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193rd Concert
50th Anniversary Series--No. 2

TAKASEKI Ken, conductor

SARUYA Toshiro (1960-): "Swells of Athena," 1999.

Dmitry SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975): Chamber Symphony in c minor, op. 110a. 1978
(arranged by Rudolf Barshai from the String Quartet No. 8, 1960).

Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949) "Eine Alpensinfonie" op. 64, 1915.

2:00 p.m., Sunday, April 16, 2006, at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space (Ikebukuro Station, West exit)

192nd Concert
50th Anniversary Series--No. 1

KOMATSU Kazuhiko, conductor

MIYOSHI Akira (1933- ): Trois Mouvements Symphoniques, 1960

Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975): Symphony No. 8 in c minor, op. 65, 1943

2:00 p.m., Sunday, January 22, 2006, at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space (Ikebukuro Station, West exit)

191st Concert

WATANABE Yasuo, conductor
Anastasia CHEBOTAREVA, violin

Jean SIBELIUS (1865-1957): Symphonic Tone Poem "Pohjola's Daughter," Op. 49, 1906

Jean SIBELIUS (1865-1957): Violin Concerto in d-minor, Op. 47, 1903 (revised in 1905)

Antonin DVORAK (1841-1904):
Symphony No. 9 in e-minor "From the New World," Op. 95, 1893

2:00pm, Saturday, October 16, 2005, at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space

190th Concert

IIMORI Taijiro, Conductor
Ritsuyukai, Chorus

YASHIRO Akio (1929-1976):
Symphony, 1958

Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937):
Daphnis et Chloe (Complete Ballet), 1911

2:00pm, Sunday, July 17, 2005, at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space

189th Concert

IIMORI Taijiro, Conductor

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827):
Egmont Overture, op. 84, 1810

Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856):
Symphony No. 4, in d-minor, op. 120,revised in 1851

Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897):
Symphony No. 2, in D-major, op. 73, 1877

2:00pm, Sunday, April 17, 2005, at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space

188th Concert

KOMATSU Kazuhiko, Conductor

Ottorino RESPIGHI (1879-1936):
   Syphonic Poem "Feste Romane", 1928
   Symphonic Poem "Fontane di Roma", 1916
   Symphonic Poem "Pini di Roma", 1924

2:00pm, Sunday, January 16, 2005, at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space

187th Concert

Victor TIETS, Conductor

Pyotr Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893):
   Polonaise from the Opera "Eugene Onegin" op.24, 1878
   Suite from the Ballet "The Nutcracker" op.71, 1892
   Fantasy Overture "Romeo and Juliet," 1886
   Symphony No.4 in f minor, op. 36, 1877

2:00pm, Sunday, October 17, 2004, at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space

186th Concert

WATANABE Yasuo, Conductor
Vladimir OVCHINNIKOV, Piano

Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943):
Piano Concerto No. 3 in d minor, 1909

Jean SIBELIUS (1865-1957):
Tone Poem "Tapiola" op. 112, 1925

Jean SIBELIUS (1865-1957):
Symphony No. 7 in C major, op. 105, 1924

2:00pm, Sunday, July 4, 2004, at Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo Hall

185th Concert

TAKASEKI Ken, Conductor

Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949):
"Der Rosenkavalier" Suite, op. 59, 1910

ISHII Maki (1936-2003):

Symphonic Poem "Illusion and Death"--for FullOrchestra, op. 125, 2002

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827):
Symphony No. 5 in c minor, op. 67, 1808 (revised by Clive Brown, Breitkopf und Hartel, 1997)

6:30pm, Saturday, April 17, 2004, at Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo Hall

184th Concert

The New Symphony Orchestra－184th Concert
KOMATSU Kazuhiko, Conductor

ABE Koumei (1911- ):
Symphony No. 1, 1957

Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937):
La Valse--Poeme choregraphique, 1920

Cesar FRANCK (1822-1890):
Symphony in D minor, 1888

2:00pm, Sunday, January 18, 2004, at Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo

183rd Concert

KOIZUMI Kazuhiro, Conductor
Vladimir OVCHINNIKOV, Piano

Sergei PROKOFIEV (1891-1953):
Symphonic Suite "Lieutenant Kije," Op. 60, 1934

Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943):
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43, 1934

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827):
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92, 1812

6:30pm, Saturday, October 11, 2003, at Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo

182nd Concert

IIMORI Taijiro, conductor

YUASA Joji (1929-):
Symphonic Suite for Orchestra, "The Narrow Road into the Deep North: Basho", 1995

