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Date:
 Friday, October 4, 2002 at 19:30 pm
(Ceremony Starts 18:30 )
Performance: HIGASHIN Music Festival - Finished!!
Place: Sumida Triphony Hall (Tokyo)
(nearest station : Kinshi, JR Soubu Line. 3 minutes from North Exit)
Orchestra: New　Japan　Philharmonic　”HIGASHIN　Music　Festival" String　Ensemble
(Concert Master：CHOI, Mun Su)
Performers: HIDEAKI HIRAI (Conductor)
Mio Noguchi (Flute)
Nahomi Mizuno (Harp)
Program:
MOZART:

"Eine Kleine Nachtmusik",
1st movement(Allegro)
VIVALDI: The Spring, from "The Four Seasons"
TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings,
1st movement(Allegro piacevole);
2nd movement(Larghetto)
GRIEG: 'Last Spring' from "Two Elegiac Melodies"
Johann & Josef STRAUSS: Pizzicato-Polka
J. S. BACH: "Sarabande", "Polonaise", "Badineri"from Orchestral Suite No.2 in B minor
MOZART: Concerto for Flute and Harp, 2nd movement
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on "Greensleeves"
J. HORNER: 'My Heart will Go On'： Love theme from the film "TITANIC"
JOE HISAISHI: 'Chihiro's Waltz' from the film "Spirited Away"(Sen to Chihoro no Kamikakushi)
Notes: Not Available to Public

Date:
 Nov.8 (Fri) & 9 (Sat), 2002
at 7:00 pm(Fri) / 5:00pm (Sat)
Performance: Filippa Giordano -il rosso amore 2002- - Finished!!
Place: Tokyo International Forum, Hall C　
Performers: HIDEAKI HIRAI (Conductor); Filippa Giordano
Program:
Ave Maria, etc. 　
Ticket S: JPY11,000, A: JPY9,000, B:JPY7,000 sold out !
Ticket Kyodo Promotion (03-3407-8327)

Date:
 Nov. 20 (Wed) & 21 (Thu), 2002
at 7:00pm (Wed) / 6:30pm (Thu)
Place: Yamagata Kenmin Kaikan (20th)
Yonezawa Shimin Bunka Kaikan (21st) - Finished!!
Orchestra: Yamagata Symphony Orchestra
Performers: HIDEAKI HIRAI (Conductor)
Program:
ROSSINI: Overture, "Scala di Seta"
(The Silken Ladder)
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No.4 in A major,"Italian"
Medley of Japanese Songs
(Furusato, Kojo-no-Tsuki, Hana, Hamabe-no-Uta)
Songs on the Poems by Shinichi Yamamoto
sponsored by: Min-On Association
Ticket Price:

