Miki Yamamoto
Self - Host
Masterpieces Performed by NHK Symphony Orchestra (2019)
IV
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.
Released May 4, 2019
Episode 48 min
None+
Keywords: tmdb.classical-music, tmdb.symphony-orchestra, tmdb.classical-concert, tmdb.music
Production Companies: NHK, NHK Enterprises
Network: NHK WORLD-JAPAN
S4E1 - Paavo Järvi: Rachmaninoff, Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44
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.
Dec. 30, 2020, midnight
S4E2 - Vladimir Fedoseyev: Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
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.
Dec. 31, 2020, midnight
S4E3 - Herbert Blomstedt: Beethoven, Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55, “Eroica”
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.
Jan. 1, 2021, midnight
Network: NHK WORLD-JAPAN
Episode Runtime: 48 min.
Season Runtime: 1468 min.
Released: May 4, 2019
Last Air Date: Jan. 4, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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