Recorded live in May, 2014 at Mozart Hall in Brno, Czech Republic
平井秀明 指揮
チェコ・ヴィルトゥオージ室内管弦楽団
- モーツァルト：交響曲第35番ニ長調「ハフナー」より、
第2楽章（抜粋）
2014年5月 モーツァルト・ホール（ブルノ、チェコ共和国）
Hideaki Hirai: AVE MARIA - Dedicated to Pope Francis and the City of Vatican and performed at the Official Mass of the St. Peter's Cathedral on October 28, 2017.
About recording: Hakusan Glee Club (Mixed Chorus); Hideaki Hirai, conductor
Recorded live in Dec. 1, 2018 at Suginami Kokaido in Tokyo, Japan
Hideaki Hirai (Conductor/Composer) conducts his own work, the Intermezzo from his acclaimed opera "Princess From The Moon" (KAGUYA-HIME) in Vienna in 2012.
Ludwig van Beethoven's final symphony "the Symphony No. 9" has been sending the message of the universal brotherhood and hope to the audience of all over the world. The first performance of this symphony in Japan or even in Asia was on June 1, 1918, which was by German prisoners of wars who were captured at the Bando POW camp located in Naruto, Tokushima, a small town in Shikoku island.
What made it possible for them to perform the symphony even though they were prisoners of wars? You will be surprised to know the historical fact behind this event, which is nothing short of miraculous. To spread this historical event, a flash mob to perform the Symphony No. 9 was held in Tokyo, in which members of choral societies including those who are from Naruto became together to sing the Ode to Joy.