The recent earth­quake and tsunami in Japan has dev­ast­ated the coun­try. Thou­sands have been killed or injured; homes have been des­troyed or damaged.

Recently,Li Lu approached Manchester Buddhist Centre to col­lab­or­ate on a con­cert in aid of the Red Cross appeal. Li Lu and her friends will present music in a vari­ety of styles, mainly from Japan, includ­ing some first-rate con­tem­por­ary works still rarely heard in concert.

• Li Lu, cello
• Con­nie Wan, fin­ger style acous­tic guitar
• Mark Wood­head, trumpet
• Rebecca Mills, harp
• Anna Rosa Mari, flute
• Spe­cial guests from Japan: Kohta Nomura, Hitoshi Suzuki, Tomoko Yahiro, violins

Pro­gramme

• Li Lu: Akatombo Japan­ese folk song arranged for cello and guitar
• Kotaro Oshio: Splash
• Mas­aaki Kishibe: Flower
• Kotaro Oshio: Wings — you are the Hero
• Johann Pachel­bel: Canon in D arranged by Trace Bundy for solo guitar
• John Wil­li­ams: Cavatina arranged for cello and guitar

Inter­val (20 minutes)

• Toru Takemitsu: Paths for solo trumpet
• Josef Mol­nar: Phant­asy on themes of Japan­ese folk songs for flute and harp
• Series of Japan­ese tra­di­tional music for string quar­tet
  S. Kusakawa: Yuyake Koy­ake
  A. Ishi­kawa: Mt. Fuji
  T. Okano: Fur­us­ato
  Y.Nakada: Nat­suno omoide

Booking: booking required, please go to Manchester Buddhist Centre website for more info.