{"id":50029,"date":"2024-06-17T13:29:28","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T04:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokyosymphony.jp\/?page_id=50029"},"modified":"2026-04-01T10:01:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T01:01:22","slug":"chorus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tokyosymphony.jp\/en\/abouttso\/chorus\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo Symphony Chorus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"abouttso__top\">\n    <div class=\"abouttso__inner\">\n    <ul class=\"topicpath\">\n        <li class=\"topicpath__items\"><a href=\"\/\" class=\"topicpath__items-link\">Top<\/a><\/li>\n        <li class=\"topicpath__items\">Tokyo Symphony Chorus<\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n\n    <h2 class=\"abouttso__title\">About TSO<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<main class=\"main\">\n\n    <section class=\"chorus\">\n        <div class=\"chorus__inner\">\n            <h2 class=\"chorus__title\">Tokyo Symphony Chorus<\/h2>\n\n                <div class=\"chorus__contents\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/tso\/assets\/img\/about\/chorus\/chorus_top_2.png\" alt=\"Tokyo Symphony Chorus\" class=\"chorus__img\">\n                    <p class=\"chorus__text\">\n                        Founded on 11 September 1987 as an amateur mixed chorus exclusively for the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. Its aim is &#8216;to perform as one with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and to offer concerts of orchestral music with chorus of higher quality&#8217;. The choir is led by a choral conductor, a vocal coach, an accompanying pianist and a language coach who are familiar with the background of the music they perform and the language used in the lyrics, and they constantly improve the quality of their performances by holding auditions to select the performers for each performance. The orchestra has earned the trust of successive music directors Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Hubert Soudant and Jonathan Nott. In 2020, the choir became the first amateur choir to win the Music Pen Club Prize for Chamber Music and Choir. \n                    <\/p>\n\n                    <div class=\"chorus__box\">\n                        <h3 class=\"chorus__subtitle\">Features of TSC<\/h3>\n                        <p class=\"chorus__text2\">\n                            In addition to entrance examinations, auditions are held to select the performers for each performance.\nAppoints a suitable leader for each piece performed.\nNo group fees, entrance fees or ticket quotas. Most pieces are performed from memory.\n                        <\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"chorus__box\">\n                        <h3 class=\"chorus__subtitle\">Conductors and choral conductors who gave guidance (in Japanese order)<\/h3>\n                        <p class=\"chorus__text2\">\n                            ANDO Joko, UNO Tetsuya\u3001ONUKI Hiroshi\u3001OTANI Kenji\u3001KAWAHARA Tetsuya\u3001GUNJI Hiroshi\u3001SANO Shoichi\u3001TAKEDA Masao\u3001TANAKA Nobuaki\u3001TSUJI Hirohisa\u3001TSUJI Hiroyuki\u3001TSUNODA Kosuke\u3001TOKITO Yasufumi\u3001TOMIHIRA Kyohei\u3001HIMOTO Hidekazu\u3001FUKUSHIMA Akiyasu\u3001HORI Shunsuke\u3001MATSUBARA Chifuru\u3001MISAWA Hirofumi\u3001YAMAGAMI Takeshi                        <\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"chorus__box\">\n                        <h3 class=\"chorus__subtitle\">Past Performance Tracks<\/h3>\n                        \n                        <ul class=\"chorus__list\">\n                            <li class=\"chorus__list-items js-accordion-list\">\n                                <h3 class=\"chorus__list-items--title js-accordion-title\">Beethoven: Symphony no.9<\/h3>\n                                <div class=\"chorus__list-items--text js-showbox\">\n                                    <p class=\"chorus__list-items--text--inner\">\n                                    Performs annually. In September 2001, she performed in Istanbul with the National Istanbul Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and students from the Turkish Music University in a concert celebrating the 55th anniversary of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. In May 2017 and 2023 she will perform at the La Folle Journ\u00e9e Festival. In 2020, we performed a two-piano version of Liszt&#8217;s arrangement for the &#8216;Yell for Art! Tokyo project.