-　Salute to Seiji Ozawa at 60　（left: the Leaflet,  right: the program） -

Suntory Hall,  1 September, 1995

NHK-TV  "Seiji Ozawa and the friends  - 60th Birthday Concert-" 

 - From the top: "Variations on the theme of HAPPY BIRTHDAY" arr. by John Williams

left: Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.3,    right: Hikaru Oe "A Talk"

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　　　　   　 　Conductors: Mstislav Rostropovich,    Kazuyoshi Akiyama

                          Hosts: Benjamin Luxon,    Hikaru Nishida

                        Staging: David Kneuss

           Stage Designers : John Michael Deegan,    Sarah G. Conly

PROGRAM

　1. Eitetsu Hayashi    Taiko solo

　2. Toru Takemitsu    "Signals from Heaven"  -Fanfare : Day Signal    Cond.: Mstislav Rostropovich

　3. Rimsky-Korsakov    "Capriccio Espagnol"        Cond.: Mstislav Rostropovich

　4. Berlioz    "The Damnation of Faust"  -Ballad of the King of Thulé"        Cond.: Kazuyoshi Akiyama

         (m.sop) Frederica von Stade

　5. Hua Yan-Jun (arr. Maki Ishii)    Er Quan Ying Yue        Cond.: Kazuyoshi Akiyama

         （Erhu） Jiang Jian-Hua

　6. Prokofiev   Piano Concerto No.3 in C major, Op.26　-2nd & 3rd movement

         (piano) Martha Argerich    Cond.: Mstislav Rostropovich

　　  --- Interval ---

　7. J. S. Bach    Suite for Unaccompanied Violoncello No.5 BWV.1011 -Sarabande

         (cello) Mstislav Rostropovich

  8. Katsuya Yokoyama    Shakuhachi solo "San-An"

　* "History of Seiji" by film

　9. Special Tribute

　　　Dovořák (arr.Hogenberg)    "Als die alte Mutter"　　（sop) Maria Fausta Gallamini

　　  England traditional folk song (arr.Hogenberg)    "Drink To Me Only"    （bariton) Benjamin Luxon　　

         (viola) Nobuko Imai　　(piano) Blanche d'Harcout

 11. Hikari Oe    Music for Cello and Piano "A Talk" (New Piece)

         (piano) Martha Argerich    (cello) Mstislav Rostropovich

 12. Yumans （arr. Shostakovich）　"Tea for Two"    Cond.: Mstislav Rostropovich

 13. Beethoven    Choral Fantasia Op.80    Cond.: Seiji Ozawa

         (piano) Peter Serkin

　　　　（sop1) Maria Fausta Gallamini　　(sop2) Rika Iwai

         (m.sop) Frederica von Stade

　　　　（ten1) Hiroyuki Yoshida　　（ten2) Kanichi Suzuki

         （bariton) Benjamin Luxon

　　　　Chorus: Seijo Chor,  Shin-yukai Chor,  Tokyo Opera Singers

　　　　Special Memorial Orchestra / Guest Players from the following Orchestra

　　　　　　　Chicago Symphony Orchestra

　　　　　　　Toronto Symphony Orchestra

　　　　　　　San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

　　　　　　　Boston Symphony Orchestra

　　　　　　　Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra

　　　　　　　Saito Kinen Orchestra

　　　　　　　Toho Gakuen Orchestra

　　　　　　　Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

　　　　　　　Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

　　　　　　Hosting Orchestra: New Japan Philharmonic

 14.  "Variations on the theme of HAPPY BIRTHDAY" arr. by John Williams

              Cond.: Mstislav Rostropovich / All performers and gests

　　 Cooperation: Suntory Hall,  Hotel Okura

                      Recording Date:  1 September, 1995 (live)

                     Recording Place:  Suntory Hall, Tokyo

                              Recording:  NHK.    NHK-Ch1 was broadcasted on 15 September, 1995 (digest version)

                                                          NHK-BS2 was broadcasted on 21 September, 1995 (complete version)