NHK's music program "Utacon," which will be broadcast from 7:30 p.m. on March 4, will bring together all the singing brothers and sisters from the NHK Educational TV program for young children, "Okaasan to Issho."
The program will feature Kentaro Hayami, Ayumi Shigemori, Hiromichi Sato, Shoko Haida, and Daisuke Yokoyama. They will perform "Beyond the Rainbow" and "Boyoyon March," which have brought smiles to children's faces.
In addition, Kanji Ishimaru will cover "Tooku Ikitai" (I want to go far away), which was born from "Yume de Aimasho" (Let's meet in a dream), and Hitomi Ishikawa and Hiroko Moriguchi will talk about unknown episodes. Yuki Saito and Yoko Minamino will perform popular songs.
In addition, in a segment looking back at famous songs born from NHK's television drama series, Hiroko Yakushimaru will perform "Shiosai no Memory," an insert song from "Amachan," accompanied by an orchestra from the studio.
◇ Track list (titles omitted)
"Nagoriyuki" by Iruka / "Kiyoshi's Zundoko Bushi" by Hikawa Kiyoshi / "Tooku Ikitai"by Kanji Ishimaru , original song by Jerry Fujio / "A Gift Without a Stamp" by Ikuta Erika, original song by Zaitsu Kazuo / "Flowers - Album of Memories" by Yuki Saori and Yasuda Sachiko / "Waiting" by Ishikawa Hitomi / "Graduation" by Saito Yuki / "Breath in the Net" by Minamino Yoko / "I Just Want to Cry" by Hikawa Kiyoshi, original song by Nakayama Miho / "More Than Anyone Elsewhere"by Hiroko Moriguchi , original song by Nakayama Miho & WANDS / "Shiosai no Memory" by Yakushimaru Hiroko, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra / "Jinsei Ichiro" by Ichikawa Yukino, original song by Misora Hibari / "Niji no Mukōni" by Hayami Kentaro, Shigemori Ayumi, Sato Hiromichi, Haida Shoko, Yokoyama Daisuke / "Boyoyon March" Kentaro Hayami, Ayumi Shigemori, Hiromichi Sato, Shoko Haida, Daisuke Yokoyama / "Well done" Erika Ikuta / "Rainbow - The reason for taking a deep breath" Aqua Timez
