Concerts & Subscriptions

Season Program (2024)

Subscription Concerts

Venue: Suntory Hall in Akasaka, Tokyo
Concerts from 7 p.m.

Annual Membership: ¥39,200 - ¥60,900

Semiannual Membership (April to September): ¥20,000 - ¥33,600

Semiannual Membership (October to March) : ¥22,700 - ¥36,000

Popular Series

Venue: Suntory Hall in Akasaka, Tokyo
Concerts from 7 p.m. ※6 p.m. on 3/15

Annual Membership: ¥38,800 - ¥59,500

Semiannual Membership (April to September) : ¥19,500 - ¥32,000

Semiannual Membership (October to March) : ¥22,700 - ¥36,000

Saturday Matinée Series

Venue : Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre in Ikebukuro, Tokyo (May to September)

Venue : Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, Tokyo (November to March)
Concerts from 2 p.m.

Annual Membership: ¥36,400 - ¥57,400

Semiannual Membership (May to September) : ¥19,500 - ¥32,000

Semiannual Membership (November to March) : ¥20,000 - ¥33,600

Sunday Matinée Series

Venue : Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre in Ikebukuro, Tokyo (May to September)

Venue : Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, Tokyo (November to March)
Concerts from 2 p.m.

Annual Membership: ¥36,400 - ¥57,400

Semiannual Membership (May to September) : ¥19,500 - ¥32,000

Semiannual Membership (November to March) : ¥20,000 - ¥33,600

Yokohama Matinée Series

Venue: Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall in Yokohama, Kanagawa
Concerts from 2 p.m.

Annual Membership: ¥29,600 - ¥47,600

Semiannual Membership (April to July) : ¥16,000 - ¥27,200

Semiannual Membership (November to March) : ¥16,000 - ¥27,200

YOMIKYO Ensemble Series

Venue: Toppan Hall in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
Concerts from 7:30 p.m.

Annual Membership: ¥16,000

Subscription Concerts in Osaka

Venue: Festival Hall in Osaka
Concerts from 7 p.m.

Annual Membership: ¥12,300 - ¥22,400

Subscription Concerts Popular Series Saturday Matinée Series Sunday Matinée Series Yokohama Matinée Series
Apr. Subscription No. 637
4/5(Fri)19:00

Conductor= SYLVAIN CAMBRELING
Violin= MAYUMI KANAGAWA

MARTINŮ: Memorial to Lidice, H. 296
BARTÓK: Violin Concerto No. 2, BB 117
MESSIAEN: L'Ascension
Popular No. 671
4/26(Fri)19:00

Conductor= SEBASTIAN WEIGLE
Violin= ROSANNE PHILIPPENS

BRAHMS: Academic Festival Overture, op. 80
KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto in D major, op. 35
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, op. 60
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4/28(Sun)14:00

Conductor= SEBASTIAN WEIGLE
Violin= ROSANNE PHILIPPENS

BRAHMS: Academic Festival Overture, op. 80
KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto in D major, op. 35
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, op. 60
May Subscription No. 638
5/21(Tue)19:00

Conductor= JURAJ VALČUHA
Mezzo Soprano= ELIZABETH DESHONG
Women's Choir= Kunitachi College of Music
Children's Choir= The Little Singers of Tokyo

MAHLER: Symphony No. 3 in D minor
Popular No. 672
5/31(Fri)19:00

Conductor= STEPHANIE CHILDRESS
Cello= SAKURA TOBA

SIBELIUS: Finlandia, op. 26
ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, op. 95 "From the New World"
Saturday Matinée No. 266
5/25(Sat)14:00

Conductor= JURAJ VALČUHA
Violin= RYOSUKE SUHO

LIADOV: The Enchanted Lake, op. 62
KHACHATURIAN: Violin Concerto in D minor
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, op. 74 "Pathétique"
Sunday Matinée No. 266
5/26(Sun)14:00

Conductor= JURAJ VALČUHA
Violin= RYOSUKE SUHO

LIADOV: The Enchanted Lake, op. 62
KHACHATURIAN: Violin Concerto in D minor
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, op. 74 "Pathétique"
Yokohama Matinée No. 134
5/19(Sun)14:00

Conductor= JURAJ VALČUHA
Mezzo Soprano= ELIZABETH DESHONG
Women's Choir= Kunitachi College of Music
Children's Choir= The Little Singers of Tokyo

MAHLER: Symphony No. 3 in D minor
June Subscription No. 639
6/14(Fri)19:00

Conductor= SEBASTIAN WEIGLE
Piano= DANG THAI SON

WEBERN: Im Sommerwind
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K. 414
SCHÖNBERG: Pelleas und Melisande, op. 5
Popular No. 673
6/28(Fri)19:00

