May 12, 2026.
Matinée Symphony Vol.35.
Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra.
The Symphony Hall.
Conducted by Shurion Matsumoto.
The program included Suppé’s Light Cavalry Overture, Borodin’s In the Steppes of Central Asia, Berlioz’s Rákóczi March, selections from Bizet’s L’Arlésienne, Humperdinck’s Prelude to Hansel and Gretel, Mascagni’s Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana, Puccini’s Intermezzo to Act III of Manon Lescaut, Mussorgsky’s Dawn on the Moscow River, and Wagner’s Tannhäuser Overture.
It was truly magnificent.
The Osaka Philharmonic is undoubtedly one of the finest orchestras in the world.
It was only recently that I heard the Osaka Philharmonic for the first time.
I was astonished by the beauty of its sound.
The reason the sound of the Osaka Philharmonic, its resonance, is so beautiful is that the hearts of all its members are beautiful.
That is what I said to my close friend who accompanied me.
Everything listed above was wonderful.
For this photo collection, I listen together with the second half of yesterday’s magnificent program: Humperdinck’s Prelude to Hansel and Gretel, Mascagni’s Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana, Puccini’s Intermezzo to Act III of Manon Lescaut, Mussorgsky’s Dawn on the Moscow River, and Wagner’s Tannhäuser Overture.
The photographs were taken on May 11, 2026, in the rose garden of Nagai Botanical Garden under a clear blue sky.