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Hida-San premiere performance
Harbourfront Centre
November 13, 2003
   
 
Song Title: Hida-San
   
Date Composed: Traditional
Composer: Unknown
Arrangement: Aki Takahashi  
Premiere Performance: November 13, 2003 - Brigantine Room
  Harbourfront Centre  

Mt. Hida is a beautiful, tall, rocky mountain especially scenic in autumn. During the annual harvest festival, taiko is always a main attraction. The intoxicating rhythms of the taiko are enough to cause even the most reluctant of audience members to get up and move with the music. The rhythms of various instruments are overlaid one upon the other, building up to a compelling crescendo reminiscent of the grandeur of Mt. Hida (Hida-san).