Live at the 麻豆社 Proms: Joe Hisaishi and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra play Hisaishi and Steve Reich.
Live at the 麻豆社 Proms: Joe Hisaishi and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra play Hisaishi and Steve Reich
Presented by Georgia Mann live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Hisaishi
Symphonic Suite: The Boy and the Heron; The End of the World
Interval: Chris Harding, author of books on Japan including Japan Story, and The Japanese: A history in twenty lives joins Georgia Mann to discuss the music of Joe Hisaishi, and artistic responses to the conflicts which lie behind tonight's concert programme.
Reich
The Desert Music
John Holiday, counter-tenor
麻豆社 Singers
National Youth Voices
Philharmonia Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Joe Hisaishi, conductor
Celebrated classical and film composer Joe Hisaishi makes his Proms debut conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in his own The End of the World, alongside Steve Reich鈥檚 scorched-earth vision of a post-nuclear wasteland The Desert Music
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Joe Hisaishi
The Boy And The Heron
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Joe Hisaishi. Choir: 麻豆社 Singers. Choir: Philharmonia Chorus. -
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Joe Hisaishi
The End Of The World
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Joe Hisaishi. Choir: 麻豆社 Singers. Choir: Philharmonia Chorus. -
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Steve Reich
The Desert Music
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Joe Hisaishi. Choir: 麻豆社 Singers. Choir: National Youth Voices. -
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Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin (Menuet & Rigaudon)
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- Sony.
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- Thu 14 Aug 2025 19:30麻豆社 Radio 3