Conductor= MAXIME PASCAL
Guitar= KAORI MURAJI

HAYDN: Symphony No. 22 in E flat major "The Philosopher"
VIVALDI: 'Spring' from "The Four Seasons" (Solo Guitar)
TAKEMITSU: Vers, l'arc-en-ciel, Palma
STRAVINSKY: Le sacre du printemps
Saturday Matinée No. 267
6/22(Sat)14:00

Conductor= SEBASTIAN WEIGLE
Pianos= HAYATO SUMINO, FRANCESCO TRISTANO

WAGNER: "Tristan und Isolde" Prelude and Liebestod
DESSNER: Concerto for Two Pianos (Japan Premiere)
WEBER: "Euryanthe" Overture
HINDEMITH: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Sunday Matinée No. 267
6/23(Sun)14:00

Conductor= SEBASTIAN WEIGLE
Pianos= HAYATO SUMINO, FRANCESCO TRISTANO

WAGNER: "Tristan und Isolde" Prelude and Liebestod
DESSNER: Concerto for Two Pianos (Japan Premiere)
WEBER: "Euryanthe" Overture
HINDEMITH: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Yokohama Matinée No. 135
6/30(Sun)14:00

Conductor= MAXIME PASCAL
Guitar= KAORI MURAJI

HAYDN: Symphony No. 22 in E flat major "The Philosopher"
VIVALDI: 'Spring' from "The Four Seasons" (Solo Guitar)
TAKEMITSU: Vers, l'arc-en-ciel, Palma
STRAVINSKY: Le sacre du printemps
July Subscription No. 640
7/9(Tue)19:00

Conductor= KATHARINA WINCOR
Cello= JULIAN STECKEL

CONNESSON: 'Celephaïs' from "The Cities of Lovecraft"
YASHIRO: Cello Concerto
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 73
Popular No. 674
7/19(Fri)19:00

Conductor= ELIAS GRANDY
Piano= MARIE-ANGE NGUCI

WEBER: "Der Freischütz" Overture
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, op. 11
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, op. 98
Saturday Matinée No. 268
7/13(Sat)14:00

Conductor= KATHARINA WINCOR
Flute= MATHIEU DUFOUR
Harp= RINO KAGEYAMA(YNSO)

DVOŘÁK: Carnival Overture, op. 92
MOZART: Flute and Harp Concerto in C major, K. 299 (297c)
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 8 in G major, op. 88
Sunday Matinée No. 268
7/14(Sun)14:00

Conductor= KATHARINA WINCOR
Flute= MATHIEU DUFOUR
Harp= RINO KAGEYAMA(YNSO)

DVOŘÁK: Carnival Overture, op. 92
MOZART: Flute and Harp Concerto in C major, K. 299 (297c)
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 8 in G major, op. 88
Yokohama Matinée No. 136
7/21(Sun)14:00

Conductor= ELIAS GRANDY
Piano= MARIE-ANGE NGUCI

WEBER: "Der Freischütz" Overture
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, op. 11
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, op. 98
Aug. ─── ─── Saturday Matinée No. 269
8/24(Sat)14:00

Conductor= KEN-ICHIRO KOBAYASHI
Piano= EVA GEVORGYAN

GLINKA: "Ruslan and Lyudmila" Overture
RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, op. 18
MUSSORGSKY (arr. RAVEL): Pictures at an Exhibition
Sunday Matinée No. 269
8/25(Sun)14:00

Conductor= KEN-ICHIRO KOBAYASHI
Piano= EVA GEVORGYAN

GLINKA: "Ruslan and Lyudmila" Overture
RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, op. 18
MUSSORGSKY (arr. RAVEL): Pictures at an Exhibition
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Sep. Subscription No. 641
9/5(Thu)19:00

Conductor= MAXIM EMELYANYCHEV
Harpsichord= MAHAN ESFAHANI

MENDELSSOHN: Overture "The Hebrides", op. 26
SRNKA: Harpsichord Concerto (Japan Premiere)
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8 in C major, D 944 "The Great"
Popular No. 675
9/13(Fri)19:00

Conductor= MAXIM EMELYANYCHEV
Trumpet= SERGEI NAKARIAKOV

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Russian Easter Overture, op. 36
ARUTIUNIAN: Trumpet Concerto
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade, op. 35
Saturday Matinée No. 270
9/28(Sat)14:00

Conductor= SEBASTIAN WEIGLE
Cello= EDGAR MOREAU

WEBER: "Oberon" Overture
BRUCH: Kol Nidrei, op. 47
KORNGOLD: Cello Concerto in C major, op. 37
KORNGOLD: Straussiana
R. STRAUSS: "Der Rosenkavalier" Suite
Sunday Matinée No. 270
9/29(Sun)14:00