JPY 4,300
(Min-On Members: JPY3,800)
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Date:
 Sunday, Jan.26, 2003 at 14:00
Performance: Junior Philharmonic Orchestra
30th Anniversary Subscription Concert - Finished!!
Place: Suntory Hall
Orchestra: Junior Philharmonic Orchestra
Performers: Koji Toyoda* (Conductor)
HIDEAKI HIRAI (Conductor)
Program:
J. S. BACH: Choral, "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"
(arr. Naozumi Yamamoto)
BRAHMS: Variations on the theme by Haydn, OP.56a
BRUCKNER: Symphony No.4 in E-flat major, "Romantic"*
Ticket Price: To be announced SOLD OUT!!
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Date:
 Sunday, Feb. 9, 2003 at 15:00
Performance: Classic　Masterpiece Concert in Hiratsuka - Finished!!
Place: Hiratsuka Civic Hall
Orchestra: Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra
Performers: Conductor: HIDEAKI　HIRAI
Violin Soloist: TBA
Program:
MENDELSSOHN: Overture, "Fingal's Cave"
SARASATE: Zigeunerweisen for Violin and Orchestra
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op.55 "EROICA"
Ticket Price: Limited to the citizens of Hiratsuka SOLD OUT!!
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Date:
 Tuesday (National Holiday), Feb. 11, 2003 at 13:30
Performance: Classic　Masterpiece Concert in Hodogaya - Finished!!
Place: Kanagawa Art Hall
Orchestra: Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra
Performers: Conductor: HIDEAKI　HIRAI
Violin Soloist: TBA
Program:
MENDELSSOHN: Overture, "Fingal's Cave"
SARASATE: Zigeunerweisen for Violin and Orchestra
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op.55 "EROICA"
Ticket Price: To be announced SOLD OUT!!
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Date:
 Sunday, Feb 16, 2003 at 1８:00
Performance: HIDEAKI HIRAI：OPERA,
"PRINCESS FROM THE MOON"(Complete)　　＜World　premiere＞ - Finished!!
Place: Meguro Persimmon Hall
Performers:
Conductor : HIDEAKI HIRAI
Chorus ： Pioneer Harmonischer Chor
Orchestra ： Collegium Musicum
Soloists： To be announced
Ticket Price: To be announced SOLD OUT!!
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Date:
 Tuesday, February 25, 2003 at 7:30 pm
Performance "JAPANESE FESTIVAL 2003" - Finished!!
Place: Aycock Auditorium (Greensboro, North Carolina)
Orchestra UNCG Symphony Orchestra
Performers:
Conductor : HIDEAKI HIRAI
Program
BRAHMS : Symphony No. 3 in F major
Kozaburo HIRAI Symphonic Poem, "TOSA- FUDOKI"(1981)
Takeichiro HIRAI A Rhapsody on Japanese Folk Tunes
STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite
Ticket Price: To be announced
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Date:
 Tuesday, Apr. 15, 2003 at 19:00
Performance: Tokyo New City Orchestra
The 30th Subscription Concert - Finished!!
Place: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space
Orchestra: Tokyo New City Orchestra
Performers: Conductor: HIDEAKI　HIRAI
Soloist: REM URASHIN (piano)
Program:
KOZABURO HIRAI: Symphonic Poem,"TOSA-FUDOKI"(1981)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, Op.23
DVORAK: Symphony No.5 in F major, Op. 76
Ticket Price: S: JPY6,000, A: JPY4,500, B: JPY3,000
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Date:
 Friday, May 2, 2003 at 7:00 pm
Performance ~Naozumi Yamamoto Forever Concert~ - Finished!!
Place: SUNTORY Hall
Orchestra New Japan Philharmonic and members from
Japanese Orchestra Association
Performers:
Hideaki HIRAI*, Chitaru ASAHINA, Michiyoshi INOUE,
Sakae　SAKAKIBARA (Conductors)　Kazuoki FUJII (piano)
Program
OFFENBACH Overture, "Orpheus under the world"
Naozumi YAMAMOTO Symphonic Ballad*, etc.
Ticket Price: A: \7,000 B: \6,000 C: \5,000 D: \4,000
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Date:
 Sunday, May 25, 2003 at 14:30
Performance Kurashiki Symphony Orchestra 29th Subscription Concert - Finished!!
Place: Kurashiki Civic Hall (Shimin-kaikan)
Orchestra Kurashiki Symphony Orchestra
Performers:
Conductor : HIDEAKI HIRAI
Violin: YOKO KUBO
Program
ROSSINI : Overture, "A Thieving Magpie"
BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D major
DVORAK Symphony No.7 in D minor, Op.70
Ticket Price:

To be announced
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Date:
 Saturday, June 14, 2003 at 19:00
Performance Keio Wagner Society Orchestra 182nd Subscription Concert - Finished!!
Place: SUMIDA TRIPHONY CONCERT HALL
Orchestra Keio Wagner Society Orchestra
Performers:
Conductor : HIDEAKI HIRAI
Program
LISZT Symphonische Dichtung No.2 "Tasso, Lamento e Trionfo "
SCHMANN Symphony No.1 in B Flat Major Op.38 "Spring"
DVORAK Symphony No.7 in D minor, Op.70
Ticket Price:

