MUSIC
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra Harmony Tour
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra will perform their colorful and moving sounds throughout Japan.
Synopsis
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra was formed in 1965, as a part of a cultural promotion project of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to mark the Tokyo Olympic Games. As “music ambassadors of Tokyo,” we will deliver colorful and stirring sound to 11 Locations across and outside Japan.
Schedule
Sunday, April 5, 2009 - Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Venue
11 Locations across and outside Japan
* Please see the program below for details.
* Please see the program below for details.
Organizers
Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture
Outline
The Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra will perform overseas for the first time in 7 years. They last performed in 2002 in Beijing. Eleven performances are scheduled for Seoul, Singapore and other cities.
As music ambassadors of Tokyo, the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra will bring to the nation and other countries unforgettable performances, promising their audiences breathtaking shows.
As music ambassadors of Tokyo, the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra will bring to the nation and other countries unforgettable performances, promising their audiences breathtaking shows.
Event Report
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, which is highly appreciated as “the orchestra of the international city of Tokyo,”performed their colorful and moving music overseas as well as in the Tama area and islands which are part of Tokyo. All the venues were nearly full and the orchestra received a warm welcome from the local people.
Performances in Various Venues
(1) Japan (Niigata)
Performance in Niigata
Date: Sunday, April 5
Venue: Ryutopia
(Niigata-City Performing Arts Center)
Performance in Niigata
Date: Sunday, April 5
Venue: Ryutopia
(Niigata-City Performing Arts Center)
(2) Overseas (Seoul, Korea and Singapore)
Performance in Seoul
Date: Thursday, April 16
Venue: Sejong Center
Performance in Singapore
Date: Sunday, April 19
Venue: Esplanade Concert Hall
Performance in Seoul
Date: Thursday, April 16
Venue: Sejong Center
Performance in Singapore
Date: Sunday, April 19
Venue: Esplanade Concert Hall
(3) Tama area (Mizuho-cho, Akikawa, Hinohara-mura , Okutama-machi, Hinode-machi)
Performance in Mizuho-machi
Wednesday (holiday), April 29 at the Sky Hall
Performance in Akikawa
Saturday, May 9 at the Akikawa Kirara Hall
Performance in Hinohara-mura
Sunday, May 10 in the gymnasium of the Hinohara Village Elementary School
Performance in Okutama-machi
Sunday, May 17 in the gymnasium of the Kori Elementary School
Performance in Hinode-machi
Saturday, June 20 at Hinode-machi Community Center
Performance in Mizuho-machi
Wednesday (holiday), April 29 at the Sky Hall
Performance in Akikawa
Saturday, May 9 at the Akikawa Kirara Hall
Performance in Hinohara-mura
Sunday, May 10 in the gymnasium of the Hinohara Village Elementary School
Performance in Okutama-machi
Sunday, May 17 in the gymnasium of the Kori Elementary School
Performance in Hinode-machi
Saturday, June 20 at Hinode-machi Community Center
(4) Islands area of Tokyo (Hachijojima and Oshima)
Performance in Hachijojima
Date: Saturday, May 30
Venue: Hachijo Town Mitsune Elementary School
Performance in Oshima
Date: Wednesday, July 22
Venue: Oshima-machi Kaihatsu Sogo Center (Oshima Town Center for Research and Development)
Performance in Hachijojima
Date: Saturday, May 30
Venue: Hachijo Town Mitsune Elementary School
Performance in Oshima
Date: Wednesday, July 22
Venue: Oshima-machi Kaihatsu Sogo Center (Oshima Town Center for Research and Development)
(5) Tokyo Metropolitan Area (Ikebukuro)
Performance in Ikebukuro
Date: Wednesday, July 29
Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space
Performance in Ikebukuro
Date: Wednesday, July 29
Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space
Comments from Questionnaires
＜Niigata＞
・Mr. Yabe’s solo violin was wonderful! It was amazing that it sounded as if several people were playing violins. Please come to Niigata again. I was glad to listen to my favorite music “The Marriage of Figaro.” I felt the kindness and friendliness of Mr. Inbal from how he conducted and I became his fan. The bold timpani strokes in “Eroica” were cool. They were thrilling.
