The University of Tokyo Philomusica Symphony Orchestra 64th Subscription Concert

Midsummer All-nighters" is a folkloric dance and nature depiction based on a scene from the Swedish Midsummer Festival, a traditional Swedish event. One of Hugo Alveen's Swedish rhapsodies, it is a colorful depiction of Nordic festivals and the liveliness of the people.

Pictures at an Exhibition," in which a fantastical world rises up along with the progression of the paintings. The orchestra will perform excerpts from impressive scenes from this work, which was given new life as an orchestral work by the renowned orchestral magician Ravel, who infused it with a rich palette of colors.

The Symphonie fantastique tells the story of a young artist who falls madly in love and is haunted by hallucinations.
It is a vivid and psychedelic autobiographical symphony by the French composer Berlioz.

Through the theme music of composers living in different times and societies, the program depicts human activity from multiple angles, from seething individual emotions to cultural activities.