The Concert of the Year 2016 The best concert in 2016 chosen by each orchestra 〔1/4/2016-31/3/2017〕 最も印象に残ったコンサート 最も印象に残ったコンサート Full Members Sapporo Symphony Orchestra Tokyo Symphony Orchestra The 594th Subscription Concert Tokyo Symphony Subscription Concert No.645 Conducted by Radomil Eliška Conducted by Jonathan Nott Smetana: “Wallenstein's Camp” vn: Isabelle Faust Dvořák: Scherzo capriccioso Beethoven: Violin Concerto Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 Shostakovich: Symphony No.10 14 & 15 October 2016 Sapporo Concert Hall; Kitara 15 October 2016 Suntory Hall Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra The 300th Subscription Concert The 300th Subscription Concert Conducted by Pascal Verrot Conducted by Ken Takaseki Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique Satoshi Nishimura, Faust Berlioz: “Lelio”(monodrama) 14b Akiya Fukushima, Méphistophélès 15 & 16 April 2016 Hitachi Systems Hall Sendai Michiko Hayashi, Marguerite Concert Hall Tatsuhiko Kitagawa, Brander Chorus: TCPO Chor/ Chorusmaster: Takahiro Fujimaru, Yamagata Symphony Orchestra Children's chorus: KOTO Boys & Girls Chor, The 256th Subscription Concert Berlioz: “La damnation de Faust”, Légende dramatique Conducted by Radek Baborak 10 September 2016 Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall hrn: Radek Baborak Na'ama Tamir: “Spring Illusions” Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte (arr.Paul Angerer) Beethoven: Symphony No.4 TMSO Special / Subscription Concert No.812 B Series 15 & 16 October 2016 Yamagata Terrsa Hall Conducted by Alan Gilbert Mozart: Symphony No.25 in G minor, K.183（173dB） Mahler: Symphony No.5 Gunma Symphony Orchestra 24, 25 July 2016 Suntory Hall The 523rd Subscription Concert Conducted by Gaetano d'Espinosa Tokyo New City Orchestra pf: Michie Koyama Verdi: “Luisa Miller” Sinfonia The 108th Subscription Concert Rachmaninov: “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini” Conducted by Grzegorz Nowak Shostakovich: Symphony No.5 pf: Krystian Zimerman 26 November 2016 Gunma Music Center Berlioz: Overture “Roman Carnival” Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4 Musorgsky（arr.by Gorchakov）: “Pictures at an NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Exhibition” NHK Symphony Orchestra 90th Anniversary 1 November 2016 Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall Special Concert Mahler “Symphonie der Tausend” Conducted by Paavo Järvi Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra S.: Erin Wall, Angela Meade, Claudia Boyle A.: Katarina Dalayman, Annely Peebo The 878th Orchard Hall Subscription Concert T.: Michael Schade, Conducted by Mikhail Pletnev Br.: Michael Nagy S.: Berit Solset, Solveig: Bs.: Ain Anger, bass Br.: Mitsuya Okubo, Peer Gynt Chorus: New National Theatre Chorus, Ritsuyukai Mz.: Akiko Tomioka, Anitra Choir, NHK Tokyo Children Chorus Chorus: New National Theatre Chorus/ Mahler: Symphony No.8 “Symphonie der Tausend” Chorus Master: Tetsuya Kawahara 8 September 2016 NHK Hall Narrator: Kanji Ishimaru Grieg: Complete incidental music to “Peer Gynt” 24 April 2016 Bunkamura Orchard Hall New Japan Philharmonic The 561st Subscription Concert "JADE" Suntory Hall Series Conducted by Toshiyuki Kamioka vn: Munsu Choi (NJP Solo Concetmaster) * R.Strauss: “Also sprach Zarathustra” “Ein Heldenleben”* 9 September 2016 Suntory Hall 16 日本のプロフェッショナル・オーケストラ年鑑 2017 Japan Philharmonic Orchestra Osaka Symphony Orchestra Chief Conductor Pietari Inkinen Inauguration Concert The 202nd Subscription Concert Conducted by Pietari INKINEN Conducted by Yuzo Toyama 最も印象に残ったコンサート S.: Lise Lindstrom Yuzo Toyama: “Gen-oh” for Orchestra -2014～2015- 最も印象に残ったコンサート T.: Simon O'neill Poulenc: “Les animaux modèles” Suite d'orchestre WAGNER: Excerpts from "Siegfried" Beethoven: Symphonie Nr.3 “Eroica” WAGNER: Excerpts from "Götterdämmerung" 10 May 2016 The Symphony HALL 27 September 2016 Suntory Hall Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo The 505th Subscription Concert, The 566th Subscription Concert The 50th Subscription Concert in Tokyo Conducted by Sylvain Cambreling Conducted by Michiyoshi Inoue Messiaen: “Éclairs sur l'Au-Delà” Schostakovich: Symphony No.11, No.12 31 January 2017 Suntory Hall 17,18 December 2017 Festival Hall/ 22 December 2017 / Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra Special Joint Concert Nagoya Philharmonic Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra and Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra The 273rd Subscription Concert Conducted by Kentaro Kawase Conducted by Sachio Fujioka pf: Yoko Kikuchi pf: Yukio Yokoyama Mozart: Concerto for Piano and Orcehstra No.21 in C Rachmaninov: “The Bells of Moscow”（Prelude C major k.467 sharp minor Op.3-2 Orchestral Version） Shostakovich: Symphony No.7 Piano Concerto No.3 25 June 2016 Yokohama Minatomirai Hall Yugo Kanno: Symphony No.1《The Border》（World Premiere） 29 April 2016 The Symphony Hall Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa Hiroyuki Iwaki Memorial Concert Japan