＜Tama Area＞
・It was a great opportunity to casually enjoy the performance of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra and familiarize myself with classical orchestral music. It was good that explanations were inserted between the performances. I hope that there will be more events like this where we can easily enjoy musical culture. It was wonderful that the orchestra came to the Nishitama district instead of us having to travel to central Tokyo. Thank you!
＜Islands area of Tokyo＞
・It was great that there was an introduction which explained each instrument and a demonstration of their sounds. Thank you. It was a fantastic opportunity to listen to live performances of these instruments, which is rare unless we visit the mainland. Watching and listening live is a very good experience. It gives children lasting memories. I had a great time, thank you very much.
＜Ikebukuro＞
・I applied for the event in order to nurture our artistic sensitivity by appreciating live performances using the eyes, the ears and the heart. My daughter, who is currently an elementary school student, attended the concert with me. It was a wonderful experience and it seems that it got my daughter interested in music and musical instruments. She enthusiastically told me that she wants to play the harp. We particularly enjoyed the introduction which explained the musical instruments and the clear explanation of the role for each section in the orchestra.
・Mr. Yabe’s solo violin was wonderful! It was amazing that it sounded as if several people were playing violins. Please come to Niigata again. I was glad to listen to my favorite music “The Marriage of Figaro.” I felt the kindness and friendliness of Mr. Inbal from how he conducted and I became his fan. The bold timpani strokes in “Eroica” were cool. They were thrilling.
＜Tama Area＞
・It was a great opportunity to casually enjoy the performance of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra and familiarize myself with classical orchestral music. It was good that explanations were inserted between the performances. I hope that there will be more events like this where we can easily enjoy musical culture. It was wonderful that the orchestra came to the Nishitama district instead of us having to travel to central Tokyo. Thank you!
＜Islands area of Tokyo＞
・It was great that there was an introduction which explained each instrument and a demonstration of their sounds. Thank you. It was a fantastic opportunity to listen to live performances of these instruments, which is rare unless we visit the mainland. Watching and listening live is a very good experience. It gives children lasting memories. I had a great time, thank you very much.
＜Ikebukuro＞
・I applied for the event in order to nurture our artistic sensitivity by appreciating live performances using the eyes, the ears and the heart. My daughter, who is currently an elementary school student, attended the concert with me. It was a wonderful experience and it seems that it got my daughter interested in music and musical instruments. She enthusiastically told me that she wants to play the harp. We particularly enjoyed the introduction which explained the musical instruments and the clear explanation of the role for each section in the orchestra.
Contact
For business questions:
Office of Tokyo Culture Creation Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture Tel: 03-5638-8800
For questions about concerts: Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra Tel: 03-3822-0539
Office of Tokyo Culture Creation Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture Tel: 03-5638-8800
For questions about concerts: Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra Tel: 03-3822-0539
Programs
Performance in Niigata (Japan)
Eliahu Inbal
Tatsuya Yabe
Date: Sunday, April 5, 2009 Starting at 3:00 P.M.
Venue: Ryutopia (Niigata-City Performing Arts Center)
Conductor: Eliahu Inbal
Violin: Tatsuya Yabe
Mozart - Opera “The Marriage of Figaro” Overture
Beethoven - Violin Concerto
Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”
Admissions: S: ￥5,000 A: ￥3,500 B: ￥2,000
Students: 50% discount
For tickets, please call the TeNY Ticket dedicated line on 025-281-8000.
Tickets are available at the following locations: Niigata Isetan, Niigata Mitsukoshi, Niigata Daiwa, CoCoLo Bandai, Ryutopia, Lawson Ticket (L code 32747） and CN Play Guide
Venue: Ryutopia (Niigata-City Performing Arts Center)
Conductor: Eliahu Inbal
Violin: Tatsuya Yabe
Mozart - Opera “The Marriage of Figaro” Overture
Beethoven - Violin Concerto
Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”
Admissions: S: ￥5,000 A: ￥3,500 B: ￥2,000
Students: 50% discount
For tickets, please call the TeNY Ticket dedicated line on 025-281-8000.
Tickets are available at the following locations: Niigata Isetan, Niigata Mitsukoshi, Niigata Daiwa, CoCoLo Bandai, Ryutopia, Lawson Ticket (L code 32747） and CN Play Guide
Performance in Seoul (Korea)
Kazuhiro Koizumi
Date: Thursday, April 16, 2009 Starting at 7:30 P.M.
