Great performance. Amazing thought that Sullivan did all the orchestration sitting at his desk. His music sounds as fresh today as when it was composed.
@@stephanieallen7898 I was a projectionist at a drive in. I ran one of those "Exorcist" films, it wasn't "The Exorcist" that was earlier. It might have been "The Omen", it was around 1975, I don't remember the Mikado Overture but it might have been in it, I just don't remember.
Yes, Miya Sama is the only genuine Japanese song in the whole piece. It was actually part of an Imperial marching song that Sullivan adapted. The verse translates roughly as "Oh my Prince, what is that fluttering in the wind before your Imperial horse?" The second verse, which Sullivan didn't use, translated roughly as the Imperial flag to subdue the rebels.