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Bach Festivals & Cantata Series
Bach-Chor Tokyo: Bach Cantata Series Performing in Japanese Text |
Name: |
Bach-Chor Tokyo: Bach Cantata Series Performing in Japanese Text |
Location: |
Tokyo, Japan |
Venues: |
Ishibashi Memorial Hall, Tokyo, etc. |
Years: |
Between 48 years since 1962. The next regular concert is the 104th at Tokyo, June 2010 |
Months: |
2 or 3 concerts a year |
Artistic Director: |
Emiko Ohmura |
Ensembles: |
Bach-Chor Tokyo
Tokyo Bach Cantata Chamber Orchetra, etc |
Website: |
Bach-Chor Tokyo [Japanese, partly English] |
History & Mission: |
Bach-Chor Tokyo was founded by Emiko Ohmura in 1962 as an chorus performing and studying only J.S. Bach’s works centering around sacred cantatas. It has held almost 200 concerts since its inception including more than 100 regular concerts in Tokyo and many special concerts at churches or local music halls. Emiko Ohmura has chiefly been conducting them.
Language problems are always a big barrier to the introduction of foreign vocal music, especially in Asian countries. Bach-Chor Tokyo has made it a principle since its inception to sing in Japanese following Emiko Ohmura’s translation. Ohmura and members have a strong wish to sing in Japanese even at the cost of perfect unity between the original words and melodies. This is because we wish to meet the spirit of the text and the Composer, J.S. Bach by means of our mother tongue Japanese, our spirit itself. We also believe that it is a realization of the historic intention of the Reformer, Martin Luther, who chose to read and sing in common people’s words (mother tongue).
From 2000, aiming to diffuse the Bach music in Japan, we are publishing a serial music books of Bach’s cantatas with Japanese text translated by Ohmura in cooperation with Breitkopf & Härtel.
See: http://www.ac.auone-net.jp/~bach2/ |
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Concert 79
May 25, 1996 |
Concert 80
Dec 8, 1996 |
Concert 81
May 24, 1997 |
Concert 82
Dec 20, 1997 |
Concert 83
May 24, 1998 |
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Concert 88
Dec 13, 1998 |
Concert 85
May 8, 1999 |
Concert 86
Dec 18, 1999 |
Concert 87
May 14, 2000 |
Concert 88
Dec 10, 2000 |
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Concert 89
May 12, 2001 |
Concert 90
Dec 16, 2001 |
Concert 91
May 12, 2002 |
Concert 92
Dec 15, 2002 |
Concert 93
May 10, 2003 |
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Concert 94
Dec 7, 2004 |
Concert 95
May 9, 2004 |
Concert 96
Dec 12, 2004 |
Concert 97
May 15, 2005 |
Concert 98
Dec 17, 2005 |
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Concert 99
May 13, 2006 |
Concert 100
Mar 21, 2007 |
Concert 101
Nov 17, 2007 |
Concert 102
Jun 21, 2008 |
Concert 103
Dec 13, 2008 |
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