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Letters to God is a spiritual exploration of the musical threads connecting Canadian and Japanese culture. It features Japan’s legendary Fujii Percussion (mother Mutsuko Fujii, and daughters Haruka Fujii and Rika Fujii), Soundstreams Choir 21, The Canadian Children’s Opera Company, Gregory Oh (piano), and Ryan Scott (percussion). Akira Miyoshi’s Letters to God brings to life a collection of letters written by children, notable for their refreshing directness, unexpected humour, and startling clarity of thought; R. Murray Schafer’s evocative Seventeen Haiku is a theatrical composition that sets Japanese poems to music that evokes the singing of birds, crickets, streams, the tolling of a bell, or fireworks at a festival. The program features other evocative works: Seasons by Toru Takemitsu, river woman by Melody McKiver, and Pulau Dewata by Claude Vivier.

Japan’s ‘First Family’ of percussion

Daniel Druckman

ARTISTS
Fujii Percussion: Haruka Fujii, Mutsuko Fujii, Rika Fujii
Soundstreams Choir 21 – David Fallis, Music Director 
The Canadian Children’s Opera Company – Teri Dunn, Conductor
Gregory Oh, piano
Ryan Scott, percussion