commissioned concert

36th Takasaki New Year's Day Concert

Thursday, January 1, 2026

Doors open: 12:30 Start: 13:30

Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre

Conductor: Naoto Otomo
Soprano/Misaki Morino *
Violin/Rina Nakano **
Piano/Kotaro Fukuma ***

J. Strauss II / Overture to the Opera "Die Fledermaus"
Johann Strauss II / Waltz "Voices of Spring" Op. 410 *
Grieg: Prelude from Suite "From Holberg's Time", Op. 40
Handel / "Make me weep" from the opera "Rinaldo"*
Bruch / Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26, 3rd movement **
Rachmaninoff / Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, 1st movement ***
Anderson/Sledding
Anderson/Prink-Plank-Plunk
Britten: Fugue from "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra", Op. 34
Wagner / Overture to the opera "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"