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Masterpieces Performed by NHK Symphony Orchestra Season 4

December. 30,2020
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Masterpieces Performed by NHK Symphony Orchestra

The NHK Symphony Orchestra leads Japan's classical music world. It held its first concert in 1927 and has since performed regularly for over 90 years. It continues its excellent performance to this day and has gained international recognition for performances with renowned conductors and soloists. Enjoy the vibrant music forged by the NHK Symphony Orchestra and each conductor's highly individual interpretations that created these unforgettable performances. Music critic Katayama Morihide and presenter Yamamoto Miki set the scene in an introductory segment to the prerecorded concerts.

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Masterpieces Performed by NHK Symphony Orchestra

2019

A selection of top performances by NHK Symphony Orchestra with world-class conductors to mark the end of the unprecedented 2020 and ring in the New Year.

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Miki Yamamoto, Morihide Katayama
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Masterpieces Performed by NHK Symphony Orchestra Season 4 Full Episode Guide

Episode 3 - Herbert Blomstedt: Beethoven, Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55, “Eroica”
First Aired: January. 01,2021

In the final episode of this season, we present Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”. The conductor is Herbert Blomstedt. The piece has long been performed with large orchestras, but now there is renewed interest in smaller sized orchestras, with fewer string players. Blomstedt has taken this approach and it was successful with very fresh and confident performance.

Episode 2 - Vladimir Fedoseyev: Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
First Aired: December. 31,2020

In the second episode, we present Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4., which Tchaikovsky himself referred as the best work he had done, with much satisfaction at the time of the completion of the work. The conductor is the Russian maestro Vladimir Fedoseyev.

Episode 1 - Paavo Järvi: Rachmaninoff, Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44
First Aired: December. 30,2020

To start off this season, we present Rakhmaninov's Symphony No. 3, a masterpiece by one of Russia's foremost composers. The masterpiece was written after Rakhmaninov had left his home and emigrated to the United States. The conductor is Paavo Järvi, the chief conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra. He says the piece stands at the pinnacle of Russian Romantic symphonies.

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