Richard STRAUSS(1864-1949):
Four Last Songs, 1948

Robert SCHUMANN (1810-56):
Symphony No. 2 in C major, op. 61, 1846

Sunday, July 20, 2003
at Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo

181st Concert

TAKASEKI Ken, conductor

BARTOK Bela (1881-1945):
Pantomime Music "The Miraculous Mandarin", 1919 (Original Score by Peter BARTOK, 1999)

Kurt WEILL (1900-1950):
Symphony No. 2, 1934

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990):
Divertimento for Orchestra, 1980

Sunday, April 27, 2003
at Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo Hall

180th Concert

KOIZUMI Kazuhiro, conductor

Claude DEEBUSSY (1862-1918):
Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune, 1894

Francis POULENC (1899-1963):
Ballet Suite "Les Biches," 1923

Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869):
Symphonie fantisque, 1830

Sunday, January 26, 2003
at Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo Hall

179th Concert

WATANABE Yasuo, Conductor
Vladimir OVCHINNIKOV, Piano

Jean SIBELIUS (1865-1957):
Symphonic Poem "Finlandia", Op. 26, 1899 (rev. 1900)

Peter Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-93):
Piano Concerto No.1 in b-flat minor, Op. 23, 1875 (rev.1888)

Jean SIBELIUS (1865-1957):
Symphony No.1 in e minor, Op. 39, 1899

2:00pm, Monday, October 14, 2002, at Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo

Nagano Tour:
2:00pm, Sunday, November 3, 2002, at Shimosuwa Bunka Center (Shimosuwa Town)
2:00pm, Monday, November 4, 2002, at Nagano-ken Kenmin Bunka Kaikan (Nagano City)

178th Concert

IIMORI Taijiro, Conductor

Richard WAGNER (1813-1883):
"Eine Faust-Ouverture", 1840 (rev.1855)

Anton BRUCKNER (1824-1896):
Symphony No.8 in c minor, 1887

6:30pm, Saturday, July 13, 2002, at Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo

177th Concert

KOIZUMI Kazuhiro, Conductor

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) / SUGAWARA Meiro (1897-1988):
Passacaglia in c minor, BWV582

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) / Arnold SCHONBERG (1874-1951):
Prelude and Fugue in E flat major, BWV552

Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911):
Symphony No. 1 "Der Titan" in D major, 1899 revised

6:30 p.m., Sunday, January 13, 2002, at Tokyo Bunka-kaikan

176th Concert

James LOCKHART, Conductor

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-76) :
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Henry Purcell, Op. 34, 1946

Leos JANACEK (1854-1928) : Rhapsody "Taras Bulba," 1918

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-47) :
Symphony No. 3 in a minor "Scottish" Op. 56, 1842

2:00pm, Sunday, January 13, 2002, at Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo

175th Concert

IIMORI Taijiro, Conductor

Vincent D'INDY (1851-1931) :
Legende symphonie "La foret enchantee" Op. 8, 1878

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847) :
Excerpts from the Incidental Music to "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by Shakespeare, 1842

Johannes BRAHMS(1833-1897) : Symphony No. 1 in c minor Op.68, 1876

6:30pm, Saturday, October 13, 2001, at Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo

174th Concert

Victor TIETS, Conductor
Tatiana ZAGOROVSKAYA, Piano

Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943):
　Opera in one act "Aleko," 1892
　　Intermezzo
　　Women's Dance
　　Men's Dance
　Piano Concerto No. 2 in c minor op. 18, 1901
　Symphony No. 3 in a minor op. 44, 1936

6:30pm, Saturday, July 28, 2001, at Tokyo Bunka-kaikan

173rd Concert
YAMADA Kazuo Memorial Concert

IIMORI Taijiro, Conductor

YAMADA Kazuo (1912-1991) :
"Omutakara" Op. 20, 1944

Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911) :
Symphony No. 5 in c# minor, 1902

Saturday, April 28, 6:30pm, 2001 at Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo

172nd Concert

James LOCKHART, Conductor
Guest Professor of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music

William WALTON (1902-1983) :
Overture "Portsmouth Point," 1925

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976) :
Four Sea Interludes (from the opera "Peter Grimes") Op. 33a, 1945

Gustav HOLST (1874-1934) :
Suite "The Planets" Op. 32, 1914-16

Saturday, January 27, 6:30pm, 2001 at Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo
Supported by the British Council

