Rachmaninov, Beethoven from Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra

Sebastian Weigle conducts the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra

Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra at Cadogan Hall

By Dominic Lowe, 26 October 2024

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“a firm and sober beat, precision of attack, intense focus and an ability to go for the climax”

Reviewed at Cadogan Hall, London on 24 October 2024

Ifukube, Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome

Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D major, Op.61

Bach, Violin partita no. 3 in E major, BWV1006: Gavotte en Rondeau

Rachmaninov, Symphony no. 2 in E minor, Op.27

Takemitsu, Three film scores (Waltz from Face of Another)

Sebastian Weigle, Conductor

Christian Tetzlaff, Violin

Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra

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.

****1

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.

****1

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.

****1

Exquisite playing from Naoko Yoshino in Boieldieu's Harp Concerto

Nahoko Gotoh, 11th January

Italian conductor Gaetano d’Espinosa is currently doing the rounds of Japanese orchestras, standing in for many of his colleagues who are unable to enter due to border closures.

***11

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.

****1

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.

****1

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Dominic Lowe

Dominic Lowe recently completed a degree in Classics, and one of his great interests is the reception of Greece and Rome in opera. A regular opera-goer since his very early teens, he is particularly keen on the hidden operatic gems of the 19th century. He is largely based in the South of England.

Rachmaninov and Beethoven from Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra of Tokyo