April 2020 – March 2021 Season Lineup
NewsThe TMSO’s 2020 Season Lineup
Kazushi ONO, Music Director, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
©Herbie Yamaguchi
Dear subscribers and dedicated supporters:
The Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra (TMSO) is delighted to announce its brand-new lineup for the 2020 season.
Upcoming in 2020 are a host of commemorative events including the TMSO’s 55th anniversary; the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II; the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth; and above all the second Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games to be hosted in Tokyo. As a fitting tribute to this occasion, “Celebration 2020: Music of Prayer, Music of Hope” has been chosen as the overall theme of this season’s TMSO program.
In an expression of the joyous spirit of celebration that characterizes this season, I will be conducting, as the TMSO’s Music Director, Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 2, “Lobgesang” Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, “Auferstehung ” and the world premiere of the piece commissioned to Mark-Anthony Turnage in the lead-up to the 2020 Games. And Principal Guest Conductor Alan Gilbert will be conducting Mozart’s Symphonies Nos. 39, 40, and 41. The spirit of deep prayer, on the other hand, will be presented in the form of Honegger’s “Symphonie Liturgique” conducted by Honorary Conductor for Life Kazuhiro Koizumi; “Babi Yar” conducted by Conductor Laureate Eliahu Inbal; and Akira Miyoshi’s Requiem; Psaume; KYÔ-MON conducted by Kazuki Yamada, who will be making his TMSO Subscription Concert debut. Hope for the future will be expressed not only with pieces such as Carl Nielsen’s “The Inextinguishable,” Elgar’s Symphony No. 1, and Brahms’s Symphony No. 1, but also with numerous joint performances with next-generation talent such as Jakub Hrůša, who will return to the TMSO for the first time in three seasons; and Klaus Mäkelä, whose debut performance in Japan was with the TMSO back in 2018.
Another fascinating treat in the pipeline is TMSO’s project to perform all nine Beethoven symphonies—thereby allowing listeners to compare and contrast them—across our concert series under the direction of seven conductors.
Nothing could be more rewarding to me than to be able to deliver the choicest of choice music to accompany what will be an anniversary-filled year and a landmark year for the TMSO, and share with audience members the deep pleasure of music.
April 2020 – March 2021 Season Programs
“Celebration 2020: Music of Prayer, Music of Hope”
(8. October 2019)
| Subscription Concert A Series (Venue: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan; 19:00) | |
| No.902 Tue. 21. April 2020, 19:00 Klaus MÄKELÄ, Conductor Sibelius: Spring Song, op.16 |
No.903 Fri. 8. May 2020, 19:00 Kazuki YAMADA, Conductor Miyoshi: “Requiem” for Chorus and Orchestra（1971）* |
| No.905 Mon. 20. July 2020, 19:00 Kazushi ONO, Conductor Turnage: Time Flies（Commissioned by TMSO, BBCSO and NDR Elbphil. World Premiere） |
No.911 Wed. 11. November 2020, 19:00 Osmo VÄNSKÄ, Conductor Sibelius: “Karelia”, Overture, op.10 |
| No.915 Thu. 17. December 2020, 19:00 Kazuhiro KOIZUMI, Conductor Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 in D Minor, op.15 |
No.916 Tue. 12. January 2021, 19:00 Eliahu INBAL, Conductor Bartók: “The Miraculous Mandarin” Suite, op.19 Sz.73 |
| No.920 Mon. 22. February 2021, 19:00 Kazushi ONO, Conductor Mahler: Symphony No.2 in C minor, “Auferstehung” |
No.923 Thu. 25. March 2021, 19:00 Jun MÄRKL, Conductor Toshio HOSOKAWA: Uzu for Orchestra (2019) |
| Subscription Concert B Series (Venue: Suntory Hall; 19:00) | |
| No.900 Fri. 3. April 2020, 19:00 Kazushi ONO, Conductor Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54 |
No.907 Fri. 31. July 2020, 19:00 Alan GILBERT, Conductor Mozart: Symphony No.39 in E-flat major, K.543 |
| No.908 Wed. 16. September 2020, 19:00 Kazushi ONO, Conductor Beethoven: Triple Concerto for Violin, Violoncello and Piano in C major, op.56 |
No.910 Mon. 12. October 2020, 19:00 Kazuhiro KOIZUMI, Conductor Brahms: Symphony No.3 in F major, op.90 |
| No.914 Thu. 10. December 2020, 19:00 Jakub HRŮŠA, Conductor Dvořák: “The Water Goblin”, op.107 B.195 |
No.917 Wed. 13. January 2021, 19:00 Eliahu INBAL, Conductor Bartók: “The Miraculous Mandarin” Suite, op.19 Sz.73 |
| No.919 Sat. 20. February 2021, 19:00 Kazushi ONO, Conductor Mahler: Symphony No.2 in C minor, “Auferstehung” |
No.922 Mon. 15. March 2021, 19:00 Tadaaki OTAKA, Conductor Takemitsu: Family Tree – Musical Verses for Young People |
| Subscription Concert C Series (Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre; 14:00) | |
| No.901 Mon. 20. April 2020, 14:00 Klaus MÄKELÄ, Conductor Sibelius: Spring Song, op.16 |
No.904 Sun. 17. May 2020, 14:00 Kazuhiro KOIZUMI, Conductor Beethoven: Symphony No.1 in C major, op.21 |
| No.906 Thu. 30. July 2020, 14:00 Alan GILBERT, Conductor Mozart: Symphony No.39 in E-flat major, K.543 |
No.909 Sun. 4. October 2020, 14:00 Thomas DAUSGAARD, Conductor Langgaard: Sphinx, BVN 37 |
| No.912 Sun. 15. November 2020, 14:00 Osmo VÄNSKÄ, Conductor Hanson: Symphony No.2, op.30, “Romantic” |
No.913 Sat. 5. December 2020, 14:00 Jakub HRŮŠA, Conductor Janáček: Prelude to “From the House of the Dead” |
| No.918 Tue. 19. January 2021, 14:00 Eliahu INBAL, Conductor Beethoven: Symphony No.6 in F major, op.68, “Pastorale” |
No.921 Sun. 28. February 2021, 14:00 Kazushi ONO, Conductor Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre, op.40 |
| Promenade Concert Series (Venue: Suntory Hall; 14:00) | |
| No.387 Sun. 12. July 2020, 14:00 Daniele RUSTIONI, Conductor Verdi: Overture to “Les vêpres siciliennes” |
No.388 Sat. 12. September 2020, 14:00 Kazushi ONO, Conductor Mozart: Symphony No.36 in C major, K.425, ” Linz” |
| No.389 Mon. 23. November 2020, 14:00 Kazuhiro KOIZUMI, Conductor Glinka: Overture to “Ruslan and Lyudmila” |
No.390 Thu. 11. February 2021, 14:00 Sascha GOETZEL, Conductor Beethoven: “Wellingtons Sieg, oder die Schlacht bei Vittoria”, op.91 |
| No.391 Sat. 20. March 2021, 14:00 Masato SUZUKI, Conductor Ravel: “Ma Mère l’Oye”, Suite |
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| TMSO Special |
| TMSO Special “Beethoven’s 9th” Thu. 24. December 2020, 19:00 at Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Fri. 25. December 2020, 19:00 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Sat. 26. December 2020, 14:00 at Suntory Hall Alan GILBERT, Conductor Beethoven: Symphony No.9 in D minor, op.125, “Choral” |