Masterpiece Performances of NHK Symphony Orchestra to be Aired and Transmitted to the World from NHK WORLD-JAPAN

Some of the finest selections of the NHK Symphony Orchestra’s performances conducted by world’s foremost conductors are to be broadcast and transmitted on-line this summer again from NHK WORLD-JAPAN, the English-language international broadcasting channel of NHK. Collaborations with the most prominent maestros – Fabio Luisi, Tugan Sokhiev and Wolfgang Sawallisch - and the NHK Symphony Orchestra will be transmitted worldwide.

The programs are available worldwide via satellite broadcasting, cable television, or IPTV, and the live streaming on the NHK WORLD-JAPAN’s website. You can also enjoy On Demand service on the website for three months after the broadcast. (Free of charge)

We hope you enjoy the programs.

Title of the program: Masterpieces performed by NHK Symphony Orchestra VII

Program presenter : Miki Yamamoto (Caster / NHK WORLD-JAPAN )
Guest : Morihide Katayama (Professor, Keio University / Music Critic)

Broadcast schedule and programs: Four times each day at 9:10am, 3:10pm, 9:10pm & 3:10am on the following day (JST) (duration: 49 minutes)

Sunday, August 7
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/special/episode/202208070910/
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Rimsky-Korsakov / Scheherazade, symphonic suite Op. 35
Recorded on May 29, 2022 at Okinawa Convention Center Theater

Saturday, August 13
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/special/episode/202208130910/
Tugan Sokhiev, conductor
Berlioz / Harold en Italie, sym. with solo vla. Op. 16
Recorded on January 26, 2019 at NHK Hall

Saturday, August 20
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/special/episode/202208200910/
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
R.Strauss / Ein Heldenleben, tone poem Op. 40
Recorded on November 14, 2002 at NHK Hall


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