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Please refrain from making any noise, such as engaging Video or audio recordings, and still photography at the
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in private conversations or turning booklet pages. (Except at the time of the curtain calls at the end of the concert.)

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CONTENTS

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APRIL 2024

3 NHK 2024 –25

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13 2024 9 2025 6

18 A
23 B
29 C

33 N 45 ?

37 2024 5
39 2023 9 2024 6

40 2023–24
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47 NHK
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53 Information
54
55 NHK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, TOKYO Members

Artist Profiles & Program Notes

56 Program A
59 Program B
63 Program C

65 The Subscription Concerts Program 2023–24

66 The Subscription Concerts Program 2024–25
69 N
70 N
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Kazuki Yamada | ©Zuzanna Specjal Tatsuya Shimono | ©Naoya Yamaguchi Dima Slobodeniouk | ©Marco Borggreve Tarmo Peltokoski
©Peter Rigaud
Juanjo Mena | ©Michal Novak Herbert Blomstedt Petr Popelka | ©Khalil Baalbaki Giedrė Šlekytė | ©Theresa Pewal Paavo Järvi | ©Kaupo Kikkas

（2024年9月～2025年6月）
©Martin U.K. Lengemann

2024–25シーズンプログラム
NHK交響楽団定期公演
Tadaaki Otaka | ©Martin Richardson Tugan Sokhiev | ©Marco Borggreve Fabio Luisi | ©Yusuke Miyazaki (SEPT)
Vladimir Fedoseyev Andrés Orozco-Estrada
©Werner Kmetitsch
2024–25

A
PROGRAM 最高峰の指揮者、
ソリストたちと本格的作品を贈るプログラム。
オーケストラ音楽の醍醐味を存分に味わう。

NHK
6:00pm 2:00pm
Autumn

2024 ブルックナー芸術の金字塔《第8番》で新シーズン開幕

09
September
200 S ¥11,000 S ¥5,500
8 1 1887 A ¥9,500 A ¥4,500
2016 B ¥7,600 B ¥3,500

9/14 6:00pm C ¥6,000

D ¥5,000
C ¥2,800
D ¥1,800

9/15
©NHKSO
2:00pm E ¥3,000 E ¥1,400

2024 オネゲルとブラームスの暗き情熱の渦に身をゆだねる

10
October
3 S ¥11,000 S ¥5,500
4 98 A ¥9,500 A ¥4,500
2020 B ¥7,600 B ¥3,500

10/19
©Martin U. K. Lengemann

6:00pm C ¥6,000 C ¥2,800

D ¥5,000 D ¥1,800

10/20 2:00pm E ¥3,000 E ¥1,400

2024 山田和樹 N響定期に凱旋 ! お家芸のレパートリーを披露

11
November
43 S ¥10,000 S ¥5,000
1 A ¥8,500 A ¥4,000
2022 3 B ¥6,500 B ¥3,100

11/ 9 6:00pm C ¥5,400 C ¥2,550

©Zuzanna Specjal.

D ¥4,300 D ¥1,500

11/10 2:00pm E ¥2,200 E ¥1,000

Winter

2024 ドイツ・ロマン主義の馥郁たる香気に包まれる

12
December
150 S ¥11,000 S ¥5,500
A ¥9,500 A ¥4,500
2025 B ¥7,600 B ¥3,500
R. 36-1*
11/30
©Per Morten Abrahamsen

6:00pm C ¥6,000 C ¥2,800

48-1*
D ¥5,000 D ¥1,800
49-1* 39-4*
12/1
©NHKSO

2:00pm E ¥3,000 E ¥1,400

27-4*
12 A 1 5
11
*

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2025 ソヒエフが《レニングラード交響曲》に

01
January 万感の思いを込める
S ¥11,000 S ¥5,500
A ¥9,500 A ¥4,500
2028 7 60 B ¥7,600 B ¥3,500

1/18 6:00pm C ¥6,000 C ¥2,800

©Marco Borggreve
D ¥5,000 D ¥1,800

1/19 2:00pm E ¥3,000 E ¥1,400

2025 チェコが生んだ新時代の巨匠ポペルカが N響デビュー

02
February
23 S ¥10,000 S ¥5,000
R. 1 11 A ¥8,500 A ¥4,000
2031 110 B ¥6,500 B ¥3,100

2/8 6:00pm C ¥5,400 C ¥2,550

©Khalil Baalbaki
D ¥4,300 D ¥1,500

2/9 2:00pm E ¥2,200 E ¥1,000

Spring

2025 ベルリオーズとプロコフィエフ

04
April 通底するテーマは「さすらい人」
S ¥11,000 S ¥5,500
* A ¥9,500 A ¥4,500
2034 4 B ¥7,600 B ¥3,500

4/12
112 1947 C ¥6,000 C ¥2,800
6:00pm
D ¥5,000 D ¥1,800
©Kaupo Kikkas

4/13 2:00pm * E ¥3,000 E ¥1,400

2025 ヨーロッパ公演に先駆け

05
May 勝負曲を定期公演で披露
S ¥15,000 S ¥7,000
2025 A ¥12,500 A ¥6,000
2036 3 B ¥10,000 B ¥5,000

4/26
©Yusuke Miyazaki (SEPT)

6:00pm C ¥8,000 C ¥4,000

D ¥6,500 D ¥3,000

4/27 2:00pm
NHK
E ¥4,500 E ¥2,000
5 A
4

2025 巨匠が魂を込めて振る

06
June チャイコフスキー最後の交響曲
S ¥10,000 S ¥5,000
5 A ¥8,500 A ¥4,000
2039 B ¥6,500 B ¥3,100

6/7
43* C ¥5,400 C ¥2,550
6:00pm
©Roman Goncharov

6 D ¥4,300 D ¥1,500

6/8 2:00pm 74 E ¥2,200 E ¥1,000

9 S ¥76,500 A ¥65,025 B ¥49,725 C ¥41,310 D ¥32,895

S ¥38,250 A ¥30,600 B ¥23,715 C ¥19,503 D ¥11,475
3 S ¥26,850 A ¥22,824 B ¥17,454 C ¥14,499 D ¥11,547
S ¥13,425 A ¥10,740 B ¥8,325 C ¥6,849 D ¥4,029

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2024–25

B
PROGRAM 豊かな響きのサントリーホールで味わう名匠たちの音作り。
豪華なソリストたちの至芸にも期待。

7:00pm 7:00pm
7:00pm 7:00pm
2024–25
2024–25

Autumn

2024 ルイージと遡る ドイツ・オーストリア 王道の系譜

09
September
2 D. 591 S ¥12,000 S ¥6,000
54 A ¥10,000 A ¥5,000
2017 7 92 B ¥8,000 B ¥4,000

9/19

©Yusuke Miyazaki (SEPT)

