Concerts in Japan

1967

Program 1 (May 3:Osaka Festival Hall, May 12: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan)

• J.S.Bach :Toccata & Fugue in d minor
• Sibelius :Symphony No.2
• R.Strauss: Don Quixote
  [Encore] Barber:Adagio for Strings
  

Program 2 (May 7:Osaka Festival Hall, May 13: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, May 17: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan)

• Mozart:Symphony No.35
• W.Schuman:New England Triptych
• Ravel :Daphnis et Chloe:Suite No.2
• Brahms:Symphony No.2
  [Encore May 7 ] Hotaru no Hikari(螢の光)
  [Encore May 17] Bach:Chorale prelude

Program 3 (May 6: Osaka Festival Hall, May 9:Kanazawa Kanko Kaikan, May 15: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, May 18: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan)

• Beethoven: Leonore No.3 Overture
• Beethoven:Symphony No.7
• Debussy:Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
• Mussorgsky-Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
  [Encore] Wagner:Ride of the Valkyries
  

Program 4 (May 16: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan)

• R.Strauss:"Don Juan" op.20
• Respighi:The Fountains of Rome
• Prokofiev:Symphony No.1
• Tchaikovsky:Symphony No.4
  [Encore] ?????
  

Program 5 (May 10:Nagoya-shi Kokaido, May 19 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan)

• Waber:Der Freischutz:Overture (Only at Tokyo)
• Bach:Suite for Orchestra No.2 BWV.1067(No.3?)
• Stravinsky:The FireBird suite
• Beethoven:Symphony No.5
  [Encore] ?????
  

Program 6 (May 4 Osaka Festival Hall)

• Haydn:Symphony No.101
• Hindemith:Mathis der Maler
• Bartok:Concerto for Orchestra
  [Encore]Berlioz: Rakoczy March
  

(May 5: Osaka Festival Hall)

• Weber:Der Freischutz Overture
• Bach:Suite No.3 BWV1068
• Ikuma Dan: Symphony No.4
• Beethoven:Symphony No.5
  [Encore]Bach: Arioso
  

1972

Program 1 (May 16： Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, May 18: Nagoya, May 20: Osaka Festival Hall, May 22: Hiroshima, May 23: Kurashiki, May25: Sapporo)

• Beethoven: Leonore No.3 Overture
• Brahms: Symphony No.3
• Mussorgsky-Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
  [Encore] Mendelssohn: Scherzo from Midsummer Night's Dream
  

Program 2 (May 17： Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, May 19: Osaka Festival Hall)

• Bach:Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C (arr. Ormandy)
• Harris: Symphony No.3
• Mahler: Symphony No.1 (with "Blumine")
  [Encore] Bach: "O Mensch, bewein' dein' sunde gross"
  [Encore] Barber:Adagio for Strings
  The official document indicates Bach but a listner of Osaka concert remembers Barber.

Program 3 (May 27： Tokyo Bunka Kaikan)

• Sibelius: En Saga
• Beethoven: Symphony No.7 (instead of Shostakovich: Symphony No.6)
• Wagner: Tristan und Isolde:Prelude and Liebestod
• Respighi: The Pines of Roma
  [Encore] N. Rota: ????
  [Encore] Mendelssohn: Schrzo form Midsummer Night's Dream
  The official document indicates Mendelssohn but a review of this concert in a Japanese newspaper indicates Rota.

Program 4 (May 26： Tokyo Kosei Nenkin Kaikan)

• Wagner: Meistersinger Prelude
• Sibelius: Symphony No.5
• Prokofieff: Scythian Suite,Op.20
• Debussy: La Mer
  [No encore was performed ? ]

1978

Program 1 (June 1: Yokohama Kanagawa Kenritsu Kemmin Hall)

• J.S.Bach-Ormandy :Passacaglia and Fugue in c minor
• Sibelius :Symphony No.1 in e minor op.39
• Brahms :Variations on a Theme by Haydn op.56a
• Respighi : The Pine-trees of Rome
  [Encore] Kent Kennan:Night Soliloquy (Panitz)
  

Program 2 (May 18:Kurashiki Shimin Kaikan)

• Piston :Toccata for Orchestra
• Ives :"Washington's Birthday" from "Holidays" Symphony
• Beethoven :Symphony No.2 in D major op.36
• Debussy :Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
• Suite from "The Firebird"(1919 version)
  [Encore] Bach-Smith: Arioso from Cantata No. 156
  

Program 2' (May 23:Tokyo Bunka Kaikan)

[Opening] National Anthems; Kimigayo, Star-Spangled Banner

• Piston :Toccata for Orchestra
• Beethoven :Symphony No.7 in A major
• Debussy :Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
• Suite from "The Firebird"(1919 version)
• [Encore] Bach-Smith: Arioso from Cantata No. 156
  

Program 3 (May 29: Osaka Festival Hall, June 2: Tokyo NHK Hall)

• Beethoven :"Coriolan" Overture in c minorﾊ op.62
• Mendelssohn : Concerto in e minor for Violin op.64 (Stern)
• Sibelius :Symphony No.7
• Ravel :Suite No.2 from the Ballet "Daphnis and Chloe"
• [Encore(Osaka, Tokyo)] Bach: Air from the Suite in D majar

Program 4 (May 17:Fukuoka, May 19;Kobe Bunka Hall, May 20: Nagoya Shimin Kaikan, May 24: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, May25: Niigata Kemmin Kaikan, May 31; Mito Ibaraki Kenritsu Kemmin Bunka Center)

• R.Strauss: "Don Juan" op.20
• Debussy: La Mer
• Brahms :Symphony No.1 in c minor op 68
• [Encore(Kobe)] Kent Kennan:Night Soliloquy (Panitz)
• [Encore(Fukuoka, Niigata)] Bach-Smith: Arioso from Cantata No. 156
• [Encore(Nagoya, Tokyo, Mito)] Bach: Air from the Suite in D majar

Program 5 (June 3: Tokyo)

• Barber : Second Essay for Orchestra op.17
• Wagner:Prelude and Love-Death from "Tristan and Isolde"
• Tchaikovsky:Symphony No.4 in f minor op.36
• [Encore] Kent Kennan:Night Soliloquy (Panitz)

1981

Program A (May 31: Tokyo Hitomi memorial hallﾊ )

• Brahms: Academic Festival Overture op.80
• Beethoven:Symphony No.5 in c minor op.67
• Roussel: Suite No.2 from the Ballet, "Bacchus and Aiadne" op.43
• Ravel: Suite No.2 from the Ballet, "Daphnis and Chloe"

Program B (June 1: Tokyo Bunka kaikan)

• Beethoven :Leonore Overture No.3,op.72b
• Beethoven: Symphony No.3 "Eroica"
• Debussy:Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
• Ravel:"La Valse"
• [Encore] Bach:Arioso(Stokking)

Program C (June 2: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan)

• Prokofieff:Classical Symphony in Dmajor op.25
• Stravinsky:Suite from "The Firebird"(1919version)
• Tchaikovsky:Symphony No.5 in e minor op.64
• [Encore] Kent Kennan:Night Soliloquy (Panitz)

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