My Neighbours Totoro and Claude!
Kawaii Power!
“Be vulnerable to the magic of affection <3”
Have you ever met Totoro? The giant, fluffy, huggable racoon-like animal who protects the forest. His yawn makes the ground shake with joy and laughter, and his soft furry belly is bouncy like a trampoline! What about Kiki? Have you caught her flying through the sky delivering fresh hot herring pie? Have you wandered at night into the festive, bizarre Bathhouse for spirit gods and run into the terrifying witch Yubaba?
Welcome to the fantastical, magical, kawaii (“cute”) world of Studio Ghibli! This program features piano four-hands arrangements of Joe Hisaishi’s film score for Hayao Miyazaki’s beloved films My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, and Spirited Away alongside duets by Ravel, Debussy, and Fauré. Let’s fall together into the sweet, tender embrace of cuteness through the sounds of childhood, imagination, and playfulness~
Program
Joe Hisaishi / Wesley Chu
“Totoro’s Fantasy” from My Neighbor Totoro
“Kiki’s Potpourri” from Kiki’s Delivery Service
“Chihiro’s Rhapsody” from Spirited Away
Gabriel Fauré
Dolly Suite, Op.56
Claude Debussy
Petite Suite
Maurice Ravel
Ma mère l'Oye