7:00pm C ¥6,500 C ¥3,250
D ¥5,500 D ¥2,750

9/20 7:00pm

2024 ブロムシュテットが贈る北欧音楽の花束

10
October
4 22 S ¥12,000 S ¥6,000
A ¥10,000 A ¥5,000
2019 57 B ¥8,000 B ¥4,000

10/10 4
©Martin U. K. Lengemann

7:00pm C ¥6,500 C ¥3,250

D ¥5,500 D ¥2,750

10/11 7:00pm N

2024 透徹した音楽性が際立つスロボデニューク

11
November 母国ロシアの作品で定期初登場
S ¥12,000 S ¥6,000
35 A ¥10,000 A ¥5,000
2024 B ¥8,000 B ¥4,000

11/21 7:00pm C ¥6,500 C ¥3,250

©Marco Borggreve

3 D ¥5,500 D ¥2,750

11/22 7:00pm

Winter

2024 ルイージが屈指の名曲で掘り起こす スラヴ音楽の魅力

12
December
S ¥12,000 S ¥6,000
3 30 A ¥10,000 A ¥5,000
2026 B ¥8,000 B ¥4,000

12/5 7:00pm C ¥6,500

D ¥5,500
C ¥3,250
D ¥2,750

12/6
©NHKSO

7:00pm

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2025 音の魔術師のタクトが紡ぎだす

01
January 東欧の情緒に身をゆだねる
S ¥12,000 S ¥6,000
A ¥10,000 A ¥5,000
2030 B ¥8,000 B ¥4,000
2
1/30 7:00pm 8 88
C ¥6,500 C ¥3,250

©Marco Borggreve
D ¥5,500 D ¥2,750

1/31 7:00pm
N 1

2025 世界の音楽界が熱視線を注ぐ

02
February 若き巨匠によるドイツ・
プログラム
S ¥12,000 S ¥6,000
K. 583* A ¥10,000 A ¥5,000
2032 K. 578* B ¥8,000 B ¥4,000
25 K. 183
2/13 7:00pm C ¥6,500 C ¥3,250

©Khalil Baalbaki
K. 528* D ¥5,500 D ¥2,750

2/14 7:00pm 1 38
*

Spring

2025 《春の祭典》に続きパーヴォ＆N響が贈る

04
April ストラヴィンスキー三大バレエ第2弾
S ¥12,000 S ¥6,000
A ¥10,000 A ¥5,000
1947
2035 B ¥8,000 B ¥4,000
13
4/17 7:00pm
33bis
3 C ¥6,500
D ¥5,500
C ¥3,250
D ¥2,750
©Kaupo Kikkas

4/18 7:00pm

2025 軋みあう
“生と死”
を超克し その彼方の光へ

05
May
2025 S ¥12,000 S ¥6,000
A ¥10,000 A ¥5,000
2037 4 * B ¥8,000 B ¥4,000

5/1 7:00pm C ¥6,500

D ¥5,500
C ¥3,250
D ¥2,750

5/2
©NHKSO

7:00pm *

2025 チェリビダッケの直弟子メナのブルックナー《第6番》

06
June
S ¥12,000 S ¥6,000
6 A ¥10,000 A ¥5,000
2040 B ¥8,000 B ¥4,000

6/12 7:00pm C ¥6,500 C ¥3,250

©Marco

D ¥5,500 D ¥2,750
©Michal

6/13
Borggreve

7:00pm
Novak

9 S ¥91,800 A ¥76,500 B ¥61,200 C ¥49,725 D ¥42,075

S ¥45,900 A ¥38,250 B ¥30,600 C ¥24,858 D ¥21,033
B

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3
11
4

10
19 12

9 2017

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2 10
4
DNA 6

N 10 1
1
2
3 2
5 5

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2024–25

C
PROGRAM 多彩なマエストロ、
ソリストたちが屈指の名曲でその個性を輝かせる。
2時間のフル・
プログラムで、交響曲と舞台音楽の“粋”
を聴く。

NHK 7:00pm 2:00pm

2
7:00pm 2:00pm

Autumn

2024 英国で評判の《白鳥の湖》を尾高忠明が N響で初披露

09
September
S ¥10,000 S ¥5,000
33 * A ¥8,500 A ¥4,000
2018 B ¥6,500 B ¥3,100

9/27 7:00pm
20 C ¥5,400 C ¥2,550

©Martin Richardson
D ¥4,300 D ¥1,500

9/28 2:00pm N * E ¥2,200 E ¥1,000

2024 ブロムシュテットに導かれて挑む

10
October シューベルト最高峰の交響曲2作
S ¥11,000 S ¥5,500
7 D. 759 A ¥9,500 A ¥4,500
2021 8 D. 944 B ¥7,600 B ¥3,500

10/25
©Martin U. K. Lengemann

7:00pm C ¥6,000 C ¥2,800

D ¥5,000 D ¥1,800

10/26 2:00pm E ¥3,000 E ¥1,400

2024 世界を席巻するオロスコ・エストラーダ

11
November 満を持してN響初登場
S ¥10,000 S ¥5,000
A ¥8,500 A ¥4,000
2023 94 B ¥6,500 B ¥3,100

11/15
5 47 C ¥5,400 C ¥2,550
7:00pm
©Martin Sigmund

D ¥4,300 D ¥1,500

11/16 2:00pm E ¥2,200 E ¥1,000

Winter

2024 《一千人の交響曲》に続く

12
December ルイージ＆N響の『ファウスト』
シリーズ
S ¥13,000 S ¥6,500
A ¥11,000 A ¥5,200
2027 * B ¥8,500 B ¥4,000

12/13
©Yusuke Miyazaki (SEPT)

7:00pm C ¥7,000 C ¥3,500

* D ¥5,600 D ¥2,000

12/14 2:00pm
*
E ¥3,500 E ¥1,700

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2025 世紀を超えて受け継がれる“古典”の精神

01
January
S ¥11,000 S ¥5,500
1 68 A ¥9,500 A ¥4,500
2029 B ¥7,600 B ¥3,500

1/24 7:00pm C ¥6,000 C ¥2,800

©Marco Borggreve
D ¥5,000 D ¥1,800

1/25 2:00pm E ¥3,000 E ¥1,400

2025 下野竜也が誘うオペレッタ名旋律の世界

02
February
S ¥10,000 S ¥5,000
3 A ¥8,500 A ¥4,000
2033 61 B ¥6,500 B ¥3,100

2/21 7:00pm C ¥5,400 C ¥2,550

©Naoya Yamaguchi
D ¥4,300 D ¥1,500

2/22 2:00pm E ¥2,200 E ¥1,000

Spring

2025 4 C

04
April

2025 オペラ指揮者シュレキーテの R. シュトラウス!

05
May N響定期初登場、藤田真央にも注目!
S ¥10,000 S ¥5,000
A ¥8,500 A ¥4,000
2038 B ¥6,500 B ¥3,100
25*
5/30 7:00pm R.
C ¥5,400 C ¥2,550
©Theresa Pewal

D ¥4,300 D ¥1,500

5/31 2:00pm R. E ¥2,200 E ¥1,000

2025 2000年生まれの超新星 ペルトコスキのマーラー《巨人》

06
June
35 S ¥10,000 S ¥5,000
1 A ¥8,500 A ¥4,000
2041 B ¥6,500 B ¥3,100

6/20 7:00pm C ¥5,400

D ¥4,300
C ¥2,550
D ¥1,500
©Peter Rigaud

6/21 2:00pm E ¥2,200 E ¥1,000

8 S ¥68,000 A ¥57,800 B ¥44,200 C ¥36,720 D ¥29,240

S ¥34,000 A ¥27,200 B ¥21,080 C ¥17,336 D ¥10,200
2025 5 2025 4 8

S ¥26,850 A ¥22,824 B ¥17,454 C ¥14,499 D ¥11,547

Autumn / Winter 3
S ¥13,425 A ¥10,740 B ¥8,325 C ¥6,849 D ¥4,029
S ¥17,900 A ¥15,216 B ¥11,636 C ¥9,666 D ¥7,698
Spring 2
S ¥8,950 A ¥7,160 B ¥5,550 C ¥4,566 D ¥2,686