171st Concert

HARADA Koichiro, Conductor

Carl Maria von WEBER (1786-1826) :
Overture to the opera "Oberon", 1825-26　

Felix MENDELSSOHN-Bartholdy (1809-1847) :
Symphony No.4 in A major "Italian" Op. 90, 1831-33

Antonin DVORAK (1841-1904) : Symphony No.7 in d minor Op.70, 1884-85

Saturday, October 7, 6:30pm, 2000 at Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo

170th Concert

IIMORI Taijiro, Conductor

Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937) :
Valse nobles et sentimentales, 1912

OGURA Roh (1916-90) :
Dance Suite for Orchestra, 1953

Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971) :
Ballet Music "L'oiseau de feu"(The Firebird), 1910

Saturday, July 15, 6:30pm, 2000 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

169th Concert

KOIZUMI Kazuhiro, Conductor

Dimitry SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-75) :
Symphonic Poem "October" Op. 131, 1967

Dimitry SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-75) :
Symphony No.7 in C major "Leningrad" Op. 60, 1941

Saturday, April 30, 2:00pm, 2000 at Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo

168th Concert

IIMORI Taijiro, Conductor

Robert SCHUMANN (1810-56) :
Symphony No.3 in E-flat major "Rhine", Op. 97, 1850

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959) :
Bachianas Brasileiras No.7, 1942

MOROI Saburo (1903-77) :
Symphony III, 1944

Saturday, January 29, 2000 at Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo

167th Concert

Victor TIETS, Conductor
Artistic Manager and Chief Conductor of the Far East Symphonic Orchestra

Mikhail GLINKA (1804-1857) :
"Rouslan and Ludmila" Overture, 1842

Vasily KALINNIKOV (1866-1901) :
Symphony No.1 in g minor, 1895

Pyotr TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) :
Symphony No.6 "Pathetique" in b minor Op. 74, 1893

Monday, October 11, 1999 at Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo

166th Concert
AKUTAGAWA Yasushi Memorial Concert

IIMORI Taijiro, Conductor

AKUTAGAWA Yasushi (1925-1989):
Trinita Sinfonica, 1948
Musica per Orchestra Sinfonica, 1950
Triptyque for String Orchestra, 1953
　Primo Sinfonia, 1955
　Ellora Symphony, 1957/58

Sunday, July 11, 1999 at Suntory Hall (Subway Tameike-Sanno Station)
Saturday, July 17, 1999 at Den-en Hall Ellora (Matsubushi-machi, Saitama Pref.)
Sunday, July 18, 1999 at Sogakudo (Ueno Park, JR Ueno Station, Koenguchi-Exit)

165th Concert and Kyushu Tour

IZAKI Masahiro, Conductor

Petr Ilych TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893):
Festive Overture "The Year 1812", Op.49, 1880

IFUKUBE Akira (1914- ):
Sinfonia Tapkaara, 1954 (rev.1980)

Sergei PROKOFIEV (1891-1953):
Excerpt from the Ballet Music "Romeo and Juliet" Op.64, 1936
　The Montagues and the Capulets
　Romeo at the Fountain
　Juliet, the little Girl
　Dance of the five Couples
　Masks (Romeo, Mercutio and Benvolio in Masks)
　Romeo and Juliet
　The Death of Tybalt
　Romeo and Juliet before Parting
　Dance of the Antilles Girls
　Romeo at the Grave of Juliet
　Death of Juliet

Saturday, April 17, 1999 at Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo

Kyushu Tour:
Monday, May 3rd, 1999 at Kumamoto Kenritsu-gekijo Hall (Kumamoto City)
(Omuta High school Wind Orchestra－Tchaikovsky)
Tuesday, May 4th, 1999 at Kyushu Koseinenkin Kaikan Hall (Kitakyushu City)

164th Concert

IIMORI Taijiro, Conductor
MATSUI Naomi, Organ

Johannes BRAHMS (1833-97):
Symphony No.3 in F major Op.90, 1883

FCAI Sireau (1907-1959):
Quatre Mouvements Parodique, 1933

Camille SAINT-SAENS (1835-1921):
Symphony No.3 in c minor Op.78, 1886

Saturday, January 16, 1999 at Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo

163rd Concert

OMACHI Yoichiro, Conductor

Franz LISZT (1811-86):
Symphonic poem "Les Preludes," 1848 (rev.1853)

Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828):
Symphony No.8 in b minor "Unfinished," 1822

Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949):
Symphonic Poem "Also sprach Zarathustra," 1896

