Festa Summer Muza Kawasaki 2013 Opening Concert Report
Hello, my name is Pale Gyunta.
When I was a child I loved the stories of Peer Gynt.
What I liked about it was that the main character was so pathetic, and that he felt the bittersweetness of life. And there was a character called "Anitra", who I found extremely seductive. Even children are weak to seductiveness, after all.
During music class in elementary school, I listened to Peer Gynt, which I had read and learned. I liked it right away and found myself humming the familiar melody. Such memories from childhood tend to stay with me forever.
Now, years have passed, and unfortunately, Pale Gyunta, who remains a child even though he has become an old man, has descended from the sky.
In Kawasaki!
The Tokyo Symphony Orchestra will be performing!
Peer Gynt!!!
To listen!!!
(But I arrived a little early so I had a mixed grill lunch at Lazona, looked around for T-shirts, and just lazed around.)
Today's program is an "All Grieg Program".
"Medieval March" from the Suite "Crusader Sigur" Op. 56
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16
Then there was the piece I was looking forward to, "Peer Gynt."
The Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall is beautifully designed, like a terraced field or a spiral.
Utsuku C!
There is also a pipe organ. I love pipe organs, so I was really excited, and I was bleeding from my nostrils, and I was wondering if I would just faint or die...
A crazy live performance!!
He immediately licked his lips and perked up his ears.
To cut through the rest and just give my personal opinion, I was blown away by the sound of the Triangle. Imagine the Jimi Hendrix Experience playing with smoke coming out of their amps and you ding the Triangle.
You won't hear anything.
However, no matter how heavy the orchestra's ensemble is, the sound of the triangle never gets lost in its proper arrangement. It's like a caper to smoked salmon, or mitsuba to oyakodon.
It could be said that this is what orchestral arrangements are all about, but the design of the hall creates a synergistic effect.
Conductor: Hubert Soudant Performer: Tokyo Symphony Orchestra Photography: Masanori Hotta
Conductor: Hubert Soudant Piano: Masaru Kosuge Photography: Masanori Hotta
Conductor: Hubert Soudant Soprano: Yukiko Arakaki Photography: Masanori Hotta
Many godlike composers say that music is something that is captured from thin air, but the captured sound returns to thin air when it is played. This hall itself, with its smooth lingering sound, is a wonderful sound system. Looking around, there are surprisingly many people dozing off while enjoying the music.
Bravo!
When the voice was raised, some people seemed to wake up with a start. I think that is a wonderful and graceful thing. It goes without saying that there are dreams that can only be had by listening to this music here.
There's lyricism, pathos, blues, sophistication, a sense of drowsiness from satisfaction and happiness, and finally, endless applause.
Ugh! My heart was filled.
At the end of his life, Peer Gynt finds himself running around trying to prove to a mysterious and terrifying button maker whose job it is to melt ordinary people into buttons that he has not lived an ordinary life.
Rather than trying to glean lessons from these things, we simply accept them as they are.
I can't help but think deeply about what it means to melt a human being into a button.
I haven't changed at all since the old days.
With such thoughts in mind, Pale Gyunta headed to Kawasaki Station, boarded the Keihin-Tohoku Line and returned to the world of the story.
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Jin Ishigami
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