This unique concert, curated by Dr Amanda Hsieh, presents a selection of extremely beautiful early twentieth-century Japanese art songs, rarely heard in the UK. Music by composers such as Rentarō Taki, Kōsaku Yamada and Tatsunosuke Kishitani will be interwoven with European songs and operatic excerpts, just as they would have been performed in their original context.

Conductor: Norichika Iimori
Soprano: Miku Yasukawa
Mezzo-soprano: Akiko Tomioka
Tenor: Satoshi Nishimura
Baritone: Takaoki Onishi
Chorus: Pacific Philharmonia Tokyo Choir

Haydn: Symphony No. 9 in C major Hob.I:9
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 “With chorus”

Beethoven Symphony no.9
Conductor: Jonathan Nott
Soprano: Miku Yasukawa
Mezzo-soprano: Yuki Sugiyama
Tenor: Naoki Miyasato
Baritone: Eijiro Kai
Chorus: Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
Chorus conductor: Hiroyuki Tsuji

Beethoven Symphony no.9
Conductor: Jonathan Nott
Soprano: Miku Yasukawa
Mezzo-soprano: Yuki Sugiyama
Tenor: Naoki Miyasato
Baritone: Eijiro Kai
Chorus: Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
Chorus conductor: Hiroyuki Tsuji

Venue: Regent Theatre, Christchurch, UK
Track list: Donizetti "Don Pasquale"
Hurn Court Opera
(Performed as Norina (soprano))

Venue: Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Track title: Handel “Messiah”
Bach Collegium Japan
(Performed as an ensemble)

Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Theater Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Title: [Christmas Special Concert]
Program: Beethoven《Ninth》
Bach Collegium Japan
(Performed as an ensemble)

Venue: Saitama Arts Theater, Saitama, Japan
Track title: Handel “Messiah”
Bach Collegium Japan
(Performed as an ensemble)

Venue: Karuizawa Ohga Hall, Nagano, Japan
Track title: Handel “Messiah”
Bach Collegium Japan
(Performed as an ensemble)

Venue: Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall: Takemitsu Memorial, Tokyo, Japan
Program: Beethoven “Christ on the Mount of Olives”
Bach Collegium Japan
(Performed as an ensemble)