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: Tokyo Central Church, Tokyo, Japan
Title: [Zelenka and Bach Encounter in Dresden]
9th The Signs of Bach Concert
(Performed as a soloist)

Venue: Nerima Cultural Center, Tokyo, Japan
Track title: Carl Orff《Carmina Burana》
Yokohama Minatotonami Orchestra​
(Performed as a soloist)

Venue: London Embassy, ​​London, UK
Title: [Japanese Embassy in the UK Youth Concert]
Accompaniment: Alexandra Muslek
(Performed as a soloist)

Venue: St. James's Church, London, UK
Title: [9th Great East Japan Earthquake Charity Concert]
Japanese musicians and their friends
(Performed as a soloist)

Venue: Yunyon Films, Southampton, UK
Track list: Hadithi Hossein《The Rose Garden ~101 Contemporary Persian Songs》
Southampton Academy of Arts
(Performed as a soloist)

Venue: Christchurch Priory, Bournemouth, UK
Title: [Beethoven 250]
Manya Sinfonia concert
(Performed as a soloist)