella works. Latin text gives a mystic atmosphere. Human voices directly replace instrumental parts; therefore, the range of pitches and the

Texts full of pathos, humor and ambivalence are used in this song cycle. In these pieces, words and music sometimes compete with each other; sometimes they merge. They seem, at first, to be the opposites

This piece is one of the milestones of Ko Matsushita's music. The poem was written by Naoko Kudo. While listening to the songs, people can see blue skies, white clouds, and golden sunshine. This a cappella

In composing this suite, Ko Matsushita was strongly influenced by unaccompanied Hungarian and Scandinavian works for choirs. The composer hopes his work could assist choirs to develop their listening skills

Composer Michiaki INOMA arranged Yoshinao NAKADA's famous solo songs for the mixed chorus. INOMA enriched the music with color and depth while retaining the original artistry and beauty of the songs -

Tota pulchra is an intimate prayer to Mary in which I tried to stay true to the Catholic ancient text (written in the fourth century); music is delicate in the first and third parts of the song, where the

The powerful poetry of Minori Minazuki depicts strong and hard to break wings. The elegant melody is supported with massive chords and harmonies of the a cappella voices. It was originally written for