Century Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Kazuki Yamada vn: Abigail Young (Violin) The 213rd Subscription Concert S.: Keiko Yoshihara／Br.: Kei Yonashiro Conducted by Norichika Iimori Chorus: Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus pf: Fazil Say Ligeti: “Lux Aeterna” Mozart: Overture to the Opera “Die Entführung aus Barber: Violin Concerto dem Serail”（11/25） Faure: Requiem Lully: Ballet Music“Le Bourgeois Gentilhommex～ 10 September 2016 Ishikawa Ongakudo Concert Hall Marche pour la Ceremonie des Turcs”（11/26） Mozart: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.21 F.Say: Symphony No.1 “Istanbul Symphony” Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra 25, 26 November 2016 The Symphony Hall The 150th Subscription Concert Conducted by Leoš Svárovský Hyogo Performing Arts center Orchestra S.: Eva Hornyakova／Mz.: Karla Bytnarova T.: Otokar Klein／Bs.: Jozef Benci Special Concert “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Chorus: Nagoya University of the Arts Stabat Mater Conducted by Yutaka Sado Chorus Narration: Fumi Dan Dvořák: Stabat Mater S.: Hiroko Kouda／Mz.: Michiko Hayashi 30 September 2016 Aichi Arts Center Concert Hall va: Kei Tojo Hindemith: Kammermusik No.5 Mendelssohn: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream– Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra Incidental Music to Shakesperar’s play” The 51st Famous Works Series 8, 9 April/2016 Hyogo Performing Arts Center Grand Conducted by Kentaro Kawase Hall pf: Yoko Kikuchi orch: Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra Mozart: Piano Concerto No.21 in C major K.467 Shostakovich: Symphony No.7 “Leningrad” Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra The 368th Subscription 27 June 2016 NTK Hall Forest Hall Concert Conducted by Kazuyoshi Akiyama Kyoto Symphony Orchestra cl: Daniel Ottensamer Mozart: Divertimento in D major K.136 The 60th Anniversary Special Concert Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622 Conducted by Junichi Hirokami, Ken Takaseki, R. Strauss: “Ein Heldenleben” Tatsuya Shimono, Mayumi Otani, Hiroyuki Mito 18 March 2017 Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen HBG Hall Stockhausen: “Gruppen” for three orchestras (performed twice) Cage: Thirty pieces for five orchestras 23 December 2016 Kyoto International Exhibition Hall Miyakomesse (Exhibition Hall 3) Japanese professional orchestras yearbook 2017 17 Kyusyu Symphony Orchestra Kyoto Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra The 352nd Subscription Concert The 203rd Subscription Concert Conducted by Kazuhiro Koizumi Conducted by Ichiro Saito 最も印象に残ったコンサートpf: Noriko Ogawa S.: Morikawa Eiko 最も印象に残ったコンサート Shigenobu Nakamura: Symphony No.5 “The Sacred Hindemith: Kammermusik op24 -1 Departure” Xenakis: ANAKTORIA Grieg: Piano Concerto Tetsuji Emura: “Estuary” for chamber orchestra Nielsen: Symphony No.4 “The Inextinguishable” Isang Yun: “Tapis” (version for string orchestra) 19 September 2016 ACROS Fukuoka Symphony Hall Mayako Kubo: “Sanriku-Lieder” 17 April 2016 Kyoto Concert Hall Small Hall Associate Members The College Operahouse Orchestra The 28th The Concerto Concert Conducted by Hidehiro Shindori Chiba Symphony Orchestra vc: Hayato Minakawa／sax: Natsumi Iwasaki The 100th Subscription Concert euph: Ryohei Hamada／ pf: Marina Fujiwara Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2 Conducted by Yamashita Kazufumi Glazunov: Concerto for Alto Saxophone Mozart: Symphony No. 41 Horovitz: Euphonium Concerto Yamamoto Junnosuke: “ＳＥＮ ＮＯ ＮＥ ＴＯ ＧＡＫＵ ＮＯ ＨＡ” Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major Stravinsky: Ballet Suite “Firebird” (1919 edition) 17 November 2016 The College Operahouse 23 October 16 Chiba Prefectural Cultural Center hall Telemann Chamber Orchestra The Geidai Philharmonia Orchestra,Tokyo The 235th Subscription Concert Geidai The 377th Subscription Concert, Conducted by Takeharu Nobuhara Geidai Philharmonia Subscription Concert harpsichord: Taiji Takata／ vn: Sakino Asai Conducted by Ken Takaseki J.S.Bach: “Brandenburg Concertos” pf: Hiroshi Arimori 6 October 2016 Osaka City Central Public Hall Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.3 Stravinsky: “The Rite of Spring”（1947/67 revised version） 28 October 2016 Sogakudo Concert Hall Nara Philharmonic Orchestra The 39th Subscription Concert Tokyo Universal Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Sou Awatsuji ob: Yukari Maehashi／cl: Kayo Nishikawa “Hatsuyume Concert” 2017 hrn: Yuu Sekomune／ fg: Tomoko Konishi Conducted by Hakaru Matsuoka Mozart: “The Marriage of Figaro” Overture Bandoneon: Satoru Kitamura／mar: Mizuno Yoshihisa Sinfonia Concertantes K.297b Ballet group: Toshiko Saiga ballet institute Beethoven: Symphony No.2 Johann Strauss II: “Voices of Spring” Waltz 4 September 2016 Nara Prefectural Cultural Center Tchaikovsky: “The Lake of Swans” highlight～ Kokusai Hall Overture, Waltz, Scene, 4 swans, Chardash, Mazurka, The final music Piazzolla: “Libertango”, milonga "La Morena", Gerardo Seto Philharmonic Orchestra Matos Rodríguez "La Cumparsita", Ernesto Lecuona