Ticket information for チトセピアホール(Nagasaki Nagasaki)

概要

〈第一部〉　～　せつなく哀しい長崎の歌物語　星空のコンチェルティーノ　お琴　～

(演奏会形式　約60分)　　作・演出　大日琳太郎　　作曲　長谷部匡俊

この作品は1992年7月、東京の赤坂にて初演された。演劇、モダンバレエ、能と狂言、洋楽が融合し、米国や中国の俳優も出演するハイブリットな作品は当時珍しく、注目を浴びた。これまで4度の再演を重ね、その度に練り上げられ、現在はオペラに近い作品になっている。今回の再演では音楽部分にスポットライトを当て、演奏会形式にて上演し、せりふ劇の場面については朗読にて表現する。

物語は、第二次世界大戦中の激戦地ガダルカナル島と長崎の悲劇を縦糸に、台湾と日本の友情を横糸に綴られている。主人公の三沢光夫は徴兵前、作曲家を志していたが、ガダルカナル島でこの世の地獄を経験し心に傷を負い曲が書けなくなっていた。昭和21年、ようやく日本に帰還した彼は、折しも星逢(七夕)の夜、戦死した戦友田川から預かった形見の鈴を渡そうと、琴という名の彼の姉を訪ねる。田川は台湾から出征した義勇兵であり、姉は幼い頃に長崎の母の生家に引き取られ姉弟は離れ離れになっていた。しかし、占いの水が驚愕の過去を告げる。琴という女性はすでに被爆死した霊であると。彼女は死んだことを知らずにこの世を徘徊していたのであった。自分の正体を知り、苦悶し嘆き悲しむ琴。しかし、星世界から迎えに来た弟によって彼女の魂は救われ、光夫と短い悦楽の時を過ごした後、彼女は一切の迷いを捨て昇天する。「もっと生きていたかった」という琴の痛切な思いを知り、生かされている自分の幸せに気づいた光夫は、ひとり夜空を仰ぐ。すると星世界から旋律が降り落ち、それを五線紙に書きつければ、ガダルカナル島で未完のままにした曲「星愛の歌」があっという間に書き上がる。いつしか光夫の瞳には希望が宿っていた。彼は夜空に耀く星たちに誓う。どんな困難に遭っても夢を捨てず志を貫き、台湾と日本に歌の橋を架けると。そして「星愛の歌」を高らかに唱い、敗者が力強く再生する姿を見せて幕となる。

この光夫という人物は、人間魚雷の特攻隊員だったハワイアン歌謡のシンガーソングライター故大橋節夫氏と、ガダルカナル島から奇跡的に生還した第二師団衛生兵の故庄子善守氏をモデルに描かれている。

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〈第二部〉　コンサート　今こそ鐘を鳴らすとき　（約40分）

創作初演　委嘱作品ピアノ独奏曲　　　　中原達彦作曲

禁じられた遊び　　　　　　　　　　　　ナルシソ・イエペス作曲

死んだ男の残したものは　　　　　　　　谷川俊太郎作詞　武満徹作曲　若生智彦伴奏作曲

島原の子守唄〈長崎公演のみ〉　　　　　宮崎康平作詞作曲　中原達彦編曲

青い地球は誰のもの〈宮城公演のみ〉　　阪田寛夫作詞　冨田勲作曲

長崎の鐘　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　サトウハチロー作詞　古関裕而作曲　中原達彦編曲

オペラ蝶々夫人より「ある晴れた日に」　ジャゴモ・プッチーニ作曲

overview

〈Part 1〉 ~ A bittersweet and sad song story of Nagasaki Concertino of the Starry Sky Koto ~

(Concert style, approx. 60 minutes) Written and directed by Dainichi Rintaro, composed by Hasebe Masatoshi

This work premiered in July 1992 in Akasaka, Tokyo. A hybrid work that combines theater, modern ballet, Noh and Kyogen, and Western music, and also features American and Chinese actors, was rare at the time and attracted attention. It has been performed four times so far, and has been refined each time, and is now a work that is close to an opera. This time, the spotlight will be on the musical part, and the performance will be in concert style, and the dialogue scenes will be expressed by readings.

The story is woven with the warp of the tragedy of Guadalcanal Island and Nagasaki, the fierce battlefields during World War II, and the weft of the friendship between Taiwan and Japan. Before being drafted, the protagonist Mitsuo Misawa had aspired to be a composer, but after experiencing hell on Guadalcanal Island, he was so traumatized that he could no longer write songs. In 1946, he finally returned to Japan, and on the night of Star Festival (Tanabata), he visited his sister Koto, a fallen comrade of his, to give her a memento bell that he had received from her. Tagawa was a volunteer soldier who had been sent to war from Taiwan, and his sister had been taken in by their mother's family in Nagasaki at a young age, and the siblings had been separated. However, the water used for divination revealed a shocking past. The woman named Koto was a spirit who had already died in the atomic bombing. She had been wandering the earth without knowing that she was dead. Upon learning her true identity, Koto was in agony and lamentation. However, her soul was saved by her brother who came from the star world to pick her up, and after a short time of pleasure with Mitsuo, she cast away all doubts and ascended to heaven. Learning of Koto's heartfelt wish that he had lived longer, Mitsuo realizes how lucky he is to be alive and looks up at the night sky. A melody falls from the starry world, and he writes it down on music paper, and in no time at all, he writes the song he left unfinished on Guadalcanal, "Song of Star Love." Before he knows it, hope is in Mitsuo's eyes. He vows to the stars shining in the night sky that no matter what difficulties he faces, he will not give up on his dreams, but will follow his will and build a bridge of song between Taiwan and Japan. He then sings "Song of Star Love" aloud, and the curtain falls on the defeated man's powerful rebirth.

The character of Mitsuo is based on the late Setsuo Ohashi, a Hawaiian pop singer-songwriter who was a member of a human torpedo kamikaze unit, and the late Yoshimori Shoji, a Second Division medic who miraculously returned from Guadalcanal.

Streaming of the performance on YouTube Search for "Hoshizora no Concertino Koto 2019"

〈Part 2〉 Concert Now is the time to ring the bell (approx. 40 minutes)

Commercial premiere of commissioned work Piano solo Composed by Tatsuhiko Nakahara

Forbidden games Composed by Narciso Yepes

What the dead man left behind Lyrics by Shuntaro Tanikawa Music by Toru Takemitsu Accompaniment and composition by Tomohiko Wakao

Shimabara no Komoriuta〈Nagasaki performance only〉 Lyrics and composition by Kohei Miyazaki Arranged by Tatsuhiko Nakahara

Whose blue earth is it〈Miyagi performance only〉 Lyrics by Hiroo Sakata Music by Isao Tomita

The Bells of Nagasaki Lyrics by Hachiro Sato Music by Yuji Koseki Arranged by Tatsuhiko Nakahara

"One Fine Day" from the opera Madame Butterfly, composed by Giacomo Puccini

原爆投下そして終戦80年の節目に歌の力を以て、戦没者へ哀悼の真を捧げ、平和の尊さを強く、深く、思い起こすための音楽会。第一部は演奏会形式による音楽劇「星空のコンチェルティーノお琴」、第二部はコンサート「今こそ鐘を鳴らすとき」

This concert marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing and the end of the war, and is intended to use the power of song to offer sincere condolences to the war dead and to strongly and deeply recall the preciousness of peace. The first part is a musical drama in concert format called "Starry Sky Concertino Koto," and the second part is a concert called "Now is the Time to Ring the Bell."