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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.
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.

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

Programs

Performance in Niigata (Japan)
Eliahu Inbal
Eliahu Inbal
Tatsuya Yabe
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
Performance in Seoul (Korea)
Kazuhiro Koizumi
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
Performance in Singapore
Kazuhiro Koizumi
Kazuhiro Koizumi
Date: Sunday, April 19, 2009 Starting at 7:30 P.M.
Venue: Esplanade

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
Performance in Akikawa (Tokyo)
Toshiaki Umeda
Toshiaki Umeda
Satoshi Asaoka
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.)
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
Performance in Okutama-machi (Tokyo)
Date: Sunday, May 17, 2009 Starting at 2 P.M.
Venue: Okutama Town Kori Elementary School

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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
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
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
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
Performance in Ikebukuro (Tokyo)
Toshiaki Umeda
Toshiaki Umeda
Satoshi Asaoka
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.)