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Date:
 Tuesday, June 24, 2003 at 14:00
Performance Japan Philharmonic Orchestra Special Concert - Finished!!
Place: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space (Ikebukuro)
Orchestra Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
Performers:
Conductor : HIDEAKI HIRAI
Program
MENDELSSOHN "Overture," "Nocturne" and "Wedding March" from Midsummer Night's Dream
BIZET "Les Toreadors," "Aragonaise," "Intermezzo" and "Chanson Boheme" from Carmen Suit
TCHAIKOVSKY Highlights from Swan Lake
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Date:
 Sunday, July 6, 2003 at 14:00
Performance Puccini: Opera, "MADAME BUTTERFLY" (in 2 Acts) - Finished!!
Place: Sabae City Bunka Centre (Fukui Prefecture)
Performers:

Hideaki Hirai (conductor)
Yasuko Sawada (director)
Yasuhisa Kagami (stage director)
Sofuku Hanayagi (classical Japanese dance)
Fujiko Hirai as Madame Butterfly (soprano)
Naoyuki Akitani as Pinkerton (tenor)
Emiko Suzuki as Suzuki (mezzo soprano)
Masanobu Shibayama as Sharpless (baritone)
Sabae City Opera Theater Chorus, etc.
Ticket Price:

S JPY4.000; A JPY2,500; student JPY2,000

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Date:
 Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 18:30
Performance The　23rd　All-Japan Medical Univ. Festival - Finished!!
Place: Kobe Kokusai Kaikan Kokusai Hall (Kobe-city)
Orchestra All-Japan Medical Univ. Festival Orchestra
Performers:
Conductor : HIDEAKI HIRAI
Program

Ravel Menuet Antique
Prokofief Highlights from “ Romeo and Juliet ”
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14
Ticket Price: S JPY1,500; A JPY1,200
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Date:
 Monday, September 1, 2003 at 19:30
Performance ~Tokyo Junior Philharmonic European Tour~ - Finished!!
Place: St. John's Smith Square, Concert Hall (London)
Orchestra Tokyo Junior Philharmonic Orchestra
Performers:

Hideaki Hirai (conductor)
Katsuya Matsubara (violinist & conductor)*
Michael Cox & Gareth Hanson (flutists)
Motoki Hirai (cembalo)

Program

Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major*
Mozart Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major*
Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor

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Date:
 Monday, September 4, 2003 at 19:00
Performance ~Tokyo Junior Philharmonic European Tour~ - Finished!!
Place: Teplice City Hall (Teplice, Czech Republic)
Orchestra Tokyo Junior Philharmonic Orchestra
Performers:

Hideaki Hirai (conductor)
Katsuya Matsubara (violinist & conductor)*
Roman Zuber & Lucie Cistecka (flutists)
Babor Krustenova (cembalo)
Program

Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major*
Mozart Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major*
Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor

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Date:
 Friday, September 5, 2003 at 19:30
Performance ~Tokyo Junior Philharmonic European Tour~
"The 12th Young Prague International Music Festival" - Finished!!
Place: Rudolfinum, Dvorak Hall (Prague)
Orchestra Tokyo Junior Philharmonic Orchestra
Performers:
HIDEAKI HIRAI (conductor)
Roman Patocka (violin: 2003 "Prague Spring" Competition Winner)
Program Dvorak Festival March
Dvorak Slavonic Dance in E minor, Op. 72-2
Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major
Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor
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Date:
 Friday, September 26, 2003 at 18:00
Performance

The 36 th "New Japanese Art Songs" Premiere Concert -Art Songs' Night - Finished!!

Place: Asahi Seimei Hall (Tokyo)
Program

Komei Abe Song, "Yuhi no michi" (Corridors of Evening Sunlight)
Saburo Iwakawa Song, "Tsukimiso" (Evening Primrose) Takeichiro Hirai Song, "Yuki no Yube no Tsuru" (Crane in a Snowy Evening)
Hideaki Hirai Song, "Yuhi no Umi" (Sea of Evening Sunlight)
Kozaburo Hirai Song, "Vesuvius"
Kozaburo Hirai Song, "Yonaka" (Midnight) , etc.

Ticket Price:

JPY3,000
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Date:
 Thursday, October 23, 2003 at 12:15
Performance

1st Pre-lunchtime Concert: Four Seasons in Bunkyo - Finished!!

