Tonight's Program

Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert
Music from the Studio Ghibli
Films of Hayao Miyazaki


National Symphony Orchestra
JOE HISAISHI, conductor
JANET TODD, soprano
KYLE PUDENZ, mandolin
MAI FUJISAWA, solo voice


THE WASHINGTON CHORUS,
Eugene Rogers, artistic director


JAPANESE CHORAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON,
Kimiko Shimada, music director


JOE HISAISHI
Music from the Studio Ghibli Films
of Hayao Miyazaki


NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND
“The Legend of the Wind”
“Nausicaä Requiem”
“The Battle Between Mehve and Corvette”
“The Distant Days”
“The Bird Man”

KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE
“A Town with an Ocean View”
“Heartbroken Kiki”
“Mother’s Broom”

PRINCESS MONONOKE
“The Legend of Ashitaka”
“The Demon God”
“Princess Mononoke” (Soprano: Janet Todd)

THE WIND RISES (Mandolin: Kyle Pudenz)
“A Journey (A Dream of Flight)”
“Nahoko (The Encounter)”
“A Journey (A Kingdom of Dreams)”

PONYO ON THE CLIFF BY THE SEA
“Deep Sea Pastures”
“Mother Sea” (Soprano: Janet Todd)
“Ponyo’s Sisters Lend a Hand — A Song for Mothers and the Sea”
“Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea”

 

INTERMISSION

 

CASTLE IN THE SKY
“Doves and the Boy”
“Carrying You”

PORCO ROSSO
“Bygone Days”

HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE
Symphonic Variation “Merry-go-round + Cave of Mind”

SPIRITED AWAY
“One Summer’s Day”
Reprise (Vocal: Mai Fujisawa)

MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO
“The Path of the Wind”
“Hey Let’s Go” (Vocal: Janet Todd & Mai Fujisawa)
“My Neighbor Totoro” (Vocal: Janet Todd & Mai Fujisawa)