Tour of Japan 2013
On 18 June, the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra will set off for its 10th Japanese tour in a row ahead of its opening concert, which is planned for the first day of summer. The orchestra will perform 14 times in such cities as Osaka (the Symphony Hall), Tokyo (the Suntory Hall), Sapporo, Nagoya and Fukuoka. As is traditional, the programme will include Smetana’s My Country (respectively, a selection from the cycle) and Dvořák’s Eighth and New World (Ninth) symphonies; it will also feature Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 “Fate”, Chopin’s piano concertos with soloists from Japan and the world-renowned Stanislav Bunin and Dvořák’s Cello Concerto in H minor, with the solo part performed by Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi in Sapporo and Michal Kaňka in Oita. The head of the ensemble, Ondrej Lenárd, will conduct. The Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra will travel home on 8 July.
Tour schedule:
21. 6.: Takamatsu
22. 6.: Shunan-Tokuyama
23. 6.: Osaka
25. 6.: Sapporo
26. 6.: Aomori
27. 6.: Morioka
29. 6.: Kawaguchi
30. 6.: Mibu
1. 7.: Koriyama
2. 7.: Hamamatsu
4. 7.: Tokyo
5. 7.: Nagoya
6. 7.: Fukuoka
7. 7.: Oita
Programme:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor “Fate”, op. 67
Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1in E minor, op. 11
Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in F minor, op. 21
Antonín Dvořák: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor, op. 104
Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G major, op. 88
Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, op. 95
Bedřich Smetana: My Country
Soloists:
Fujiko Hemming, Tateki Sato, Stanislav Bunin – piano
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Michal Kaňka – cello
Conductor:
Ondrej Lenárd
