HOPE Charity Concert Series presents a charity concert of classical music played by Rachel Erdos (violin), Henry Fagg (violin), Yoshi Inada (bassoon) and Kanae Furomoto (piano). This is the third in a series of concerts in aid of the victims of the earthquake and tsunami that hit the Tohoku region of Japan in March 2011. More than two years after the disaster, the recovery process is still proceeding slowly and the victims are worried that the rest of the world will forget them. HOPE Charity Concert continues to stand by them in an effort to help them return to their productive lives.

The programme comes from a wide range of the classical repertoire – from Bach’s Double Violin Concerto to Piazzolla’s Le Grand Tango – and contains music as well from Britain and Japan. All profits will be donated to the Japan Society’s Tohoku Earthquake Relief Fund. This event is supported by The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation.

Programme:

• Bach: The Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043
• Gilbert Vinter: Reverie
• Chopin: Polonaise-Fantasie Op.61
• Granados/Kreisler: Spanish Dance
• Japanese folk song: Itsuki no Komoriuta (Lullaby of Itsuki)
• Japanese folk song: Furusato (My Country Home)
• Brahms: 1st mvt. from the Violin Sonata No.1 in G major Op.78
• Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango
• John Williams: Theme from Schindler’s List/Jewish Town/Remembrances
• Japanese folk song: Akatombo (Dragonflies)

Tickets available from www.oxfordplayhouse.com/ticketsoxford/index.aspx#event=18194