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1 1 10 44 57%

Autumn 2024 7 7 2024 7 15

10:00am
Winter 2024 10 10 2024 10 15
Spring 2025 2 13 2025 2 19

S A B C D
A 9 ¥76,500 ¥8,500 ¥65,025 ¥7,225 ¥49,725 ¥5,525 ¥41,310 ¥4,590 ¥32,895 ¥3,655
¥38,250 ¥4,250 ¥30,600 ¥3,400 ¥23,715 ¥2,635 ¥19,503 ¥2,167 ¥11,475 ¥1,275
B 9 ¥91,800 ¥10,200 ¥76,500 ¥8,500 ¥61,200 ¥6,800 ¥49,725 ¥5,525 ¥42,075 ¥4,675
¥45,900 ¥5,100 ¥38,250 ¥4,250 ¥30,600 ¥3,400 ¥24,858 ¥2,762 ¥21,033 ¥2,337
C 8 ¥68,000 ¥8,500 ¥57,800 ¥7,225 ¥44,200 ¥5,525 ¥36,720 ¥4,590 ¥29,240 ¥3,655
¥34,000 ¥4,250 ¥27,200 ¥3,400 ¥21,080 ¥2,635 ¥17,336 ¥2,167 ¥10,200 ¥1,275

S A B C D
A 3 ¥26,850 ¥8,950 ¥22,824 ¥7,608 ¥17,454 ¥5,818 ¥14,499 ¥4,833 ¥11,547 ¥3,849
C
Autumn/Winter 3 ¥13,425 ¥4,475 ¥10,740 ¥3,580 ¥8,325 ¥2,775 ¥6,849 ¥2,283 ¥4,029 ¥1,343

C Spring ¥17,900 ¥8,950 ¥15,216 ¥7,608 ¥11,636 ¥5,818 ¥9,666 ¥4,833 ¥7,698 ¥3,849
2 ¥8,950 ¥4,475 ¥7,160 ¥3,580 ¥5,550 ¥2,775 ¥4,566 ¥2,283 ¥2,686 ¥1,343
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4/14 2:00pm

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©Felix Broede
2016 77

13 & 14. APR. 2024

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60 1797 1828
4 1833 1897 1

1770 1827 2

4 D. 417
1816 19

1807 5 1808

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13 & 14. APR. 2024

1756 1791

1 2
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1815 1816

2 2 2 2 4 2 1

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 1825 1904 A
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13 & 14. APR. 2024

5
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3
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1810 1856

1819 1896

1855 1876
1876 11 4
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 はじめてのクラシック
Introduction to Classical Music

A
2024, APRIL
2007

石橋を20年たたいて渡る

ヨハネス・ブラームス Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)

20

©IKE

「新しい道」
音楽家として歩みはじめた若き青年ブラームスを、
当時すでに名を成し影響力もあった作曲
家シューマンが「新しい道」
と題した記事で激賞した。一気に注目され、
ベートーヴェンの後
けんでん
継者があらわれた! と高らかに喧伝されてデビューしたブラームス。チャンスをつかみ、躍
進もしたが、
「第2のベートーヴェン」
という期待には想像もつかないプレッシャーを感じたこ
とだろう。

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PROGRAM
2009

B
4/24 7:00pm

4/25 7:00pm

24 & 25. APR. 2024

9′ 2 61 38′

129 25′

20

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 Artist Profiles
©Marco Borggreve

B
1960 ADR
24 & 25. APR. 2024

1970
NDR

2024 9 NFM
N 1979
30 2017
2020 2022

1940
84
©Holger Hage & Deutsche Grammophon

2017

2020
2023–24
NDR

N
The London, ex Boccherini Beares International Violin Society

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Program Notes

1810 1856
B
3

24 & 25. APR. 2024

10
1842

30

C. F.
L. 8

1847 4 1848 8 1849

1850 2 25 1850 6 25
2 2 2 2 4 2 3
1

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2 1850
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3 10
24 & 25. APR. 2024

1
5 2

1854 2 17

4 4 4 4 4

4 4 4
3

1850 10 24 1854 2
1867 12 10 1860 6 9

2 2 2 2 2 2 1

2 61
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1840 3 10

1846 4
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1849 4 2

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4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
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1845 12 12 12 28 2 5
10 1847 10
1846 11 5
2 2 2 2 2 2 3
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 はじめてのクラシック
Introduction to Classical Music

B 2024, APRIL
2009

文学にも精通する、ロマン派作曲家の旗頭

ローベルト・シューマン
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)

1834

46

ローベルトと
クララ
ピアニストの妻クララは、
夫のオー
ケストラ作品の価値に確信を持って
いたようで、
日記には
「私の一番の望み
は、
彼がオーケストラのために作曲するこ
と─それこそ彼の本領なのだ! 彼をそう
しむけることができますように」と記している。
演奏もピカイチなうえ、
内助の功もでき
る妻。時代を代表する作曲家とピ
アニストであるシューマン夫妻
は、
双方に音楽的才能があ
ふれすぎている最強
カップルだ!

2
©IKE

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PROGRAM
2008
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Chief Conductor: Fabio Luisi

Music Director Emeritus: Charles Dutoit
Honorary Conductor Laureate: Herbert Blomstedt
Conductor Laureate: Vladimir Ashkenazy
Honorary Conductor: Paavo Järvi
Permanent Conductors: Tadaaki Otaka, Tatsuya Shimono

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Guest Concertmaster: Yosuke Kawasaki

1st Violins Violas Flutes Eiji Yamamoto

Shirabe Aoki Ryo Sasaki Masayuki Kai Trombones

Kyoko Une Junichiro Murakami Hiroaki Kanda
Yuki Oshika Shotaro Nakamura Maho Kajikawa Hikaru Koga
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Yuki Naoi Hiroto Tobisawa Yumi Yoshimura
Yumiko Nakamura Hironori Nakamura Shoko Ikeda Tuba
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Hiroyuki Matsuda Rachel Yui Mikuni Hitoshi Wakui Yukihiro Ikeda
Nana Miyagawa Yuya Minorikawa
Ryuto Murao Ryo Muramatsu Clarinets Timpani
Tsutomu Yamagishi Yuji Yamada
Masamichi Yokoshima Kei Ito Toru Uematsu
Koichi Yokomizo Cellos Kenji Matsumoto Shoichi Kubo
Takashi Yamane
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Principal, Acting Principal, Vice Principal, Acting Vice Principal, Inspector)

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 A
PROGRAM
Concert No.2007
NHK Hall
April
13 ( Sat) 6:00pm
14 ( Sun) 2:00pm
conductor Marek Janowski
concertmaster Wolfgang Hentrich◆
A Wolfgang Hentrich: Wolfgang Hentrich is Concertmaster of the 1st violins in the Dresdner Philharmonie since
1996. He has played with the orchestra several times as a soloist, and numerous CD recordings attest to his musical
output. He is director of the Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, primarius of the Dresden String Quintet and the Carus
Ensemble Dresden, and he is the chief conductor of the German Strings Orchestra since 2013. Wolfgang Hentrich
holds a professorship at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden. He plays a violin by the Venetian
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Sanctus Seraphin from 1725, which was made available to him by the Dresden Philharmonic Society.