Place: Bunkyo Civic Hall
Orchestra Tokyo Junior Philharmonic Orchestra
Performers:

:Hideaki Hirai (MC)
Rina Matsuda (Violin)
Yoko Kawakubo (Violin)*
Kyoko Koyama (Piano)

Program

Gershwin ‘ Summertime ' from “ Porgy and Bess ”
Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3, 2 nd movement
Glinka The Lark
Tartini Violin Sonata in G minor, 3 rd movement*
Ticket Price:

free
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Date:
 Sunday, November 2, 2003 at 14:00
Performance

Autumn Festival: Masterpieces Concert - Finished!!
Place: Meguro Persimmon Hall
Orchestra Tokyo Junior Philharmonic Orchestra
Performers:

Hideaki Hirai (conductor)
Katsuya Matsubara (violinist & conductor)*
Yumiko Sakuma (flutist)
Yukiko Korogi (flutist), etc.

Program Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major*
Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major*
Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor
Ticket Price:

JPY2,000 SOLD OUT!!

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Date:

Thursday and Friday, November 13 and 14, 2003 at 19:00
Saturday and Sunday, November 15 and 16, 2003 at 15:00

Performance

THE PIT OPERA One Two Three "Mozart in Italy" - Finished!!

Place: New National Theatre, Tokyo
Orchestra New National Theatre, Tokyo, Opera Ensemble
Performers:
HIDEAKI HIRAI (conductor)
Tomomi Egawa (director), etc.
Program

Stage work newly written by Tomomi Egawa, which dramatizes two operas premiered in Italy
Mozart Opera, "Mitridate, Re di Ponto"
Mozart Opera, "Lucio Silla"
Ticket Price:

JPY4,200 SOLD OUT!!
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Date:
 Wednesday, November 19, 2003 at 12:15
Performance

2nd Pre-lunchtime Concert: Four Seasons in Bunkyo - Finished!!

Place: Bunkyo Civic Hall
Orchestra Bunkyo Civic Hall “ New Artist Revue ” Ensemble
Performers:

Hideaki Hirai (MC)
Miho Kamiya (violin)
Yunosuke Yamamoto (violoncello)
Kyoko Koyama (piano)

Program

Bach Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1, Prelude
Beethoven Romance in F major
Falla Seis Canciones Populares Espanolas, "Nana", "Polo"
Naozumi Yamamoto (arranged by Yunosuke Yamamoto) Tora-san Fantas
Ticket Price:

free
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Date:
 Saturday, November 22, 2003 at 14:00
Performance

Bunkyo Civic Hall "New Artist Revue" Four Seasons in Bunkyo - Finished!!

Place: Bunkyo Civic Hall
Orchestra Bunkyo Civic Hall "New Artist Revue" Ensemble
Performers:

Hideaki Hirai (conductor)
Miho Kamiya (violin)
Yunosuke Yamamoto (violoncello)
Kyoko Koyama (piano), etc.

Program

Vivaldi The Concerto for Violin, "The Four Seasons"
Kozaburo Hirai Fantasy for Strings
Tchaikovsky Highlights from "The Seasons" , Op. 37
Waxman Carmen Fantasy
Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 5, "Spring", 1 st movement
Bach Unaccompanied Partita in E major BWV 1006, Prelude

Ticket Price:

JPY1,000
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Date:
 Wednesday, December 10, 2003 at 19:00
Performance

2nd Subscription Concert - Finished!!

Place: Ferris Hall
Orchestra Ferris Orchestra Ensemble
Performers:

Hideaki Hirai (conductor)
Maiko Asada (flute)

Program

Rossini Overture, “ Il barbiere di Seviglia ”
Mozart Divertimento in D major
Mozart Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major, 1 st movement
Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C major
Ticket Price:

JPY1,000
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Date:

Saturday, January 17, 2004 at 15:00
Performance Cultural Experience Programme supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs
- What is Orchestra? - Finished!!
Place: Tokushima City Bunka Centre
Orchestra Tokushima Symphony Orchestra
Performers:
Conductor HIDEAKI HIRAI
MC Hiromi Otsuka
Program

Programme: Bizet "Carmen" Suite
Prokofief "Peter and the Wolf"
Ticket Price: TBA
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Date:

