Howdy, all readers. The choir Rainbow Concert is successfully over, and the choir and I have also finished a couple of other interesting events. But first, to quell your curiosity, I will upload a couple of photos of the Rainbow Concert (courtesy of our resident photographer, Mr. Eight-Tree – Thanks JMT!)
Rainbow Concert Part I: Senior choir members
Rainbow Concert Part II: Full student choir
Rainbow Concert Part III: Mozart Missa Brevis in F-Dur K192
After the concert, the choir was busy on Friday, July 2, when the chapel choir of Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, joined us for a joint service of Evensong. The two choirs singing Howells “Prayer for St Cecilia” was stunning! After the service, the Oxford choir sang a 45 minute concert, followed by a party. The Rikkyo choir will be visiting Oxford next February, so we look forward to a reunion on UK territory. I don’t have any photos of the event, but here is a PR shot of the Corpus Christi choir.
Oxford University Corpus Christi College Chapel Choir
The choir’s final big event of the season was the singing of a service and concert at Tokyo’s Holy Trinity Anglican Church last Sunday. The event commemorated the installation of the fine Harrison & Harrison organ there 30 years ago. I played the service and a 20 minute mini-concert after the service. After that the choir sang another 30 minutes. All in all, a busy few weeks. Here a some photos from my iPhone of the church and organ.
Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Tokyo's Harrison and Harrison organ console
Organist's view, Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Tokyo
LASTLY, as usual I head for the hills on my bike when these stressful events are over. On Monday I managed a nice 75 km ride before storms hit. Breakfast at Kasai Rinkai Koen on Tokyo Bay, then a 2 hour ride up the Arakawa River to home. One minor tumble from the bike gave great bruises to brag over for the coming week. What fun we do have!
Breakfast view from Kasai Rinkai Koen, Tokyo
Breakfast party for 1 at Kasai Rinkai Koen