Franz Schubert Johannes Brahms

Symphony No. 4 C Minor D. 417, Symphony No. 1 C Minor Op. 68
Tragische (Tragic) [30′] [ 45′ ]
I Adagio molto – Allegro vivace I Un poco sostenuto – Allegro
II Andante II Andante sostenuto
III Menuetto: Allegro vivace III Un poco allegretto e grazioso
IV Allegro IV Adagio – Allegro non troppo, ma con brio

- intermission (20 minutes) -

- All performance durations are approximate.

Artist Profile

Marek Janowski, conductor

Marek Janowski is a master of German music who is reaching the heights
©Felix Broede

of maturity as he has aged. In 2016, he made his debut at the Bayreuth

Festival at the age of seventy-seven, conducting Wagner’s operatic
tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen. And ever since his appearance at
the Berliner Philharmoniker concert for the first time in 23 years in 2017,
he has returned almost every year to guest-conduct the orchestra. He is
truly a late-matured great talent.
Marek Janowski was born in Warsaw in 1939, grew up in Germany, and studied under
Wolfgang Sawallisch at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. He served the positions at

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Freiburg and Dortmund operas, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Orchestre
de la Suisse Romande, the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and the Dresdner Philharmonie,
and with the Staatskapelle Dresden, he recorded the complete Ring Cycle in the early 1980s.
He first worked with the NHK Symphony Orchestra in 1985, and since 2014, he appeared
with the orchestra at the Spring Festival in Tokyo on Der Ring des Nibelungen, presenting one
installment per year, all of which were received very warmly. After the completion, he and the
orchestra continued to work on Wagnerian works such as Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg,
while at the orchestra’s subscription concert series, he made remarkable achievements by
conducting works such as Beethoven’s 3rd symphony Eroica in 2017 and Schubert’s 8th
symphony The Great in 2022. Naturally we look forward to seeing how Marek Janowski, known
for his uncompromising music-making, will unfold Brahms Symphony No.1 with the NHK
Symphony Orchestra.

[Marek Janowski by Haruo Yamada, music critic] A

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Program Notes | Kumiko Nishi

Franz Schubert (1797–1828)

Symphony No. 4 C Minor D. 417, Tragische (Tragic)

Ever since Beethoven (1770–1827) unveiled his Symphony No. 5 (Fate) in 1808, C minor’s
connection with darkness and anguish has been an unconcealed fact in the symphonic sphere.
The German giant of indomitable will led C minor to C major triumphantly in his No. 5
following the spirit of “per aspera ad astra (through hardships to the stars),” which obviously
inspired Schubert’s No. 4 and Brahms’ undermentioned No. 1. Entitled Tragische (Tragic) by
Schubert himself, No. 4 is the first of only two symphonies he set in a minor key along with the
famous Die Unvollendete (Unfinished) in B minor.
Born in Vienna, Schubert was a precocious musical genius. His family introduced him to
music before he enrolled the Stadtkonvikt (imperial seminary), where he studied composition.
While in school, he became familiar with Classical works by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven,
and he performed in and conducted the seminary’s student orchestra. He then entered
the teaching profession, before composing the Symphonies No. 4 and No. 5 in 1816, his
nineteenth year.
No. 4’s opening movement has an ominous slow introduction. The faster main section
in sonata form lets strings give the first theme, suggestive of Beethoven’s C-minor String
Quartet op. 18-4. The next slow movement is full of Schubertian tunefulness, while the third
movement is a scherzo-like minuet with inventive rhythms. The symphony’s finale, as with the
first movement, witnesses C minor giving way to C major.

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 Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)

Symphony No. 1 C Minor Op. 68

Schubert remained obscure all his life, his abovementioned No. 4 being premiered publicly
more than two decades after his death as is often the case with his works. Brahms, in contrast,
leaped into fame overnight at age 20, thanks to the glowing praise for him that the composer
and critic Robert Schumann (1810–1856) released to the public in 1853.
Brahms, now a promising composer, began to gestate his first symphony around 1855.
However, he felt extreme pressure to extend the symphonic history, which seemed to be
already concluded by Beethoven the giant. Also due to his highly self-critical nature, Brahms
completed his No. 1 over twenty years later in 1876, on top of that, he revised it next year after
hearing the premiere. Everything comes to those who wait: the conductor Hans von Bülow
famously applauded it as “Beethoven’s Tenth.” This work indeed shows the greatest respect
A for Beethoven’s legacy, at once being a veritable “Brahms’ First” of his own voice.
Although a product of the Romantic era, Brahms’ No. 1 has the almost same
instrumentation as Beethoven’s No. 5. The austere introduction opens Brahms’ No. 1, stating
the C/C-sharp/D motif over timpani pounding. This chromatic three-note motto would
recur in diverse forms throughout the symphony following Beethoven’s meticulous motivic
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development. The absence of minuet/scherzo movement may surprise listeners familiar with
the genre of symphony: here Brahms strikes out in a new direction proposing a brief graceful
interlude prior to the last movement. The finale’s dark introduction beginning in C minor
reaches the C-major “Alphorn melody” blown by horns: from Switzerland, Brahms had sent
a birthday card with this melody to his muse Clara (Schuman’s wife) penning below it the
following words: “High on the mountains, deep in the valleys, I greet you a thousand times!”
The ensuing main sonata section could be likened to a hymn to C major, with the lyrical first
theme bearing a great resemblance to Beethoven’s An die Freude (Ode to Joy) tune from his
Symphony No. 9.

Kumiko Nishi

English-French-Japanese translator based in the USA. Holds a MA in musicology from the University
of Lyon II, France and a BA from the Tokyo University of the Arts (Geidai).

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 B
PROGRAM
Concert No.2009
Suntory Hall
April
24 ( Wed) 7:00pm
25 (Thu) 7:00pm
conductor Christoph Eschenbach
cello Kian Soltani
concertmaster Sunao Goko (first half) / Yosuke Kawasaki (second half)

Robert Schumann Robert Schumann B

Genoveva, opera Op. 81— Symphony No. 2 C Major Op. 61
Overture [9′] [38′]
I Sostenuto assai – Allegro ma non troppo

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Robert Schumann II Scherzo: Allegro vivace – Trio I, II
Cello Concerto A Minor Op. 129
III Adagio espressivo
[25′] IV Allegro molto vivace
I Nicht zu schnell
II Langsam
III Sehr lebhaft
- All performance durations are approximate.

- intermission (20 minutes) -

Artist Profiles

Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

The air tightens when Christoph Eschenbach steps onto the podium.
©Eric Brissaud

With his baton, he depicts works on a grand scale with deep insight,
creating an exhilarating impression, however, there is always a sense of
tension in the air, shrouding his music with a unique aura.
He started his career spectacularly as a pianist by winning major
competitions including the ARD International Music Competition in
Munich and the Clara Haskil Piano Competition in the early 1960s, however, since the 1970s, he
has gradually shifted his focus into conducting. Until now, he has held key positions to lead the

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 world’s renowned orchestras such as the NDR Sinfonieorchester (currently the NDR Elbphilharmonie
Orchester), the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris, and the Konzerthausorchester
Berlin, and is scheduled to become Artistic Director of the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic
Orchestra in September 2024.
His first collaboration with the NHK Symphony Orchestra was in 1979 when he was a
pianist playing Beethoven concerto under the baton of Günter Wand. In 2017, after an absence
of thirty years, he returned to the orchestra as one of the world’s most prominent conductors to
conduct works including Brahms symphony. He has revisited the orchestra in 2020 and 2022 to
present most intensive performances. So naturally, on this visit as well, he will brilliantly deliver
works of Schumann and Bruckner, his favorite composers, to delight his audiences.
Christoph Eschenbach was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) in 1940. He lost
his father in the war, and was brought up by his mother’s cousin. He experienced war first hand
while growing up with music. As he turned eighty-four this year, the world has become more
and more volatile again. I wonder what he will emphasize to us with his music.

