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Carnegie Hall Presents

Japan’s Great Orchestras II

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Tuesday, Dec 14, 2010 | 8 PM
Saito Kinen Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Mitsuko Uchida, Piano
  • Saito Kinen Orchestra
    Seiji Ozawa, Music Director and Conductor
  • Tatsuya Shimono, Conductor

Program

  • ATSUHIKO GONDAI Decathexis (US Premiere, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall and Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto)
  • BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor
  • BRAHMS Symphony No. 1

  • Program is approximately 2 hours, including one intermission
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Kick off JapanNYC at Carnegie Hall with Artistic Director Seiji Ozawa leading the orchestra he co-founded in 1984 to honor his mentor, Hideo Saito. This orchestra is among the best you’ll hear, and on this concert they showcase two Japanese artists: the spellbinding Uchida and composer Gondai.

Please note that Mr. Shimono will conduct the Gondai and Beethoven works.
Beethoven Concerto No. 3 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 37 (III. Rondo. Allegro)
Mitsuko Uchida, Piano / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Kurt Sanderling, Conductor
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Tuesday, Mar 22, 2011 | 8 PM
Bach Collegium Japan
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Bach Collegium Japan
    Masaaki Suzuki, Artistic Director and Conductor
  • Clint van der Linde, Countertenor
  • Gerd Türk, Tenor
  • Hana Blažíková, Soprano
  • Peter Kooij, Bass
  • Rachel Nicholls, Soprano

Program

  • BACH Mass in B Minor
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Founded in 1990 in Japan, Bach Collegium Japan’s reputation for great Baroque performances is worldwide. “The fleet Bach Collegium emphasizes beauty and a flowing line,” says The Times of London, and their founder has a “subtle ear for color, a keen sense of harmonic direction, and an ability to make phrases breathe and rhythms live” (The New York Times).
Bach Mass in B Minor (“Gloria in excelsis Deo”)
Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki, Artistic Director and Conductor
BIS
Saturday, Apr 2, 2011 | 8 PM
Cancelled: Seiji Ozawa Ongaku-Juku
Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Program

Seiji Ozawa and Seiji Ozawa Ongaku-juku (Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Orchestra) must regrettably cancel their performances this spring as Maestro Ozawa continues to recuperate from recent surgery. This concert will not be rescheduled this season.

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