Pacific Philharmonia Tokyo The 176th Subscription Concert

Highlights of the concert
　Keitaro Harada, who has been remarkably active mainly in Europe and the United States and is also a regular conductor in Japan, will appear on stage. He will perform a program that will bring out his full potential.
　Bizet's "Carmen" Suite is a work characterized by beautiful melodies and bouncy rhythms, and it is inevitable that the brilliance that Harada will bring to the program will make the audience's hearts skip a beat. Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 is also a masterpiece whose key is rhythm, so the music will be clearer and more dynamic than ever, and the familiar work will be refreshed as a fresh symphonic masterpiece.
　The most noteworthy work on this program is R. Strauss's "Aristocrat" Suite. This is an exquisite chamber music work (including many dances) with a neoclassical flavor, which is unusual for Strauss.　It will be very interesting to see how Harada constructs and creates lively music. Of course, the composer's works are not as popular as his symphonic poems and operas, so the chance to hear them performed live is a rare treat.
　How will Harada, who breathes life into any kind of music, bring out the brilliance of these very famous and somewhat rare pieces? This time, exciting impressions that only a live performance by a pulsating master conductor can provide await you.

Katsuhiko Shibata (music critic)