Venue: Sejong Center
Conductor: Kazuhiro Koizumi
Violin: Hyuk-joo Kwun
Tchaikovsky - Polonaise from Opera “Eugene Onegin”
Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 65
Venue: Sejong Center
Conductor: Kazuhiro Koizumi
Violin: Hyuk-joo Kwun
Tchaikovsky - Polonaise from Opera “Eugene Onegin”
Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 65
Performance in Singapore
Kazuhiro Koizumi
Conductor: Kazuhiro Koizumi
Piano: Lim Yan
Tchaikovsky - Polonaise from Opera “Eugene Onegin”
Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Performance in Mizuho-machi (Tokyo)
Date: Wednesday (Holiday), April 29, 2009 Starting at 2:00 P.M.
Venue: Sky Hall (Small Hall)
Violin: Shohei Yamamoto
Violin: Hiroshi Oikawa
Viola: Shinichiro Watanabe
Cello: Daisuke Kitaguchi
Elgar - Salut d’Amour
Akira Mitake - “Kawa no nagare no y?ni”
Japanese folk music - “Yagibushi”
Medley from animation movies “Spirited Away,” “My Neighbor Totoro” and “Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea” by Hayao Miyazaki
Dvorak - String Quartet No. 12 in F major “American”
Admission free (Admission is open to grade school children and up.)
* Performance by small orchestra
Venue: Sky Hall (Small Hall)
Violin: Shohei Yamamoto
Violin: Hiroshi Oikawa
Viola: Shinichiro Watanabe
Cello: Daisuke Kitaguchi
Elgar - Salut d’Amour
Akira Mitake - “Kawa no nagare no y?ni”
Japanese folk music - “Yagibushi”
Medley from animation movies “Spirited Away,” “My Neighbor Totoro” and “Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea” by Hayao Miyazaki
Dvorak - String Quartet No. 12 in F major “American”
Admission free (Admission is open to grade school children and up.)
* Performance by small orchestra
Performance in Akikawa (Tokyo)
Toshiaki Umeda
Satoshi Asaoka
Date: Saturday, May 9, 2009 Starting at 3:00 P.M.
Venue: Akikawa Kirara Hall
Conductor: Toshiaki Umeda
Narrator & Speaker: Satoshi Asaoka
Rodgers - “The Sound of Music”
Prokofiev - “Peter and the Wolf”
Smetana - “The Moldau” and others
Admission free (Admission is open to children age 4 and up.)
Venue: Akikawa Kirara Hall
Conductor: Toshiaki Umeda
Narrator & Speaker: Satoshi Asaoka
Rodgers - “The Sound of Music”
Prokofiev - “Peter and the Wolf”
Smetana - “The Moldau” and others
Admission free (Admission is open to children age 4 and up.)
Performance in Hinohara-mura (Tokyo)
Date: Sunday, May 10, 2009 Starting at 2:00 P.M.
Venue: Hinohara Village Hinohara Elementary School
Violin: Shohei Yamamoto
Violin: Hiroshi Oikawa
Viola: Shinichiro Watanabe
Cello: Daisuke Kitaguchi
Elgar - Salut d’Amour
Akira Mitake - “Kawa no nagare no y?ni”
Japanese folk music - “Yagibushi”
Medley from animation movies “Spirited Away,” “My Neighbor Totoro” and “Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea” by Hayao Miyazaki
Dvorak - String Quartet No. 12 in F major “American”
Admission free
* Performance by small orchestra
Venue: Hinohara Village Hinohara Elementary School
Violin: Shohei Yamamoto
Violin: Hiroshi Oikawa
Viola: Shinichiro Watanabe
Cello: Daisuke Kitaguchi
Elgar - Salut d’Amour
Akira Mitake - “Kawa no nagare no y?ni”
Japanese folk music - “Yagibushi”
Medley from animation movies “Spirited Away,” “My Neighbor Totoro” and “Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea” by Hayao Miyazaki
Dvorak - String Quartet No. 12 in F major “American”
Admission free
* Performance by small orchestra
Performance in Okutama-machi (Tokyo)
Date: Sunday, May 17, 2009 Starting at 2 P.M.