B Kian Soltani, cello

Kian Soltani was born to a family of Persian musicians in Bregenz, Austria.
Deutsche Grammophon
©Holger Hage &

He studied under Ivan Monighetti at the Musik-Akademie der Stadt Basel

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in Switzerland and went on further at the Kronberg Academy in Germany

and the International Music Academy in the Principality of Liechtenstein.
He served as Principal Cellist in the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra led by
Daniel Barenboim, and was the recipient of the Credit Suisse Young Artist
Award, and the Leonard Bernstein Award at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival in 2017. His
recordings with Daniel Barenboim include a collection of Beethoven’s Piano Trios together with
Barenboim’s son Michael, and Dvořák’s Cello Concerto with the Staatskapelle Berlin in 2020. In
23/24 season he is the Focus Artist of Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich and shared stages with Wiener
Symphoniker, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
Schumann’s Fantasiestücke and Adagio und Allegro in his debut album which he
performed with full poetic expression will certainly compel us to hear his Shumann Cello
Concerto with a great expectation. This is his first collaboration with the NHK Symphony
Orchestra.
He plays ‘The London, ex Boccherini’ Antonio Stradivari cello, loaned to him by the Beares
International Violin Society.

[ Christoph Eschenbach by Mitsunori Eto, music critic, Kian Soltani by Haruo Yamada, music critic]

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Program Notes | Kumiko Nishi

Robert Schumann (1810–1856)

Genoveva, opera Op. 81—Overture

The German composer Schumann played a leading role in musical Romanticism. Although
opting to be a musician, he took after his bookseller-author father in literary aptitude. Not
surprisingly, Schumann’s compositions owe a great deal to literature, the fine examples being
Papillons and Kreisleriana for piano respectively inspired by Romantic writers Jean Paul and
E. T. A. Hoffmann, not forgetting Szenen aus Goethes Faust (Scenes from Goethe's Faust) for voices
and orchestra. The composer wielded a powerful pen as an influential music critic as well.
Unexpectedly, Genoveva is the sole opera Schumann completed while thinking in vain
about over forty literary subjects for his operatic projects. Written in 1847–1848, Genoveva is
a product of his Dresden years. (Incidentally, Wagner served as the conductor of the city’s court opera
from 1843 to 1849.)
The story, set in the 8th century, features the knight Siegfried (Count of Brabant) and his
faithful wife Genoveva. He goes on a crusade leaving her in their palace under the protection
of his steward Golo. Genoveva spurns advances of Golo who, now thirsty for revenge,
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informs Siegfried of Genoveva’s framed-up affair with a servant. After ordering her execution,
Siegfried discovers Golo’s intrigue and is reunited with Genoveva who narrowly escaped death.
Introducing some of the leitmotifs (recurrent melodies associated with a certain character, emotion,

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etc.) used in the ensuing opera, the overture in sonata form has the ominous preamble with the
violins’ grievous descending melody. The C-major vigorous conclusion foretells the positive
outcome of the tragedy.

Robert Schumann

Cello Concerto A Minor Op. 129

A core of the sparse but popular repertories for solo cello and orchestra alongside Haydn’s and
Dvořák’s, Schumann’s Cello Concerto has been praised for its natural, masterly treatment of
the solo instrument. It is partly because he was knowledgeable about this instrument as he took
cello lessons in his childhood.
Schumann finished the draft of the Cello Concerto in 1850, soon after settling in
Düsseldorf as the welcome new municipal music director. This bright moment brought a
mental stability for a little while to him who chronically suffered severe — sometimes life-
threatening — depression throughout his adult life.
Originally entitled Konzertstück (concert-piece) by the composer himself, the work indeed
makes itself conspicuous among the standard 19th-century solo concertos focusing on contrast
and even confrontation between solo and orchestra parts. Here the soloist, never technically
ostentatious, teams up with the orchestra, the most symbolical example being a duet between
the solo cellist and the orchestra’s principal cellist in the slow mellifluous middle movement.
Moreover, all the three movements are performed seamlessly without pause, being linked
by the recurrent three-chord motif (resounding E–A–C melody) introduced at the outset of the
work. Other unconventional features as solo concerto are the first movement’s moderate
tempo, its lack of extended orchestral introduction and its absence of cadenza (virtuosic passages

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 performed by soloist usually without orchestra): instead, the lively final movement has a cadenza (yet
accompanied) heard immediately before the uplifted A-major ending.

Robert Schumann

Symphony No. 2 C Major Op. 61

Every composition of Schumann is certainly a landmark achievement in music history. Also,
his foresighted devotion as an active critic introduced Chopin, Brahms and other young
geniuses straightaway to his contemporaries. Another service we owe to Schumann is that he
saved Schubert (1797–1828)’s monumental symphony (The Great D.944) from oblivion and
arranged for its first public performance (1839) in Leipzig under Mendelssohn’s baton. This
historic event and Schumann’s insightful article about the work led to proper evaluations of the
Viennese master.
Schumann attended in December 1845 in Dresden, then his base, a performance of
The Great. This is thought to be a source of the irresistible creative impulse for him to set to
work on a new composition. Completed thus in 1846, Schumann’s Symphony No. 2 in C
B major — the same home key as The Great – was premiered the same year in Leipzig under
Mendelssohn’s baton as with, again, The Great. (Shortly after, the first and last movements were
revised.)
At an early stage of composition, Schumann, who just recovered from a serious nervous
breakdown, tells Mendelssohn in a letter that trumpets have been blasting in his head. In truth,
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the slow opening brass fanfare of the Symphony No. 2 lets “trumpets” persistently resound
a dotted motto (a brief motif including an ascending fifth interval: C–G). The lively main sonata
section of the first movement immediately recalls this motto, as it is embedded in the principal
“galloping” theme with dotted and double-dotted rhythms. The second movement, a wild
scherzo unconventionally in duple time, has trumpets and horns grandly blow the motto at
the end. The next slow movement in C minor, frequently pointed out to be inspired by J. S.
Bach and his contrapuntal style, is the only movement untouched by the motto which recurs
repeatedly throughout the symphony. The final movement, a freely treated sonata with an
exceptionally extended coda, has a hymn-like climax making the motto return, before timpani
powerfully leads the orchestra to the symphony’s jubilant finish.

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PROGRAM
Concert No.2008
NHK Hall
April
19( Fri ) 7:30pm
20(Sat) 2:00pm
conductor Christoph Eschenbach | for a profile of Christoph Eschenbach, see p. 59
concertmaster Yosuke Kawasaki

[Pre-concert Chamber Music – Exclusive to Program C]

Friday 19th from 6:45pm / Saturday 20th from 1:15pm
Yumi Yoshimura(ob.), Izumi Tsuboike(ob.), Hitoshi Wakui(eh.)
Beethoven / Trio for 2 Oboes and English Horn C Major Op. 87—1st Mov.
* You may enter and leave as you please during the performance.
* Enjoy chamber music from your own seat.

