Tomomi Nishimoto Cross-Medium Concert:
A Picture Scroll of Human Music History (In 4 Chapters)

2026.03.22 (sun.)

15:00 (doors open at 14:00)

Omiya Sonic City

< Writer and Conductor >
Tomomi Nishimoto

< Poetry and Recitation >
Yoshiko Sakuma

< Harpsichord >
Mayako Sone

< Piano>
Madoka Fukami

< Soprano >
Ayako Suo

< Koto>
Reiri Yamana

< Navigator (Princess Margarita)>
Voice Actor Yuki Maeda

< Orchestra >
IlluminArt Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO)

< Dancers >
IlluminArt Ballet (IPB)

< Chorus >
IlluminArt Chorus (IPO)

< Opening >
1902: Ravel - from Pavane pour une infante défunte for piano
1911: Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte for orchestra

< Chapter 1 >
"The Oldest Pieces in Japan and the World, from Ancient Times to the Renaissance"

Recreating the emotions placed by Seikilos, who lived in ancient times, into a song he left behind for a loved one.
Gregorian chant, as well as the Western music heard by chancellor Toyotomi Hideyoshi will also be be resurrected.

200 BCE: Seikilos (Arr. Osamu Katsuki)
9th Century: Veni Creator Spiritus (compiled by Rabanus Maurus Magnentius)
16th Century: Mille regretz: La Canción del Emperador
17th Century: Yatsuhashi Kengyo - Rokudan no shirabe, Rokudan no shirabe wa soyogu (Arr. Hideaki Haginomori)

< Chapter 2 >
"From Baroque to the Classics: Hands Joined by Words and Music"

Experience stories of scenery told through music such as Vivaldi's The Four Seasons and Beethoven!

1723: Vivaldi - Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione, No. 1 "Spring" (Mvt. 1), No. 2 "Summer" (Mvt. 3)
1791: Mozart – "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen," aria by the Queen of the Night from the opera The Magic Flute
1808: Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 "Fate" (Mvt. 1)

< Chapter 3 >
"The Romantics and the Nationalist School"

The thoughts and feelings of men spoken through romantic and nationalist school music.

1896: Richard Strauss – Section 1: Einleitung (Introduction) – Sonnenaufgang (Sunrise) from Also sprach Zarathustra
1901: Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 (Mvt. 1)
1882: Smetana – Piece 2, The Moldau (Vltava) from the symphonic poem cycle Má vlast (My Fatherland)

< Chapter 4 >
"The Music of Nations Through Ballet and Opera, As Well as Co-Creation / The Sounds of Earth, Connecting Us to the Future"

Aida, Swan Lake, Haru no Umi... A Bolero that resonates with all the performers.
Humanity has connected to the world through sounds and music. It's time to create a sonic space together!

1929: Michio Miyagi – Haru no Umi
1982: Tchaikovsky – Chinese Dance and Arabian Dance from the ballet The Nutcracker
1877: Tchaikovsky – Hungarian Dance and Spanish Dance from the ballet Swan Lake
1928: Ravel - Bolero
1890: Debussy – Rêverie / Buna no mori no monogatari (poetry by Yoshiko Sakuma)
1871: Verdi – Triumphal March from the opera Aida

< Organizer >
Saitama Public Foundation For Culture And Industry

< Co-organizers >
Office TEN Co., Ltd., RENAISSANCE CLASSICS (DAF)

< Assistance >
Saitama Prefecture
Saitama Board of Education
Saitama City
Saitama City Board of Education

Tickets go on sale to the public at 10 AM, August 30, 2025 (Sat)

< Pacific Concert Management >
03-3552-383 / Weekdays 10 AM – 6 PM (closed Saturday, Sunday, and holidays)