Venue: Okutama Town Kori Elementary School
<brass quintet>
Trumpet: Koji Okazaki
Trumpet: Tomohiro Naito
Horn: Hirofumi Wada
Trombone: Shinji Koga
Tuba: Kiyoshi Sato
Koichi Sugiyama - “Jokyoku no March (Overture)” from “Dragon Quest”
Handel - From “The Music for the Royal Fireworks”
Foster Medley
(Introduction of musical instruments)
Anderson - Bugler’s Holiday
Lassus Trombone
Rodgers - From “The Sound of Music”
Disney Medley
Joe Hisaishi ? “Kimi wo Nosete (Carrying you )”
Joe Hisaishi - Medley from “My Neighbor Totoro”
Admission free
* Performance by small orchestra
Venue: Okutama Town Kori Elementary School
<brass quintet>
Trumpet: Koji Okazaki
Trumpet: Tomohiro Naito
Horn: Hirofumi Wada
Trombone: Shinji Koga
Tuba: Kiyoshi Sato
Koichi Sugiyama - “Jokyoku no March (Overture)” from “Dragon Quest”
Handel - From “The Music for the Royal Fireworks”
Foster Medley
(Introduction of musical instruments)
Anderson - Bugler’s Holiday
Lassus Trombone
Rodgers - From “The Sound of Music”
Disney Medley
Joe Hisaishi ? “Kimi wo Nosete (Carrying you )”
Joe Hisaishi - Medley from “My Neighbor Totoro”
Admission free
* Performance by small orchestra
Performance in Hachijo-machi (Tokyo)
Tatsuya Shimono (c)T.Urano
Date: Saturday, May 30, 2009 Starting at 7:00 P.M.
Venue: Hachijo Town Mitsune Elementary School
Conductor: Tatsuya Shimono
Glinka - “Ruslan and Lyudmila” Overture
Dvorak - Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
Faure - Sicilienne
Anderson - A Trumpeter’s Lullaby
Massenet - Meditation from “Thais”
Smetana - “The Moldau” and others
Admission free
Venue: Hachijo Town Mitsune Elementary School
Conductor: Tatsuya Shimono
Glinka - “Ruslan and Lyudmila” Overture
Dvorak - Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
Faure - Sicilienne
Anderson - A Trumpeter’s Lullaby
Massenet - Meditation from “Thais”
Smetana - “The Moldau” and others
Admission free
Performance in Hinode-machi (Tokyo)
Date: Saturday, June 20, 2009 Starting at 2:00 P.M.
Venue: Hinode-machi Community Center
Flute: Ikue Koike
Oboe: Keitaro Oue
Clarinet: Kei Ito
Bassoon: Takao Kogo
Horn: Kazuko Nomiyama
Admission free
* Performance by small orchestra
Venue: Hinode-machi Community Center
Flute: Ikue Koike
Oboe: Keitaro Oue
Clarinet: Kei Ito
Bassoon: Takao Kogo
Horn: Kazuko Nomiyama
Admission free
* Performance by small orchestra
Performance in Oshima-machi (Tokyo)
Date: Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Venue: Oshima-machi Kaihatsu Sogo Center (Oshima Town Center for Research and Development)
Conductor: Kazufumi Yamashita
Admission free
Venue: Oshima-machi Kaihatsu Sogo Center (Oshima Town Center for Research and Development)
Conductor: Kazufumi Yamashita
Admission free
Performance in Ikebukuro (Tokyo)
Toshiaki Umeda
Satoshi Asaoka
We are pleased to offer 2,000 tickets for free admission.
Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 Starting at 14:00 (Doors open at 13:30)
Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space, Main Hall
Conductor: Toshiaki Umeda
Speaker: Satoshi Asaoka
Orchestra: Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Program: Offenbach: comic opera, Orpheus in the Underworld, Overture
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Festival Overture, Op. 49
Others
*Program and performers may change due to unforeseen circumstances.
Admission
Free (Prior application is required. In the event applications exceed capacity, guests will be selected by lottery and notified.)
Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 Starting at 14:00 (Doors open at 13:30)
Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space, Main Hall
Conductor: Toshiaki Umeda
Speaker: Satoshi Asaoka
Orchestra: Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Program: Offenbach: comic opera, Orpheus in the Underworld, Overture
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Festival Overture, Op. 49
Others
*Program and performers may change due to unforeseen circumstances.
Admission
Free (Prior application is required. In the event applications exceed capacity, guests will be selected by lottery and notified.)
