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: Narashino Cultural Hall, Narashino City, Japan
Program: Beethoven《Ninth》
Chiba Symphony Orchestra
(Performed as a soloist)

Venue: Rexam Hall (Kagawa Prefecture Citizen Hall), Takamatsu City, Japan
Title: [25th Hometown Concert]
Yonden Cultural Promotion Foundation
(Performed as a soloist)

Venue: Aichi Prefectural Art Theater, Nagoya, Japan
Program: Bach “St. Matthew Passion”
Bach Collegium Japan
(Performed as an ensemble)

Venue: Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Program: Bach “St. Matthew Passion”
Bach Collegium Japan
(Performed as an ensemble)

Venue: Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Program: Bach “St. Matthew Passion”
Bach Collegium Japan
(Performed as an ensemble)

Venue: Funabashi Civic Culture Hall, Funabashi, Japan
Title: [It's spring, let's sing with Hibiki Chiba]
Song: Mozart “Requiem”
Chiba Symphony Orchestra
(Performed as a soloist)