Exquisite playing from Naoko Yoshino in Boieldieu's Harp Concerto

Par Nahoko Gotoh, 14 janvier 2022

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“Yoshino performed with such poise and precision, that every note seemed sparkle”

Critique faite à Suntory Hall: Main Hall, Tokyo, le 11 janvier 2022

Strauss II, La Chauve-souris (Die Fledermaus), Op.56: ouverture

Boieldieu, Concerto pour harpe et orchestre en ut majeur, Op.82

Glinka, Nocturne in E flat major

Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin: Suite

Ravel, Bolero

Naoko Yoshino, Harpe

Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra

Gaetano d'Espinosa, Direction

Rachmaninov, Beethoven from Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra

Dominic Lowe, 24th October

A rewarding visit from this Japanese orchestra under principal conductor Sebastian Weigle featured a fine Rachmaninov Second Symphony and a vivid, gusty Beethoven Violin Concerto from soloist Christian Tetzlaff.

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Ravishing Tchaikovsky from Weigle and the Yomiuri Nippon SO

Nahoko Gotoh, 3rd October

The Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra under their Principal Conductor Sebastian Weigle show top-form in Tchaikovsky before their upcoming European tour.

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Kerem Hasan conducts an exhilarating Tchaikovsky Fifth in Tokyo

Nahoko Gotoh, 18th June

Exciting Tchaikovsky from the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, while Leeds winner Eric Lu is the sensitive soloist in Chopin's Second Concerto.

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Brahms to remember from Hisako Kawamura at Suntory Hall

David Karlin, 13th March

Hisako Kawamura shows excellence and stamina in tackling two huge concertos, while Kazuki Yamada and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony give compelling Brahms but are less convincing in Amy Beach.

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Heavenly Mussorgsky from Japan's Newspaper Orchestra

Robert Markow, 28th April

One of Japan’s leading orchestras, the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, turned in performances of two warhorses as different as night and day. In between came a revelation in the form of a young cellist destined for greatness.

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Cambreling's farewell: a programme of French connections in Tokyo

Nahoko Gotoh, 24th March

Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra's Sunday matinee, which was the final concert for its outgoing Principal Conductor Sylvain Cambreling, had many French connections.

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Nahoko Gotoh

Nahoko is a UK-based Japanese music journalist with a background in musicology. She writes regularly for various Japanese media including Ongaku no tomo and Mostly Classic magazines.