Yuki Kajiura Live
I just got back from her second live at Shibuya O-East. (The first one was held in April, but when I found about it, tickets had already sold out.)
The opening act was kalafina, who sings the theme songs for the movie Kara no Kyoukai. The second single, sprinter/ARIA dropped yesterday, so they were four for the first time, and sang four of the five songs.
For the main live, the vocalists were Kaida Yuriko, Kaori, Keiko, and Wakana. They sang songs from soundtracks such as the various .hack works, Portrait of Petit Cosette, NOIR, and Aquarian Age. Kajiura-san had posted the “lyrics” for Aquarian Age in her blog, so you could practice the Kajiura-ese and sing along.
Ito Eri appeared as guest vocalist, and she sang songs from tsubasa chronicle and Xenosaga2.
The first time I heard Kajiura-san’s work was in NOIR, so I was very happy I got to hear Kaida-san sing “canta per me” and “salva nos”.
Because there were four vocalists for each song, you got to hear the beautiful thickly-layered choruses that’s so distinctive of her works. And the band had a violinist playing, which was great with songs like “the world” and “canta per me”.
Kajiura-san promised there will be a third live. There was also an announcement that a DVD of today’s live will be released sometime this fall.