PJ's Japan tour with Ensemble Artaserse has started on July 23 in Tokyo. They will give two more concerts on 28 and 30 in Nagoya and Osaka, respectively.
His third Japan tour features Vivaldi's works, both sacred and secular (yes, the same program as other concerts held in Europe this summer).
While many musicians from abroad canceled their concerts in Japan because of the nuclear accident induced by the Great East Japan Earthquake (March, 2011), PJ and his Ensemble courageously decided to visit the country and give the Japanese audience an exquisite moment.
Concert flyer:
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off-the-stage photo:
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Here's an
interview article published in a local English paper:
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PJ and Ensemble Artaserse Japan Tour July 23: Tokyo
July 28: Nagoya
July 30: Osaka
Philippe Jaroussky contre ténor
Ensemble Artaserse
ProgramWorks by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Première partie : Sacré
Motet « Longe mala, umbrae, terrores » RV 629 pour alto et orchestre
Concerto pour luth et viole d’amour RV 540
« Nisi dominus » RV 608 pour alto et orchestre
Seconde partie : Profane
Orlando finto pazzo : aria " se in ogni guardo"
Catone in Utica : aria " se mai senti spirati sul volto "
Concerto pour violon et orchestre " il grosso mogul" RV 208
Giustino : aria " vedro con mio diletto"
Juditha triumphans: "Armatae face et anguibus"
Encore (in Tokyo, July 23, 2011)
Polifemo: aria "Alto Giove" by Nicola Porpora
Tieteberga: aria "Sento in seno ch'in pioggia di lagrime" by Vivaldi
