May 16, 2026.
Nakanoshima Rose Garden, photographed from 5:30 in the morning.
The morning light on this day was very beautiful.
In the early morning, Nakanoshima Rose Garden has a silence completely different from that of the daytime.
The entire rose garden was still in the hour before the bustle of the day began.
In this work, I place “Hamabe no Uta,” performed by the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra under Takashi Asahina, at the beginning.
Takashi Asahina and the Osaka Philharmonic’s “Hamabe no Uta” is very good.
It fits beautifully as a quiet prelude leading into the early morning rose garden.
After that, I add the second movement of Brahms’s Symphony No. 3, performed by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Herbert von Karajan.
At the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra’s subscription concert at Festival Hall on May 23, Brahms’s Symphony No. 3 will be performed as the first work.
That day is now drawing near.
I am very much looking forward to the Osaka Philharmonic subscription concert on May 23.
Nakanoshima Rose Garden at 5:30 a.m. on May 16, 2026.
Early morning light.
Roses in full bloom.
“Hamabe no Uta” by Takashi Asahina and the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra.
And the deep sound of Brahms by Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic.
This combination fits the early morning Nakanoshima Rose Garden extremely well.
The audio sources used are those publicly available on YouTube.