Sunday, January 18, 2004 at 14:00
Performance

Toyota Family Concert 2004:
Tokushima Symphony Orchestra New Year Concert
- Wonderful World Starts from Music - Finished!!
Place: Tokushima City Bunka Centre
Orchestra Tokyo Junior Philharmonic Orchestra
Performers:
Conductor : HIDEAKI HIRAI
Guest Koneko Edoya
Program

Programme: Offenbach Overture, "Orpheus in the Underworld"
Prokofief "Peter and the Wolf"
Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op. 67

Ticket Price: TBA
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Date:

Sunday, March 21, 2004 at 13:30
Performance KJO Ensemble Course Lesson open to the public - Finished!!
Place: Kagawa Grand Hall
Orchestra Kagawa Junior New Philharmonic Orchestra
Performers:
Conductor : HIDEAKI HIRAI
Program

Dvorak Symphony No.　9 in E minor op. 95 "From the New World"
Tchaikovsky Highlights from the "Swan Lake"
Ticket Price: free
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Date:

Friday, April 2, 2004 at 15:00
Performance Ferris Orchestra Ensemble Celebratory Concert for New Students - Finished!!
Place: Ferris Hall
Orchestra Ferris Orchestra Ensemble
Performers:
Conductor : HIDEAKI HIRAI
Flute Maiko Asada
Program

Rossini Overture, "Il barbiere di Seviglia"
Mozart Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major, 1 st movement
J. Strauss II Wiener Blut: Waltz op. 354

Ticket Price: not available to public
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Date:

Sunday, July 11, 2004 at 14:00
Performance Takamatsu Symphony Orchestra 96 th Subscription Concert - Finished!!
Place: Kagawa Kenmin Grand Hall
Orchestra Takamatsu Symphony Orchestra
Performers:
Conductor : HIDEAKI HIRAI
Piano Keiko Kuwana
Program

Smetana Overture, "The Bartered Bride"
Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor
Dvorak Symphony No. 8 in G major op. 88

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Date:

Sunday, August 29, 2004 at 14:00
Performance Kagawa Junior New Philharmonic Orchestra 3 rd Subscription Concert - Finished!!
Place: Kagawa Kenmin Grand Hall
Orchestra Kagawa Junior New Philharmonic Orchestra
Ballet Shimada Ballet Company
Performers:
Conductor : HIDEAKI HIRAI
Program Dvorak Symphony No.　9 in E minor op. 95 "From the New World"
Tchaikovsky Highlights from the "Swan Lake"
Ticket Price: JPY1,500, Student:JPY500
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Date:

Saturday, September 25, 2004 at 14:00
Performance Tokushima Symphony Orchestra 33 rd Subscription Concert - Finished!!
Place: Bunri University, Murasaki Hall
Orchestra Tokushima Symphony Orchestra
Performers:
Conductor : HIDEAKI HIRAI
Violin Yayoi Toda
Program

Dvorak "Carnival" Overture op. 92
Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Dvorak Symphony No. 8 in G major op. 88

Ticket Price: (advance ticket) Adult: JPY1,500, Student: JPY1,000
(at the door) Adult: JPY2,000, Student: JPY1,500
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Date:

Thursday, September 23, 2004 at 14:00

Performance

Opera Salon Concert, produced by HIDEAKI HIRAI (Conductor)
Highlights from the Opera, "PRINCESS FROM THE MOON" Music and Libretto by HIDEAKI HIRAI - Finished!!
Place: Hamarikyu Asahi Hall
Orchestra Members from the Tokyo New City Orchestra
Performers:

Hideaki Hirai (conductor)
Mami Koshigoe as Princess (soprano)
Shoji Sato as Mikado (baritone)
"Kaguya-hime" Chorus
Harumi Maeda (Narrator)

Program

"In commemoration of the centenary of Dvorak's death"
Dvorak String Quartet in F major, "American"
Dvorak "Humoresque"
Dvorak Waltz for String Quartet in D major, Op.54-4 B105
Hideaki Hirai Highlights from the opera, "PRINCESS FROM THE MOON"
Notes: This is a charity concert and the profit from this concert will be donated to the UNESCO "World Terakoya Program" .
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Date:

