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

Ko Matsushita composed this piece especially for young singers. He expects his song to be sung joyfully in the Latin music rhythms while feeling close the presence of Mary, Mother of God. The piece was

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

This is a joyful setting of verses from Psalm 96 with lyrical piano accompaniment. It became of Ko Matsushita's most well known piece at "Sing for Japan," a project calling for donations to the victims of

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 work was composed for the "Whole Japan Junior Chorus Festival 2005".Three groups sing in canon, every group expresses music like a prayer, and then all parts combine together forming a powerful force