Conductor= SEBASTIAN WEIGLE
Cello= EDGAR MOREAU

WEBER: "Oberon" Overture
BRUCH: Kol Nidrei, op. 47
KORNGOLD: Cello Concerto in C major, op. 37
KORNGOLD: Straussiana
R. STRAUSS: "Der Rosenkavalier" Suite
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Oct. Subscription No. 642
10/9(Wed)19:00

Conductor= SEBASTIAN WEIGLE
Violin= CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF

IFUKUBE: 'Dance of the Seven Veils' from "Salome"
BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77
RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, op. 27
Popular No. 676
10/3(Thu)19:00

Conductor= SEBASTIAN WEIGLE
Piano= YUKINE KUROKI

TAKEMITSU: Three Film Scores
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, op. 23
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, op. 36
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Nov. ─── ─── Saturday Matinée No. 271
11/23(Sat)14:00

Conductor= JEAN-CLAUDE CASADESUS
Piano= MARCEL TADOKORO

PROBST: "Nuées" (Japan Premiere)
RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G major
BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique, op. 14
Sunday Matinée No. 271
11/24(Sun)14:00

Conductor= JEAN-CLAUDE CASADESUS
Piano= MARCEL TADOKORO

PROBST: "Nuées" (Japan Premiere)
RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G major
BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique, op. 14
Yokohama Matinée No. 137
11/17(Sun)14:00

Conductor= ROBERT TREVINO
Tuba= GENE POKORNY

RESPIGHI: Fontane di Roma
SCHIFRIN: Tuba Concerto (Japan Premiere)
RESPIGHI: Pini di Roma
RESPIGHI: Feste Romane
Dec. Subscription No. 643
12/3(Tue)19:00

Conductor= MASATO SUZUKI
Soprano= JOANNE LUNN
Mezzo Soprano: OLIVIA VERMEULEN
Tenor= NICK PRITCHARD
Bass= DOMINIK WÖRNER
Chorus= RIAS Kammerchor

BERIO: Sinfonia
MOZART: Requiem in D minor, K. 626 (corrected and revised by M. Suzuki)
Popular No. 677
12/18(Wed)19:00

Conductor= FRANCESCO ANGELICO
Soprano= ERI NAKAMURA
Mezzo Soprano=KASUMI SHIMIZU
Tenor= DAVIDE GIUSTI
Bass= EGILS SILINS
Chorus= New National Theatre Chorus (Chorusmaster= HIROYUKI MITO)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125 "Choral"
Saturday Matinée No. 272
12/14(Sat)14:00

Conductor= FRANCESCO ANGELICO
Soprano= ERI NAKAMURA
Mezzo Soprano=KASUMI SHIMIZU
Tenor= DAVIDE GIUSTI
Bass= EGILS SILINS
Chorus= New National Theatre Chorus (Chorusmaster= HIROYUKI MITO)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125 "Choral"
Sunday Matinée No. 272
12/22(Sun)14:00

Conductor= FRANCESCO ANGELICO
Soprano= ERI NAKAMURA
Mezzo Soprano=KASUMI SHIMIZU
Tenor= DAVIDE GIUSTI
Bass= EGILS SILINS
Chorus= New National Theatre Chorus (Chorusmaster= HIROYUKI MITO)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125 "Choral"
Yokohama Matinée No. 138
12/15(Sun)14:00

Conductor= FRANCESCO ANGELICO
Soprano= ERI NAKAMURA
Mezzo Soprano=KASUMI SHIMIZU
Tenor= DAVIDE GIUSTI
Bass= EGILS SILINS
Chorus= New National Theatre Chorus (Chorusmaster= HIROYUKI MITO)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125 "Choral"
Jan. Subscription No. 644
1/21(Tue)19:00

Conductor= TOSHIYUKI KAMIOKA
Piano= IVO POGORELICH

CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, op. 21
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 11 in G minor, op. 103 "1905"
Popular No. 678
1/16(Thu)19:00

Conductor= MOTONORI KOBAYASHI
Violin= NEMANJA RADULOVIĆ

MOZART: Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 425, "Linz"
DVOŘÁK: Songs My Mother Taught Me
MONTI: Czardas
MASSENET: Méditation from "Thaïs"
RAVEL: Tzigane
DEBUSSY: La mer
Saturday Matinée No. 273
1/11(Sat)14:00

Conductor= MOTONORI KOBAYASHI
Violin= VALERIY SOKOLOV

CHABRIER: Bourrée Fantasque
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D major, op. 35
STRAVINSKY: "Petrushka" (1947 version)
Sunday Matinée No. 273
1/12(Sun)14:00