Sunday, October 4, 1998 at Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo

162nd Concert

IIMORI Taijiro, conductor

Richard WAGNER (1813-1883):
"Der Ring des Nibelungen"--Highlights
　The Forging of the Rainbow Bridge - Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla ("Das Rheingold" Scene 4)
　The Ride of the Valkyries ("Die Walkure" Act 3)
　Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music ("Die Walkure" Act 3)
　Forest Murmurs ("Siegfried" Act 2)
　Daylight and Siegfried's Rhine Journey ("Gotterdammerung" Prologue)
　Siegfried's Death and Funeral March ("Gotterdammerung" Act 3)
　Brunhilde's Immolation ("Gotterdammerung" Act 3)

Sunday, July 12, 1998
at Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo Hall

161st Concert

KOIZUMI Kazuhiro, conductor

Olivier MESSIAEN (1908-1992):
Les Offrandes oubliees--Meditation symphonique, 1930

Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911):
Symphony No. 6 in a minor, 1905

Saturday, April 18, 1998
at Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo

160th Concert

WATANABE Yasuo, conductor

FCAI Sireau (1907-1959):
Ballet Music "Sozo", 1940

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976):
Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20, 1940

Jean SIBELIUS (1865-1957):z
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43,1902

Saturday, January 17, 1998
at Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo

159th Concert

IIMORI Taijiro, conductor

Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918):
Suite symphonique "Printemps", 1887

Alexander SCRIABIN (1872-1915):
Le poeme de l'extase, Op. 54
(Symphony No.4), 1907

Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897):
Symphony No. 4 in e minor, Op. 98, 1885

Friday, October 10, 1997
at Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo

158th Concert

IZAKI Masahiro, conductor

Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971):
Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring),1913

Dmitry SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975):
Symphony No. 5 in d minor Op. 47, 1937

Sunday, July 6, 1997
at Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo

157th Concert

IIMORI Taijiro, conductor

TAKEMITSU Toru (1930-96):
A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden, 1977

Anton BRUCKNER (1824-96):
Symphony No. 7 in E major (Haas edition), 1883

Saturday, April 5, 1997
at Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo

156th Concert

KOBAYASHI Ken-ichiro, conductor

Bedrich SMETANA (1824-1884):
My Country "Ma Vlast"

Six Symphonic Poems, 1880
�   "Vysehrad",1874
   �"Vltava", 1874
   �"Sarka", 1875
   �"Z ceckych luhu a haju", 1875
   �"Tabor", 1878
   �"Blanik", 1879

Saturday, January 25, 1997
at Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo

155th Concert

HARADA Koichiro, conductor

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827):
Overture "Leonore" No.3, Op. 72b, 1806

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827):
Symphony No.6 in F major "Pastorale", Op. 68, 1808

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827):
Symphony No.5 in c minor, Op.67, 1808

Thursday, October 10, 1996
at Orchard Hall

153rd and 154th Concerts

HONNA Tetsuji, conductor

153rd concert

OTAKA Hisatada (1911-51): Midare, 1938-47 rev. edition

HAYASAKA Humiwo (1914-55): Piano Concerto, 1948
Ichiro NODAIRA, piano

HASIMOTO Kunihiko (1904-49): Symphony in D, 1940

Saturday, July 6, 1996
at Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo

154th concert

HIRAO Kishio (1907-53): Variations sur un theme populaire, 1938

MATSUDAIRA Yoritsune (1907-): Pastrale, 1935

FCAI Sireau (1907-59): Chantes de Java--Image symphonique, 1942

MOROI Saburo (1903-77): Symphonie No. 3, 1944

Sunday, July 7, 1996
at Suntory Hall

152th Concert

KOIZUMI Kazuhiro, conductor

Aram Ilych KHACHATURIAN (1903-1978):
Excerpts from the ballet music "GAYNE", 1942
   �Ayeshe's awakening and dance
   �Sabre dance
   �Lullaby
   �Dance of the Kurds
�   Lezghinka

Dimitry Dimitrievich SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975):
Symphony No.9 in E flat major Op. 70, 1945

Sergei Sergeievich PROKOFIEV (1891-1953):
Symphony No.5 in B flat major Op. 100, 1944

Sunday, April 14, 1996
at Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo Hall

151st Concert

IIMORI Taijiro, conductor

Richard WAGNER (1813-83):
Overture and Bacchanal from the opera "Tannhauser",1861

Richard WAGNER (1813-83):
The 1st act of the opera
"Die Walkure", 1856 (Concert Style)

WATANABE Misako--Sieglinde
WAKAMOTO Akishi--Siegmund
TAKAHASHI Keizo--Hunding

Saturday, January 20, 1996
at Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo

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