The 200th Anniversary of Anton Bruckner’s Birth C

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 7 E Major [64′]
I Allegro moderato

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II Adagio: Sehr feierlich und sehr langsam
III Scherzo: Sehr schnell
– Trio: Etwas langsamer
IV Finale: Bewegt, doch nicht schnell

- This concert will be performed with no intermission.

- All performance durations are approximate.

Program Note | Kumiko Nishi

Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)

Symphony No. 7 E Major

December 30, 1884 was no doubt the best day in the musical life of the Austrian late-Romantic
composer Bruckner. On that day, the sixty-year-old man’s Symphony No. 7 was world-
premiered in Leipzig by Arthur Nikisch leading the Gewandhaus Orchestra to be an immense
success. The work’s ensuing premieres in Munich and Vienna also won rave reviews. No. 7

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 thus brought the first genuine fame to Bruckner, a late bloomer who had had to long put up
with cold treatment of his symphonies until then.
Another red-letter event in his life was his first meeting with Wagner (1813–1883) in
May 1865 when the latter was in Munich for the scheduled premiere of his Tristan und Isolde
(Tristan and Isolde). For Bruckner who was a devout Christian, his idol Wagner was, so to speak,
his second divine being. In 1873, the younger man famously visited the German master and
dedicated him his Symphony No. 3.
Although Wagner’s influence is seen here and there in Bruckner’s output, it is particularly
hard to describe his No. 7 without repeating Wagner’s name. The second Adagio movement
in rondo form is worth specially mentioning on this, as it is a funeral music for Wagner.
Bruckner penned this elegiac Adagio knowing that the maestro was critically ill. Cast in A–B–
A–B–A form, it announces at the start the solemn A-section’s theme with a small ensemble
including four Wagner tubas (in two sizes). Usually performed by horn players, these oval-
shaped brass instruments were invented on the initiative of Wagner for his tetralogy Der Ring
des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung). Bruckner’s radiant B-sections, in major keys, sound as if
to honor Wagner for his achievements. And furthermore, according to Bruckner’s recollection,
he, crushed with grief by being told about Wagner’s death (February 13, 1883), wrote the coda
featuring four Wagner tubas to mourn for the dead.
No. 7 begins with the seemingly endless melody sung mainly by cellos over the strings’
quiet tremolo (tremulous effect), Bruckner’s usual trick to open his symphonies. This long
introspective melody, given as the first theme of the opening sonata movement, would change

C into several important themes of the entire symphony as a unifying element. The outset of the
last movement, for example, lets the violins reintroduce the unifying melody as its first sonata
theme, in jolly bouncing rhythm this time, but still over the strings’ quiet tremolo. This colossal
symphony concludes forcefully recalling the beginning of the whole work as if it came full
circle, or more specifically, restating the fragmentary unifying melody three times.
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Twelve years after No. 7 was first performed, Bruckner passed away in Vienna at age 72.
His funeral attendees heard the symphony’s Adagio movement arranged for four horns. And at
the entombment, one of Bruckner’s organ pupils improvised on themes from Wagner’s Parsifal.

Kumiko Nishi

For a profile of Kumiko Nishi, see p. 58

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The Subscription Concerts Program 2023–24

NHK Hall Suntory Hall NHK Hall

A Sat. 6:00pm (doors open at 5:00pm)
Sun. 2:00pm (doors open at 1:00pm)
B Wed. 7:00pm (doors open at 6:20pm)
Thu. 7:00pm (doors open at 6:20pm)
C Fri. 7:30pm (doors open at 6:30pm)
Sat. 2:00pm (doors open at 1:00pm)

Ordinary Youth
2024 A Concert No. 2010 Panfili Abitare la battaglia [Japan Premiere]

05 May Respighi Pini di Roma, symphonic poem (Pines of Rome) S 9,800 S 4,500
A 8,400 A 4,000
Respighi Fontane di Roma, symphonic poem (Fountains of Rome)
11 ( Sat ) 6:00pm Respighi Feste Romane, symphonic poem (Roman Festivals)
B 6,700 B 3,300
12 (Sun) 2:00pm C 5,400
D 4,400
C 2,500
D 1,800
Fabio Luisi, conductor
E 2,800 E 1,400
NHK Hall *Program order of the concert has changed from initially announced.

B
Ordinary Youth
Concert No. 2012 Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 D Minor Op. 15
Nielsen Symphony No. 2 B Minor Op. 16, The 4 Temperaments S 9,800 S 4,500
May A 8,400 A 4,000
22 (Wed) 7:00pm B 6,700 B 3,300
23 ( Thu ) 7:00pm C 5,400
D 4,400
C 2,500
D 1,800
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Suntory Hall Rudolf Buchbinder, piano
Ordinary Youth
C Concert No. 2011 Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream
—Overture, Nocturne, Scherzo, Wedding March S 7,600 S 3,500
May A 6,700 A 3,000
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5 D Minor Op. 107, Reformation
17 ( Fri ) 7:30pm B 5,300 B 2,400
18 (Sat ) 2:00pm C 4,300
D 3,300
C 1,900
D 1,400
NHK Hall Fabio Luisi, conductor E 1,600 E 800

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2024 A Concert No. 2013 Scriabin Rêverie, Op. 24

06 June Scriabin Piano Concerto F-sharp Minor Op. 20 S 9,100 S 4,000

A 7,600 A 3,500
Scriabin Symphony No. 2 C Minor Op. 29
8 ( Sat ) 6:00pm B 5,900 B 2,800
9 (Sun) 2:00pm C 4,800
D 3,800
C 2,100
D 1,500
Keitaro Harada, conductor
E 2,000 E 1,000
NHK Hall Kyohei Sorita, piano
Ordinary Youth
B Concert No. 2015 Webern Passacaglia Op. 1
Schönberg Violin Concerto Op. 36 S 9,800 S 4,500
June A 8,400 A 4,000
J. S. Bach / Webern Ricercata
19 (Wed) 7:00pm Schubert Symphony No. 5 B-flat Major D. 485
B 6,700 B 3,300

20 ( Thu ) 7:00pm C 5,400

D 4,400
C 2,500
D 1,800
Masato Suzuki, conductor
Suntory Hall Isabelle Faust, violin
Ordinary Youth
C Concert No. 2014 Ibert Escales (Ports of Call)
Ravel Piano Concerto for the Left Hand S 7,600 S 3,500
June A 6,700 A 3,000
Debussy Nocturnes*
14 ( Fri ) 7:30pm B 5,300 B 2,400
Nodoka Okisawa, conductor
15 (Sat ) 2:00pm Denis Kozhukhin, piano
C 4,300
D 3,300
C 1,900
D 1,400
NHK Hall The Philharmonic Chorus of Tokyo, female chorus* E 1,600 E 800
(consumption tax included)
All performers and programs are subject to change or cancellation depending on the circumstances.

- Concerts will have a duration of 60 to 80 minutes without an interval.

Program C - Pre-concert chamber music performance by the NHK Symphony Orchestra members will be held on stage
(from 6:45pm on 1st day and from 1:15pm on 2nd day).

