commissioned concert

The 29th NTT East Gunma Branch Charity Gunma Symphony Orchestra Spring Concert

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Doors open: 15:30 Start: 16:30

Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre

Conductor/Ken Takaseki
Violin/Miyu Tachibana*
Orchestra/Gunma Symphony Orchestra

Saint-Saëns / Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61 *
Tchaikovsky / Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

Other sponsored performances

For supporting groups

GT Symphonic Concert vol.6 Film Music Masterpieces Selection, Masterpieces Revived on the Screen III "Fantasia" Concert with Video

Saturday, March 7, 2026

Doors open 13:00 Performance starts 14:00

Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre

Conductor: Taizo Takemoto
Guide/Satoshi Asaoka

"Fantasia's Masterpieces"
Part 1 (performance only)
Elgar/Pomp and Circumstance No. 1
Mussorgsky / Night on Bald Mountain
Stravinsky: Kaschei - Lullaby - Finale from "The Firebird"
Part 2 (with video)
Beethoven: "First Movement" from Symphony "Pastoral" (arranged by Hajime Kawakami)
Dukas / Symphonic Poem "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (arranged by Hajime Kawakami and CHIAKi)
Tchaikovsky / Ballet "The Nutcracker" (arranged by Kenji Kozuka)
Ponchielli / "Dance of Time" "Finale" from the opera "La Gioconda" (arranged by Hajime Kawakami)

Other sponsored performances

For supporting groups

The 19th Gunma Symphony Orchestra Chamber Music Concert Clarinet Section Production Clarinet and German Songs ~ Featuring Saki Nakae and Tomoki Kitamura ~

Thursday, March 19, 2026

Doors open 18:15 Starts 19:00

Takasaki City Theatre Concert Hall

Clarinet/Nishikawa Tomoya (Principal, Gunma Symphony Orchestra)
Clarinet/Tomoko Tamura (Principal Clarinet, Gunma Symphony Orchestra)
Clarinet/Yuka Takako (member of the Gunma Symphony Orchestra)
(Guest) Soprano/Saki Nakae
(Guest) Piano/Tomonori Kitamura

Mozart / No. 2 from 5 Divertimento K.439b (Anh.229)
Meyerbeer/Shepherd's Song
Lahana / A Woman's Love and Life
Berg / Four Pieces, Op. 5
Mahler / Symphony No. 4, 4th movement "Life in Heaven"
Koch / Songs of Istanbul [Japan Premiere]
Kreutzer/ Waterwheel
Widmann/Fantasy
Schubert / Shepherd on the Rock D.965

Other sponsored performances

For supporting groups

Gunma Symphony Orchestra 80th Anniversary Commemoration "Beethoven: Complete Symphonies Concert" 4st

Sunday, March 22, 2026

Doors open 14:00 Starts 15:00

Shoken Gakuen Maebashi Hall Large Hall

Conductor: Pietari Inkinen

Sibelius / Symphonic Poem "Forest Spirits" Op. 45-1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"
Beethoven/Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

Subscription Concert

For supporting groups

616th Subscription Concert

Saturday, March 28, 2026

Doors open 15:00 Performance starts 16:00

Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre

Conductor/Norichika Iimori (Permanent Conductor of the Gunkyoku Symphony Orchestra)
Violin/Fumino Ito (Gunma Symphony Orchestra Solo Concertmaster)*
Clarinet/Nishikawa Tomoya (Principal Clarinet, Gunma Symphony Orchestra) *
Harp/Kazuko Shinozaki *
Soprano/Kobayashi Sara **
Mezzo-soprano/Yuga Yamashita **
Tenor/Kota Murakami **
Baritone/Uchuu Onishi **
Chorus/Kunitachi College of Music (chorus conductor: Yoshinao Kihara) **

Akira Nishimura / Triple Concerto "Butterfly Dream" for violin, harp, clarinet and orchestra (2023) *
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral" **

Tokyo Subscription concert

For supporting groups

Tokyo Regular Concert (Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre)

Sunday, March 29, 2026

Doors open 14:00 Performance starts 15:00

Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Concert Hall

Conductor/Norichika Iimori (Permanent Conductor of the Gunkyoku Symphony Orchestra)
Violin/Fumino Ito (Gunma Symphony Orchestra Solo Concertmaster)*
Clarinet/Nishikawa Tomoya (Principal Clarinet, Gunma Symphony Orchestra) *
Harp/Kazuko Shinozaki *
Soprano/Kobayashi Sara **
Mezzo-soprano/Yuga Yamashita **
Tenor/Kota Murakami **
Baritone/Uchuu Onishi **
Chorus/Kunitachi College of Music (chorus conductor: Yoshinao Kihara) **

Akira Nishimura / Triple Concerto "Butterfly Dream" for violin, harp, clarinet and orchestra (2023) *
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral" **