Conductor= MOTONORI KOBAYASHI
Violin= VALERIY SOKOLOV

CHABRIER: Bourrée Fantasque
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D major, op. 35
STRAVINSKY: "Petrushka" (1947 version)
Yokohama Matinée No. 139
1/26(Sun)14:00

Conductor= NODOKA OKISAWA
Piano= KYOHEI SORITA

YAKYMENKO: "Lyric Poem"
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, op. 16
PROKOFIEV: Excerpts from "Romeo and Juliet"
Feb. Subscription No. 645
2/7(Fri)19:00

Conductor= LOTHAR ZAGROSEK

BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, WAB 105
Popular No. 679
2/27(Thu)19:00

Conductor= TADAAKI OTAKA
Piano= NOBUYUKI TSUJII

AKUTAGAWA: Musica per Orchestra Sinfonica
SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, op. 35
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, op. 47
Saturday Matinée No. 274
2/1(Sat)14:00

Conductor= LOTHAR ZAGROSEK

SCHUMANN: "Manfred" Overture
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 4 in D minor, op. 120
MOZART: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 "Jupiter"
Sunday Matinée No. 274
2/2(Sun)14:00

Conductor= LOTHAR ZAGROSEK

SCHUMANN: "Manfred" Overture
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 4 in D minor, op. 120
MOZART: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 "Jupiter"
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Mar. Subscription No. 646
3/12(Wed)19:00

Conductor= SEBASTIAN WEIGLE
Cast= TBA

BERG: Wozzeck, op. 7 (Concert style)
Popular No. 680
3/15(Sat)18:00

Conductor= SEBASTIAN WEIGLE
Cast= TBA

BERG: Wozzeck, op. 7 (Concert style)
Saturday Matinée No. 275
3/22(Sat)14:00

Conductor= MASATO SUZUKI
Cello= GIOVANNI SOLLIMA, MARI ENDO (YNSO solo)

ICHIYANAGI: "Coexistence" for Orchestra
SOLLIMA: Terra con Variazioni (Japan Premiere)
SOLLIMA: Violoncelles, Vibrez!
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 in A major, op. 92
Sunday Matinée No. 275
3/23(Sun)14:00

Conductor= MASATO SUZUKI
Cello= GIOVANNI SOLLIMA, MARI ENDO (YNSO solo)

ICHIYANAGI: "Coexistence" for Orchestra
SOLLIMA: Terra con Variazioni (Japan Premiere)
SOLLIMA: Violoncelles, Vibrez!
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 in A major, op. 92
Yokohama Matinée No. 140
3/20(Thu)14:00

Conductor= MASATO SUZUKI
Cello= GIOVANNI SOLLIMA, MARI ENDO (YNSO solo)

ICHIYANAGI: "Coexistence" for Orchestra
SOLLIMA: Terra con Variazioni (Japan Premiere)
SOLLIMA: Violoncelles, Vibrez!
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 in A major, op. 92
Ensemble Series Subscription Concerts in Osaka
Yomikyo Ensemble Series No. 42
8/1(Thu)19:30

Violin = SAYAKO KUSAKA

HAYDN: Symphony No. 45 in F sharp minor "Farewell", etc.
Subscription in Osaka No. 38
6/20(Thu)19:00

Conductor= SEBASTIAN WEIGLE
Pianos= HAYATO SUMINO, FRANCESCO TRISTANO

WAGNER: "Tristan und Isolde" Prelude and Liebestod
DESSNER: Concerto for Two Pianos (Japan Premiere)
WEBER: "Euryanthe" Overture
HINDEMITH: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Yomikyo Ensemble Series No. 43
11/19(Tue)19:30

Conductor, Producer = MASATO SUZUKI
Subscription in Osaka No. 39
9/11(Wed)19:00

Conductor= MAXIM EMELYANYCHEV
Trumpet= SERGEI NAKARIAKOV

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Russian Easter Overture, op. 36
ARUTIUNIAN: Trumpet Concerto
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade, op. 35
Yomikyo Ensemble Series No. 44
1/29(Wed)19:30

Piano = TOSHIYUKI KAMIOKA

FRANCK: Piano Quintet in F minor, etc.
Subscription in Osaka No. 40
12/19(Thu)19:00

Conductor= FRANCESCO ANGELICO
Soprano= ERI NAKAMURA
Mezzo Soprano=KASUMI SHIMIZU
Tenor= DAVIDE GIUSTI
Bass= EGILS SILINS
Chorus= New National Theatre Chorus (Chorusmaster= HIROYUKI MITO)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125 "Choral"
Yomikyo Ensemble Series No. 45
3/24(Mon)19:30

Piano = TOMOKI SAKATA

FAURÉ: Piano Quintet No. 1 in D minor, op. 89, etc.
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