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Ordinary Youth
2024 A Concert No. 2016 The 200th Anniversary of Anton Bruckner’s Birth

09
Bruckner Symphony No. 8 C Minor (First Version/1887) S 11,000 S 5,500
September A 9,500 A 4,500
14 ( Sat ) 6:00pm B 7,600 B 3,500
15 (Sun) 2:00pm C 6,000
D 5,000
C 2,800
D 1,800
E 3,000 E 1,400
NHK Hall Fabio Luisi, conductor
Ordinary Youth
B Concert No. 2017 Schubert Overture in the Italian Style No. 2 C Major D. 591
Schumann Piano Concerto A Minor Op. 54 S 12,000 S 6,000
September A 10,000 A 5,000
Beethoven Symphony No. 7 A Major Op. 92
19 (Thu ) 7:00pm B 8,000 B 4,000
20 ( Fri ) 7:00pm C 6,500
D 5,500
C 3,250
D 2,750
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Suntory Hall Hélène Grimaud, piano

C Tchaikovsky Variation on a Rococo Theme, Ordinary Youth

Concert No. 2018
September Op. 33 (Edited by Fitzenhagen)* S 10,000 S 5,000
Tchaikovsky The Swan Lake, ballet Op. 20 (Excerpts) A 8,500 A 4,000
27 ( Fri ) 7:00pm B 6,500 B 3,100
28 (Sat ) 2:00pm C 5,400
D 4,300
C 2,550
D 1,500
Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
NHK Hall E 2,200 E 1,000
Rei Tsujimoto (Principal Cello, NHKSO), cello*
Ordinary Youth
2024 A Concert No. 2020 Honegger Symphony No. 3, Liturgique

10 October Brahms Symphony No. 4 E Minor Op. 98 S 11,000 S 5,500

A 9,500 A 4,500
19 ( Sat ) 6:00pm B 7,600 B 3,500
20 (Sun) 2:00pm C 6,000
D 5,000
C 2,800
D 1,800
E 3,000 E 1,400
NHK Hall Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
Ordinary Youth
B Concert No. 2019 Sibelius 4 Legends, sym. poem―The Swan of Tuonela
Nielsen Clarinet Concerto Op. 57 S 12,000 S 6,000
October A 10,000 A 5,000
Berwald Symphony No. 4 E-flat Major, Sinfonie naïve
10 (Thu) 7:00pm B 8,000 B 4,000
C 6,500 C 3,250
11 ( Fri ) 7:00pm D 5,500 D 2,750
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
Suntory Hall Kei Ito (Principal Clarinet, NHKSO), clarinet
Ordinary Youth
C Concert No. 2021 Schubert Symphony No. 7 B Minor D. 759,
Unvollendete (Unifinished Symphony) S 11,000 S 5,500
October A 9,500 A 4,500
Schubert Symphony No. 8 C Major D. 944, Große (The Great)
25 ( Fri ) 7:00pm B 7,600 B 3,500
26 (Sat ) 2:00pm C 6,000
D 5,000
C 2,800
D 1,800
NHK Hall Herbert Blomstedt, conductor E 3,000 E 1,400

Ordinary Youth
2024 A Concert No. 2022 Roussel Bacchus et Ariane, ballet Op. 43—Suite No. 1

11
(Bacchus and Ariadne) S 10,000 S 5,000
November A 8,500 A 4,000
Bartók Piano Concerto No. 3
9 ( Sat ) 6:00pm Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales (Noble and Sentimental Waltzes)
B 6,500 B 3,100
10 (Sun) 2:00pm Debussy Images for Orchestra—Iberia
C 5,400
D 4,300
C 2,550
D 1,500
E 2,200 E 1,000
NHK Hall Kazuki Yamada, conductor Francesco Piemontesi, piano
Ordinary Youth
B Concert No. 2024 Tchaikovsky Violin Concert D Major Op. 35
Prokofiev The Tale of Stone Flower, ballet S 12,000 S 6,000
November A 10,000 A 5,000
―The Mistress of the Copper Mountain, Wedding Suite
21 (Thu) 7:00pm Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements
B 8,000 B 4,000
22 ( Fri ) 7:00pm C 6,500
D 5,500
C 3,250
D 2,750
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Suntory Hall Nikita Boriso-Glebsky, violin
Ordinary Youth
C Concert No. 2023 Wagner Tannhäuser, opera―Overture
Weinberg Trumpet Concerto B-flat Major Op. 94 S 10,000 S 5,000
November A 8,500 A 4,000
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 D Minor Op. 47
15 ( Fri ) 7:00pm B 6,500 B 3,100
16 (Sat ) 2:00pm Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor
C 5,400
D 4,300
C 2,550
D 1,500
NHK Hall Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet E 2,200 E 1,000

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 NHK Hall Suntory Hall NHK Hall
A Sat. 6:00pm (doors open at 5:00pm)
Sun. 2:00pm (doors open at 1:00pm)
B Thu. 7:00pm (doors open at 6:20pm)
Fri. 7:00pm (doors open at 6:20pm)
C Fri. 7:00pm (doors open at 6:00pm)
Sat. 2:00pm (doors open at 1:00pm)

Ordinary Youth
2024 A Concert No. 2025 The 150th Anniversary of Arnold Schönberg’s Brith

12
Wagner Tristan und Isolde (Tristan and Isolde)―Prelude and Liebestod S 11,000 S 5,500
Nov. 30 ( Sat ) A 9,500 A 4,500
6:00pm R. Strauss Das Rosenband Op. 36-1 (The Rose Chain)*
B 7,600 B 3,500
Dec. 1 (Sun) R. Strauss Freundliche Vision Op. 48-1 (A Welcome Vision)* C 6,000 C 2,800
2:00pm R. Strauss Waldseligkeit Op. 49-1 (Bliss in the Woods)* D 5,000 D 1,800
– The 1st day concert R. Strauss Befreit Op. 39-4 (Released)* E 3,000 E 1,400
of the December
subscription Program A R. Strauss Morgen Op. 27-4 (Tomorrow)*
will be held in November. Schönberg Pelleas und Melisande Op. 5 (Pelléas and Mélisande)
NHK Hall Fabio Luisi, conductor Christiane Karg, soprano*

B
Ordinary Youth
Concert No. 2026 Smetana The Bartered Bride, opera―Overture
Rakhmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 D Minor Op. 30 S 12,000 S 6,000
December A 10,000 A 5,000
Mussorgsky / Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition, suite
5 (Thu ) 7:00pm B 8,000 B 4,000
6 ( Fri) 7:00pm Fabio Luisi, conductor C 6,500
D 5,500
C 3,250
D 2,750
Suntory Hall Nelson Goerner, piano
Ordinary Youth
C Concert No. 2027 Liszt Tasso: lamento e trionfo, sym. poem (Tasso: Lament and Triumph)
Liszt Eine Faust-Symphonie in drei Charakterbildern S 13,000 S 6,500
December (A Faust Symphony in Three Character Pictures)* A 11,000 A 5,200
13 ( Fri ) 7:00pm B 8,500 B 4,000
14 (Sat ) 2:00pm C 7,000
D 5,600
C 3,500
D 2,000
Fabio Luisi, conductor
E 3,500 E 1,700
NHK Hall Jamez McCorkle, tenor* Tokyo Opera Singers, male chorus*
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2025 A Concert No. 2028 Shostakovich Symphony No. 7 C Major Op. 60, Leningrad