Wednesday, September 29, 2004 at 18:00

Performance

The 37 th "New Japanese Art Songs" Premiere Concert: Art Songs' Night - Finished!!
Place: Asahi Seimei Hall
Program

Saburo Iwakawa "Tsukemono no Omoide" (Memories of Pickles)
Takeichiro Hirai "Clematis no Shiroi Hana" (White Flower of Clematis)
Hideaki Hirai "Umi ni Yuhi ga" (Evening Sunlight in the Sea)

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Date:

Wednesday, October 20, 2004 at 12:15

Performance 1st Pre-lunchtime Concert: Four Seasons in Bunkyo
- Finished!!
Place: Bunkyo Civic Hall
Orchestra Bunkyo Civic Hall "New Artist Review" Ensemble
Performers:

Hideaki Hirai (MC)
Mikiko Kawamura (bassoon)
Tomomi Takahashi (clarinet)
Kyoko Koyama (piano)

Program

Kosaku Yamada "Karatachi no Hana" (Trifoliate Orange' s Flower)
Mozart Bassoon Concerto K. 191, 2 nd movement
Poulenc Clarinet Sonata, 2 nd and 3 rd movements
Noel Gallon Recitativo and Allegro
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Date:

Friday, November 12, 2004 at 12:15

Performance 2nd Pre-lunchtime Concert: Four Seasons in Bunkyo
Place: Bunkyo Civic Hall
Performers:

Hideaki Hirai (MC)
Jonathan Hamil (horn)
Haruka Kotato (flute)

Program

TBA
Ticket Price: admission free
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Date:

Tuesday/National Holiday, November 23, 2004 at 14:00

Performance Bunkyo Civic Hall "New Artist Review": Four Seasons in Bunkyo- Harmony of the Wind
Place: Bunkyo Civic Hall
Orchestra Bunkyo Civic Hall "New Artist Review" Ensemble
Performers:

Hideaki Hirai (Conductor)
Euros Ensemble Quintet (woodwind quintet)
Yunosuke Yamamoto (violoncello)
Jo Kuwata (viola), etc.

Program

Mozart Divertimento in D major K. 136
12 Variations on "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"
Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major, 1st movement
Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major, 3rd movement
Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A major K. 622, 2nd movement
Bassoon Concerto in H flat major K. 191, 3rd movement

Ticket Price: JPY1,000
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Date:

Saturday, December 4, 2004 at 18:00
Sunday, December 5, 2004 at 14:00

Performance Puccini: Opera, "La Boheme"
Place: Wako City Bunka Centre, Sun Azalea Grand Hall
Orchestra Tokyo New City Orchestra
Performers:

Hideaki Hirai (conductor)
Kenji Naoi (director)
Takako Wada (producer)
Toshimi Nagayasu (Dec.4) and Rika Iwai (Dec.5) as Mimi
Izumi Furusawa (Dec.4) and Satoru Omachi (Dec.5) as Rodolfo
Katsuyuki Nakanishi (Dec.4) and Joko Ando (Dec.5) as Marcello
Rihito Furusawa (Dec.4)and Daichi Yoshitake (Dec.5) as Schaunard
Go Ito (Dec.4) and Manabu Morita (Dec.5) as Colline
Reiko Iio (Dec.4) and Yukiko Yamashita (Dec.5) as Musetta
Kazuya Ishii (Dec.4 & 5) as Benoit
Hiroshi Kaneko (Dec.4 & 5) as Alcindoro
Yasuyuki Kato (Dec.4 & 5) as Parpignol
Opera Sai Chorus
Midori no Soyokaze Child Chorus, etc.

