Few sights lighten our hearts more than the first cherry blossoms (“sakura”) in springtime. The flowering trees that line the streets of our city are a symbol of renewal and hope. They are also a timely reminder of the fleeting nature of beauty, and of the importance of friendship between individuals and nations.
Our Spring 2024 concert celebrates both these trees in their impossible opulence, and the Japanese community who gifted them to the City of Victoria.
Centred around a rich choral arrangement of the timeless Japanese folksong “Sakura” (cherry blossom), our program also features madrigals, ballads, and other soaring choral monuments to the timeless beauty of Spring.
Music by John Rutter, Imant Raminsh, Orlando Lasso, Larry Nickel, Akiko Kondo, Clara Schumann, Bob Chilcott, Cait Nishimura, Ro Ogura, Ramona Luengen with poetry by Joy Kogawa.
Featuring the children’s choir of the Victoria Japanese Heritage Language School, the Furusato Dancers, and Vannophat Kaploykeo, cello
Concert Dates:
Wednesday, May 1, 7pm, – Sidney, St Elizabeth Church, 10030 Third St, V8L 3B3
Sunday, May 5, 3pm – Victoria. St Mary’s Anglican Church, 1701 Elgin Road
Tickets: $30. Children 12 and under free.