The 27th international educational Pacific Music Festival

PMF Orchestra Concert <Program C>
PMF Orchestra Concert <Programs A & B>
Bernstein Legacy Concert

Valery Gergiev, conductor
PMF Orchestra Concert
<Program C>

This summer, experience the true art of Gergiev and the promising young musicians
of the PMF Orchestra as their unique symphonic world unfolds.
Enjoy the overflowing passion, dynamism,
and brilliance born of their collaboration to their fullest!

Artists

Program

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major Op. 90 "Italian"
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major Op. 77*
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 in c minor Op. 65

Schedule

PMF Orchestra Concert in Chitose
August 4 (Thu) at 19:00 Chitose Cultural Center >
PMF GALA Concert *
August 6 (Sat) at 15:00 Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara >
Picnic Concert - Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert *
August 7 (Sun) at 12:00 Sapporo Art Park Outdoor Stage >
PMF Orchestra Concert in Hakodate
August 8 (Mon) at 18:30 Hakodate Shimin Kaikan >
PMF Orchestra Concert in Tokyo *
August 9 (Tue) at 19:00 Suntory Hall, Tokyo >

John Axelrod, conductor
PMF Orchestra Concert
<Programs A & B>

A powerful collaboration of passionate conducting and waves of sound!

Principal Conductor John Axelrod, who studied with Bernstein
and has now himself come to be highly sought after by orchestras across the globe,
will participate in PMF for the first time.
The passion he inherited from Bernstein will surely be on full display
as he leads the PMF Orchestra in Mahler and Brahms. These performances are not to be missed!

Artists

Schedule

PMF Orchestra Concert <Program A>
July 23 (Sat) at 17:00 Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara >
July 24 (Sun) at 14:00 Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara >
PMF Orchestra Concert <Program B>
July 30 (Sat) at 17:00 Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara >
July 31 (Sun) at 14:00 Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara >

Program

Wagner: 'The Flying Dutchman' Overture
Debussy: La Mer
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G major* ***

Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3 Op. 72b
Mendelssohn: Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt, Op. 27
Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain (original version)
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor Op. 98**

Bernstein
Legacy Concert

With gratitude and admiration
for the founder's legacy

PMF was founded by leading 20th century conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein.
The entirety of his musical life is the legacy he left us.
This concert features Bernstein's music alongside other composers' music that he loved,
performed with gratitude and admiration for his legacy.