01
S 11,000 S 5,500
January A 9,500 A 4,500
18 ( Sat ) 6:00pm B 7,600 B 3,500
19 (Sun) 2:00pm C 6,000
D 5,000
C 2,800
D 1,800
E 3,000 E 1,400
NHK Hall Tugan Sokhiev, conductor
Ordinary Youth
B Concert No. 2030 Mussorgsky / Liadov The Fair at Sorochyntsi,
opera―Introduction, Gopak S 12,000 S 6,000
January A 10,000 A 5,000
Bartók Violin Concerto No. 2
30 (Thu) 7:00pm Dvořák Symphony No. 8 G Major Op. 88
B 8,000 B 4,000
31 (Fri) 7:00pm Tugan Sokhiev, conductor
C 6,500
D 5,500
C 3,250
D 2,750
Suntory Hall Sunao Goko (First Concertmaster, NHKSO), violin
Ordinary Youth
C Concert No. 2029 Stravinsky Pulcinella, ballet
Brahms Symphony No. 1 C Minor Op. 68 S 11,000 S 5,500
January A 9,500 A 4,500
24 ( Fri ) 7:00pm B 7,600 B 3,500
25 (Sat ) 2:00pm C 6,000
D 5,000
C 2,800
D 1,800
NHK Hall Tugan Sokhiev, conductor E 3,000 E 1,400

Ordinary Youth
2025 A Concert No. 2031 Zemlinsky Sinfonietta, Op. 23

02 February R. Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1 E-flat Major Op. 11 S 10,000 S 5,000
A 8,500 A 4,000
Dvořák The Wild Dove, sym. poem Op. 110
8 ( Sat ) 6:00pm Janáček Sinfonietta
B 6,500 B 3,100
9 (Sun) 2:00pm Petr Popelka, conductor
C 5,400
D 4,300
C 2,550
D 1,500
NHK Hall Radek Baborák, horn E 2,200 E 1,000

B
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Concert No. 2032 Mozart Vado, ma dove?, aria K. 583*
Mozart Alma grande e nobil core, aria K. 578* S 12,000 S 6,000
February Mozart Symphony No. 25 G Minor K. 183 A 10,000 A 5,000
13 (Thu) 7:00pm Mozart Bella mia fiamma, addio—Resta, oh cara, B 8,000 B 4,000
14 (Fri) 7:00pm recitative and aria K. 528*
C 6,500
D 5,500
C 3,250
D 2,750
Schumann Symphony No. 1 B-flat Major Op. 38, Frühlingssinfonie
Suntory Hall Petr Popelka, conductor Ema Nikolovska, mezzo soprano*
Ordinary Youth
C Concert No. 2033 Suppè Leichte Kavallerie, operetta―Overture (Light Cavalry )
Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No. 3 B Minor Op. 61 S 10,000 S 5,000
February A 8,500 A 4,000
Suppè Dichter und Bauer, operetta―Oveture (Poet and Peasant)
21( Fri ) 7:00pm Offenbach / Rosenthal Gaîté Parisienne, ballet (Parisian Gaiety) (Excerpts)
B 6,500 B 3,100
22 (Sat ) 2:00pm C 5,400
D 4,300
C 2,550
D 1,500
Tatsuya Shimono, conductor E 2,200 E 1,000
NHK Hall Fumiaki Miura, violin

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2025 A Concert No. 2034 Berlioz Harold en Italie, symphony (Harold in Italy)*

04 April Prokofiev Symphony No. 4 C Major Op. 112 (Revised Version / 1947) S 11,000 S 5,500
A 9,500 A 4,500
12 ( Sat ) 6:00pm B 7,600 B 3,500
13 (Sun) 2:00pm C 6,000
D 5,000
C 2,800
D 1,800
Paavo Järvi, conductor
E 3,000 E 1,400
NHK Hall Antoine Tamestit, viola*
Ordinary Youth
B Concert No. 2035 Stravinsky Petrushka, ballet (Complete, 1947 Version)
Britten Piano Concerto Op. 13 S 12,000 S 6,000
April A 10,000 A 5,000
Prokofiev The Love for Three Oranges, symphonic suite Op. 33bis
17 (Thu) 7:00pm B 8,000 B 4,000

18 (Fri) 7:00pm C 6,500

D 5,500
C 3,250
D 2,750
Paavo Järvi, conductor
Suntory Hall Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

C There will be no subscription concerts of program C in April

due to the orchestra’s European tour.

Ordinary Youth
2025 A Concert No. 2036 The Program scheduled to be performed at Mahler Festival 2025

05
S 15,000 S 7,000
April Mahler Symphony No. 3 D Minor
A 12,500 A 6,000
26 ( Sat ) 6:00pm B 10,000 B 5,000
27 (Sun) 2:00pm Fabio Luisi, conductor
C 8,000
D 6,500
C 4,000
D 3,000
– Program A of the May Olesya Petrova, mezzo soprano E 4,500 E 2,000
subscription concerts will
be held in April. Tokyo Opera Singers, female chorus
NHK Hall NHK Tokyo Children Chorus, children chorus

B
Ordinary Youth
Concert No. 2037 The Program scheduled to be performed at Mahler Festival 2025 (only Mahler)
S 12,000 S 6,000
May Berg Violin Concerto
A 10,000 A 5,000
Mahler Symphony No. 4 G Major*
1 (Thu ) 7:00pm B 8,000 B 4,000
2 (Fri) 7:00pm Fabio Luisi, conductor
C 6,500
D 5,500
C 3,250
D 2,750
Suntory Hall Akiko Suwanai, violin Maki Mori, soprano*
Ordinary Youth
C Concert No. 2038 Schubert Rosamunde, overture
Dohnányi Variations on a Nursery Tune, Op. 25* S 10,000 S 5,000
May A 8,500 A 4,000
R. Strauss Symphonic Fantasy from Die Frau ohne Schatten
30 ( Fri ) 7:00pm (The Woman without a Shadow)
B 6,500 B 3,100
31 (Sat ) 2:00pm R. Strauss Suite from Der Rosenkavalier (The Rose-Bearer)
C 5,400
D 4,300
C 2,550
D 1,500
Giedrė Šlekytė, conductor E 2,200 E 1,000
NHK Hall Mao Fujita, piano*
Ordinary Youth
2025 A Concert No. 2039 Rimsky-Korsakov May Night, opera—Overture

06
Rakhmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43* S 10,000 S 5,000
June A 8,500 A 4,000
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 B Minor Op. 74, Pathétique
7 ( Sat ) 6:00pm B 6,500 B 3,100
8 (Sun) 2:00pm C 5,400
D 4,300
C 2,550
D 1,500
Vladimir Fedoseyev, conductor
E 2,200 E 1,000
NHK Hall Yulianna Avdeeva, piano*

B
Ordinary Youth
Concert No. 2040 Ibert Flute Concerto
Bruckner Symphony No. 6 A Major S 12,000 S 6,000
June A 10,000 A 5,000
12 (Thu ) 7:00pm B 8,000 B 4,000
13 ( Fri ) 7:00pm C 6,500
D 5,500
C 3,250
D 2,750
Juanjo Mena, conductor
Suntory Hall Karl-Heinz Schütz, flute
Ordinary Youth
C Concert No. 2041 Korngold Violin Concerto D Major Op. 35
Mahler Symphony No. 1 D Major, Titan S 10,000 S 5,000
June A 8,500 A 4,000
20 ( Fri ) 7:00pm B 6,500 B 3,100
21 (Sat ) 2:00pm Tarmo Peltokoski, conductor
C 5,400
D 4,300
C 2,550
D 1,500
NHK Hall Daniel Lozakovich, violin E 2,200 E 1,000

All performers and programs are subject to change or cancellation depending on the circumstances.

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