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 - Concert Schedule 2003-
 

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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:

To be announced
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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
Ticket Price: Admission limited to Kawamura Gakuen personnel
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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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