Schoenberg sells out in Tokyo

By Robert Markow, 20 November 2016

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“The music stole in soft as a baby’s breath, gentle as a summer breeze”

Reviewed at Suntory Hall: Main Hall, Tokyo on 19 November 2016

Fauré, Pelléas et Mélisande, Op.80

Dutilleux, L'Arbre des songes, violin concerto

Schoenberg, Pelleas und Melisande, Op.5

Sayaka Shoji, Violin

Kazushi Ono, Conductor

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

Rustioni conducts orchestral highlights from Verdi and Wagner in Tokyo

Nahoko Gotoh, 23rd January

Daniele Rustioni pairs orchestral music of Verdi and Wagner in his concert with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, prior to taking up the post of Guest Principal Conductor in April.

****1

Richard Jones directs a successful new Wozzeck in Tokyo

Nahoko Gotoh, 20th November

Richard Jones directs a new production at Tokyo's New National Theatre which lucidly articulates the structure of Berg’s expressionist music.

****1

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra excels at Summer Muza festival

Nahoko Gotoh, 26th July

The Olympics is not the only big event that is taking place around Tokyo this summer. A large-scale festival of classical music, Festa Muza Summer, is currently being held at Muza Kawasaki Concert Hall.

*****

Shostakovich at his quirkiest at Tokyo's Bunka Kaikan Hall

David Karlin, 29th March

Pin sharp playing and pin sharp acoustics combine to form a high quality reading of Mozart's Piano Concerto no. 27 and Shostakovich's Symphony no. 15, one of the quirkiest of symphonies.

****1

Richard Jones directs a successful new Wozzeck in Tokyo

Nahoko Gotoh, 20th November

Richard Jones directs a new production at Tokyo's New National Theatre which lucidly articulates the structure of Berg’s expressionist music.

****1

Yannis Kokkos stages Guillaume Tell in Tokyo

Nahoko Gotoh, 30th November

For his new staging of Rossini’s Guillaume Tell at the New National Theatre, Tokyo, director Yannis Kokkos avoids specific contemporary references, choosing a setting that transcends the times.

****1

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Robert Markow

Formerly a horn player in the Montreal Symphony, Robert Markow now writes programme notes for that orchestra and for many other musical organizations. He taught at Montreal’s McGill University for many years, has led music tours to several countries, and has written for numerous leading classical music journals.

Schoenberg sells out in Tokyo: Kazushi Ono conducts the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra