JapanNYC A citywide festival led by Artistic Director Seiji Ozawa, explores the Japan of today, where newfound artistic sensibilities continue to transform and revitalize the cultural landscape. Featuring great classical music artists as well as Noh theater, manga, film, butoh dance, pop art exhibitions, and a variety of music genres, JapanNYC embraces a breathtaking diversity of traditional and contemporary arts. The cornerstones to the festival are provided by Maestro Ozawa himself, as he leads performances by two major Japanese ensembles that he founded, the Saito Kinen Orchestra and the Seiji Ozawa Ongaku-juku (Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Orchestra).

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Saturday, December 18, 2010 at 8 PM

This concert is part of the Choral Classics and the Japan’s Great Orchestras Mix Students series.

Tickets from $17 – $100

Hear Seiji Ozawa perform one of his signature works with one of the world’s best orchestras, as named by classical-music tastemaker Gramophone. Britten completed his mammoth statement against war in 1962 to consecrate the new Coventry Cathedral, and in it he intersperses Latin texts from the Mass for the Dead with shocking depictions of battle by Wilfred Owen, a British poet who served in World War I.

The Program

Saito Kinen Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, Music Director and Conductor
Christine Goerke, Soprano
Anthony Dean Griffey, Tenor
Matthias Goerne, Baritone
SKF Matsumoto Choir
Ritsuyukai Choir
SKF Matsumoto Children’s Chorus
Pierre Vallet, Chorus Master

For more info: http://www.carnegiehall.org/article/box_office/series/brochure/japannyc/index.aspx