\n                                    <\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"chorus__list-items js-accordion-list\">\n                                <h3 class=\"chorus__list-items--title js-accordion-title\">Requiem<\/h3>\n                                <div class=\"chorus__list-items--text js-showbox\">\n                                    <p class=\"chorus__list-items--text--inner\">\n                                    Mozart, Berlioz, Brahms, Verdi, Faur\u00e9, Britten, Durufl\u00e9, Lloyd-Webber, Saegusa, Ligeti\n                                    <\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"chorus__list-items js-accordion-list\">\n                                <h3 class=\"chorus__list-items--title js-accordion-title\">UK<\/h3>\n                                <div class=\"chorus__list-items--text js-showbox\">\n                                    <p class=\"chorus__list-items--text--inner\">\n                                    Tallis: Spem in Alium<br>\nHandel: Messiah<br>\nElgar: Pomp and Circumstance, The Kingdom, The Apostles, The Dream of Gerontius, The Light of Life (Japan premiere)<br>\nVaughan-Williams: Symphony No. 7 &#8216;Sinfonia antartica&#8217;, A Sea Symphony, Dona nobis pacem<br>\nWalton: Belshazzar&#8217;s Feast<br>\nHolst: The Planets (including the Japanese premiere of Pluto by Colin Matthews)<br>\nMacmillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross\n                                    <\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"chorus__list-items js-accordion-list\">\n                                <h3 class=\"chorus__list-items--title js-accordion-title\">German and Austrian <\/h3>\n                                <div class=\"chorus__list-items--text js-showbox\">\n                                <p class=\"chorus__list-items--text--inner\">\n                                J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor, Matthew Passion<br>\n                                Haydn: The Seasons<br>\n                                Mozart: Mass in C minor, Coronation Mass, The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, 3 choruses and 5 interludes for \u2018Thamos, King of Egypt\u2019<br>\n                                Beethoven: Missa solemnis, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage<br>\n                                Schubert: Rosamunde<br>\n                                Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Song of Destiny, Dirge<br>\n                                Liszt: Faust Symphony<br>\n                                Wagner: Tannh\u00e4user, from Meistersinger<br>\n                                Bruckner: Te Deum<br>\n                                J. Strauss II: The Beautiful Blue Danube<br>\n                                Orff: Carmina Burana<br>\n                                Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream, Hymn<br>\n                                Mahler: Song of Lamentation, Symphony No.2, Symphony No.3, Symphony No.8 <br>\n                                Schoenberg: Mose and Aron, Peace on Earth, Jacob&#8217;s Ladder, Gurre-Lieder, A Survivor from Warsaw<br>\n                                Webern: Cantata No. 2\n                                 <\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"chorus__list-items js-accordion-list\">\n                                <h3 class=\"chorus__list-items--title js-accordion-title\">French and Italian<\/h3>\n                                <div class=\"chorus__list-items--text js-showbox\">\n                                    <p class=\"chorus__list-items--text--inner\">\n                                    Rossini: The Barber of Seville, four Verdi from Bruson<br>\nVerdi: opera chorus, triumphant chorus from Aida<br>\nPuccini: Turandot (incl. Berio&#8217;s adaptation)<br>\nBerlioz: The Eternal Punishment of Faust<br>\nRavel: Daphnis et Chloe<br>\nPoulenc: Gloria<br>\nFollet: Pavane<br>\nBizet: Carmen<br>\nConnesson: Heiterkeit (Japan premiere)\n                                    <\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"chorus__list-items js-accordion-list\">\n                                <h3 class=\"chorus__list-items--title js-accordion-title\">Russian<\/h3>\n                                <div class=\"chorus__list-items--text js-showbox\">\n                                    <p class=\"chorus__list-items--text--inner\">\n                                    Borodin: Dances of the Danes<br>\nMussorgsky: Night on the Bald Mountain<br>\nTchaikovsky: Overture 1812<br>\nShostakovich: Song of the Forests, Symphony No. 13 &#8216;Babi Yar&#8217;<br>\nStravinsky: The Wedding, Canticum sacrum, Symphony of Psalms<br>\nProkofiev: Alexander Nevsky<br><br>\n\nGubaidulina: The Canticle of the Sun of St Francis of Assisi\n                                    <\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"chorus__list-items js-accordion-list\">\n                                <h3 class=\"chorus__list-items--title js-accordion-title\">Finnish<\/h3>\n                                <div class=\"chorus__list-items--text js-showbox\">\n                                    <p class=\"chorus__list-items--text--inner\">\n                                    Sibelius: The Tempest, Finlandia, Kullervo\n                                    <\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"chorus__list-items js-accordion-list\">\n                                <h3 class=\"chorus__list-items--title js-accordion-title\">Czech<\/h3>\n                                <div class=\"chorus__list-items--text js-showbox\">\n                                    <p class=\"chorus__list-items--text--inner\">\n                                    Janacek: The Makropulos Affair, The Cunning Little Vixen, Katya Kabanova , From the House of the Dead, The Excursions of Mr. Broucek, Glagolitic Mass\n                                    <\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"chorus__list-items js-accordion-list\">\n                                <h3 class=\"chorus__list-items--title js-accordion-title\">America<\/h3>\n                                <div class=\"chorus__list-items--text js-showbox\">\n                                    <p class=\"chorus__list-items--text--inner\">\n                                    Ives: Symphony No. 4<br>\nJohn Adams: A Flowering Tree\n                                    <\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"chorus__list-items js-accordion-list\">\n                                <h3 class=\"chorus__list-items--title js-accordion-title\">Japan<\/h3>\n                                <div class=\"chorus__list-items--text js-showbox\">\n                                    <p class=\"chorus__list-items--text--inner\">\n                                    Nobutoki: Cantata &#8220;Kaido Tose&#8221;<br>\nIfukube: Symphonic Ode &#8220;Gotama the Buddha&#8221;<br>\nMamiya: 12 Inventions<br>\nHayashi: Collection of Japanese lyric songs<br>\nKozu: hymn<br>\nGenda arr: &#8216;The Four Seasons of Furusato&#8217;.<br>\nSenju:  ManyoShu<br>\n Hattori: Karei Naru Ichizoku\n                                    <\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"chorus__list-items js-accordion-list\">\n                                <h3 class=\"chorus__list-items--title js-accordion-title\">Other<\/h3>\n                                <div class=\"chorus__list-items--text js-showbox\">\n                                    <p class=\"chorus__list-items--text--inner\">\n                                    Bakalov: Misa Tango<br>\nKancheli: STYX<br>\nSzymanowski: Stabat Mater<br>\nMomoiro Clover Z: Spring Issue 2014<br>\nMusic4Gamer #2 &#8216;Shadow of the Colossus&#8217;<br>\nMusic4Gamer #3 from &#8216;Bungo and Alchemist&#8217;<br>\nMusic 4 Gamer #5 Shimomura Yoko 30th Anniversary<br>\nFrom the game &#8216;Dolls&#8217; Frontline\u2019\n                                    <\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"chorus__box\">\n                        <h3 class=\"chorus__subtitle\">Sister Chorus<\/h3>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/tso\/assets\/img\/about\/chorus\/chorus_niigata.png\" alt=\"Sister Chorus\" class=\"chorus__img2\">\n\n                        <h4 class=\"chorus__subtitle2\">Niigata Tokyo Symphony Chorus<\/h4>\n                        <p class=\"chorus__text3\">\n                            An amateur mixed chorus formed at the opening of Ryutopia in 1998 for the purpose of performing orchestral works with chorus at the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra&#8217;s Niigata Subscription Concert. The choir members are auditioned when they join the group and before the performance, and perform at the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra&#8217;s Niigata Subscription Concert every year, and have a high level of performance ability. To date, the choir has performed in more than 25 Niigata Subscription Concerts.\n                        <\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n\n<\/main>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top Tokyo Symphony Chorus About TSO Tokyo Symphony Chorus Founded on 11 September 1987 as an amateur mixed chorus exclusively for the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. Its aim is &#8216;to perform as one with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and to offer concerts of orchestral music with chorus of higher quality&#8217;. 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