Freiburger Domsingknaben

　　Freiburger Domsingknaben, which is listed as one of the prestigious boys choirs in Germany, visited Japan for their concert tour, and their concert was held in my hometown, Matsuyama City, along with other big cities. Then, a member of the choir stayed with us and most other members apparently wanted to stay at ordinary households.
　　Their hometown of Freiburg, which I had visited a few times, is the sister city of Matsuyama City. We spent a few happy days with him, but their concert was postponed for a day because of a typhoon and someone in a family, which welcomed a choir member, was unable to join the concert due to the postponement. The choir member who was staying with that family hastily planned to hold a mini-concert in the home for a family member who would be absent from the concert. Some families and choir members got together at the house at nearly 9 o'clock. They made an excuse that there weren't sopranos, but their chorus was great and a lot of fun. We enjoyed chatting until late at night.
　　The concert which was held on the next day was really nice. Their chorus in Japanese was also great. The last picture was shot just after the concert with several members of the choir. Our last words were "See you again in Freiburg!"

  

 
抄訳：

ドイツにおける名門少年合唱団のひとつに数えられるフライブブルグ大聖堂合唱団が来日し、１ヶ月にわたるジャパンツアーの途中、松山でも公演があった。その団員の一人が我が家へホームステイした。

ドイツ語や英語でコミュニケーションをして楽しい数日間を過ごしたのだが、実は予定していた公演が台風のため一日ズレてしまい、ある家庭では参加できない人が出来てしまった。それではあまりにも残念、可哀想ということで、そのご家庭にホームステイ中の団員が計画して、急遽集まりミニコンサートをすることになった。ソプラノがいないので十分ではないですがと言われながらも見事なコーラスに圧倒された。数メートルの距離で歌ってもらえる生のコーラスは素晴らしいものだった。

この翌日が本番だった。公演の後、ステージ前に集まって一緒に撮ってもらった写真もＵＰする。今度はフライブルクで会いましょうと挨拶して別れた。最後の写真はドイツ大使館から借用しました。