Ticket Price: S:\7,000 A:\5,000 B:\4,000
Contact: HIDEAKI HIRAI Fan Club
Tel.(0 3 ) 3 501−5638　
Fax.(0 3 ) 3 501−5620
Date:

Thursday, December 9, 2004 at 19:00

Performance 3rd Subscription Concert
Place: Ferris Hall
Orchestra Ferris Orchestra Ensemble
Performers:
Conductor : HIDEAKI HIRAI
Program

Glinka Overture, "Russlan and Ludmilla"
Grieg "Aus Holbergs Zeit"
Dvorak Symphony No. 9 in E minor "From the New World"
Ticket Price: JPY1,000
Contact:

Organizing Committee for the Concert, Music Department
Tel. 045-681-5189

Date:

Saturday, December 18, 2004 at 18:30
Sunday, December 19, 2004 at 14:00

Performance The 9th Symphony sung by the People of Kochi
Place: Kochi City Bunka Plaza "CULPORT" Grand Hall
Orchestra

Kochi City the 9 th Symphony Orchestra (This orchestra consists of Kochi Symphony Orchestra, Shikoku Philharmonic Orchestra, etc.)
Chorus: Kochi City the 9th Symphony Chorus (Publicly recruited 220 people all together to join this chorus)

Performers:

Hideaki Hirai (conductor)
Mika Shimada (soprano)
Nobue Ohara (alto)
Takashi Baba (tenor)
Joji Ohara (bass)|
Yasuko Otani (violin, concertmistress of Dec. 19)
Koji Morishita (violin, concertmaster of Dec. 18), etc.

Program

Kozaburo Hirai Symphonic Poem, "Tosa-Fudoki"
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Ticket Price:

(advance ticket) adult:\2,000, senior:\1,500, student:\1,000
(at the door) adult:\2,500, senior:\2,000, student:\1,500

Contact:

HIDEAKI HIRAI Fan Club
Tel.(0 3 ) 3 501−5638　
Fax.(0 3 ) 3 501−5620

 

 




Past Performances

 

 

Date:　October 19, 1999　
Performers:　Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra
Place:　Kodaira Citizens Cultural Hall (Tokyo)
Program Dvorak Symphony No. 9 in E minor op.95 "From the New World"
　 Mozart Horn Concerto , etc.

 

Date: March 3, 2000
Performance:　Tokyo Masterpiece Music Salon (Tomin Meikyoku Salon)
Performers: New Japan Philharmonic; Constance Hauman (soprano)
Place:　 Musashino Public Hall, ARTE (Tokyo)
Program:　Famous Arias, etc.

 

Date: June 3, 2000
Performers:　Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra
Place:　Suita City Hall, May Theatre (Osaka)
Program Suppe "Die Leicht Kavallerie"-Overture
　 Bottesini Grand Duo Concertant pour violon, contrebasse et orchestreo
　 Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op.67, etc.

 

Date:　July 30, 2000
Performers: Junior Philharmonic Orchestra
Place:　Showa Women's University Hitomi Memorial Hall
Program:　Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor op.95 "From the New World" etc.

 

Date: July 31, 2000
Performance: Lunch Time Classic Concert: All Mozart Program
Performers: Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra
Place:　 Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall
Program Mozart Symphony No. 41 (Jupiter), 1st Movement
　 　 Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, 1st Movement
　 　 Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, 2nd & 3rd Movement
　 　 5 Contredanses No.1 ("Le Nozze di Figaro"-Non piu andrai) , etc

 

Date:　August 3, 2000
Performance: Summer Concert
Performers:　Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra
Place:　Kamakura Art Hall
Program J. Strauss, Jr Vergnugungszug
　 Debussy "Children's Corner"-Golliwogg's Cake-Wark
　 Mozart Concert Rondo for Piano in D major
　 Bizet Highlights from "Carmen"

 

Date: September 11 ,2000 at 19:00
Performance:　Tokyo Masterpiece Music Salon (Tomin Meikyoku Salon)
Performers:　Tokyo Symphony Orchestra; Paula Almerares (soprano)
Place:　 Musashino Public Hall, ARTE (Tokyo)
Program Verdi "La Traviata"-Ah fors'e lui che l'anima
- Sempre libera
　 Puccnini "Gianni Schicchi"-O mio babbino caro
　 Gounod "Romeo et Juliette"-Ah! Je veux vivre
　 Mascagni "Cavalleria Rusticana"-Intermezzo

 

Date: October 1, 2000 at 14:00
Performance:　Aichi Technology Highschool 100th Anniversary Concert
Performers:　Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra
Place:　Aichi Pref. Art Theater
Program Handel "Water Music" Suite -Allegro
　 Albinoni Adagio
　 J.S. Bach Toccata e Fuga
　 Dvorak Symphony No. 9 in E minor, op.95 "From the New World"

 

Date: November 18, 2000 at 18:30
Performance:　Official Debut Concert: All Dvorak Program
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Performers Japan Shinsei Symphony Orchestra
　 Takeichiro Hirai (violoncello solo)
Place:　Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall　
Program Dvorak Slavonic Dance No. 1 in C major
　 　 Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104
　 　 Symphony No. 9 in E minor, op.95 "From the New World"

 

Date: December 10, 2000 at 14:00
Performance:　Shizuoka Pref. 100th Anniversary Music Festival
Orchestra:　Shizuoka Symphony Orchestra
Performers Hideaki Hirai /Naozumi Yamamoto (conductor)
　 Shizuoka "Choral" Symphony Chorus
　 Shizuoka Chamber Opera Theatre, etc
Place:　Granship Shizuoka Concert Hall
Program 静岡県の童謡・唱歌100年
　 ちゃっきりぶしから静岡賛歌まで
　 Puccnini Highlights from "Madame Butterfly"
　 Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op.125 (Choral), 3rd & 4th Movements



Date: March 30, 2001
Performers:　Junior Philharmonic Orchestra
Place:　Yamanashi Pref. Minobu City Hall
Program Mendelssohn Overture"Fingal's Cave"
　 　 Symphony no. 5 in D major (Reformation)

 

Date: April 1, 2001 at 14:00
Performers:　Junior Philharmonic Orchestra
Place:　 Musashino Public Hall, ARTE
Program Mendelssohn Overture"Fingal's Cave"
　 　 Symphony no. 5 in D major (Reformation)

Date:　June 8, 2001 at 13:30
Orchestra:　New Japan Philharmonic:
Performers Hideaki Hirai (conductor)
　 Motoko Murozumi (organ)
　 Ikue Hisatake (soprano)
Place:　Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space
Program J. Williams Theme from "The Star Wars"
　 Tchaikovsky Waltz of the Flowers
　 Mozart "Le Nozze di Figaro"
-Voi, che sapete che cosa e'amor
　 Mascagni "Cavalleria Rusticana"-Intermezzo
　 J. Strauss, Jr Feuerfest!
　 Smetana Vltava(Moldau)

Date:　June 18, 2001 at 10:30 and 13:30
June 19, 2001 at 10:30 and 13:30
Orchestra:　New Japan Philharmonic
Performers:　Hideaki Hirai (conductor); Kaoru Nanba (flute)
Place:　Ota Public Hall, Aprico (Tokyo)
Program J. Williams Theme from "The Star Wars"
　 Tchaikovsky Waltz of the Flowers
　 Mozart Flute Concerto No. 2
　 Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op.67


Date:　August 5, 2001 at 13:00 and 16:00
Performance:　Philia Family Concert
Orchestra:　Keio Univ. Wagner Society Orchestra
Performers:　Hideaki Hirai (Conductor); Naoki Tsuboi (MC, TV Asahi)
Place:　Philia Hall (Yokohama)
Program Sousa Stars and Stripes Forever
　 Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 5
　 J. Strauss, Jr. Unter Donner und Blitz
　 Dvorak Slavonic Dance in E minor
Symphony No.9 in E minor op.95 "From the New World" 4th Movement

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Date:　August 25, 2001 at 15:30
Performance:　Shibuya UNESCO Association Charity Concert
Orchestra:　 Shibuya UNESCO Orchestra
Performers:　 Hideaki Hirai (conductor); Motoki Hirai (piano)
Place:　Tokyo Women's Plaza
Program Mozart "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik," 1st Movement
　 　 Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, 1st Movement
　 Suk Serenade for Strings, 1st Movement
　 Tchaikovsky

Serenade for Strings, 2nd Movement
　 Mozart Divertimento in D major, 3rd Movement


Date:　October 28, 2001 at 11:00 and 15:00
Performance:　Sumida Commnuity Concert
Orchestra:　 New Japan Philharmonic
Performers:　Hideaki Hirai (conductor); Hayato Takenaka (violin); Shiro Ide (horn)