3 Days Full of Adventure and Findings. Moments When You Want to Jump for Joy.
Yasuo Taniguchi : Editorial Department, gMostly Classic,h The Sankei Shimbun
Not only arranging tickets and hotels, but even a package tour in which visiting notable and historic sites and purchasing places of souvenirs are predetermined or a trip when you plan everything by yourself including the location of hotels and details of rental cars, holds the enjoyment of waiting for departure day, counting down the days, anticipating the scenes you may encounter. Once you plan a journey, it has already started. I get this feeling of excitement when I look at the timetable of gLa Folle Journee au Japon - gA Day of Enthusiasmh Music Festival 2005,h in which each hall is named in association with Beethoven and clearly color-coded Letfs take a 3 day trip full of adventures and findings. It holds boundless potentialities such as gaining a deep joy from music.
First, gSymphony No. 5,h gSymphony No. 6 - Pastorale,h gSymphony No. 9,h and then c
When you hear Beethoven, or classical music, the first thing which comes to mind may be Symphony No. 5 and Symphony No. 9. There is hardly anyone who does not know the tune beginning with the stunning sound grat-a-tat-aaah and gOde to Joyh which you will literally be excited about. However, for symphonies which one performing time takes about one hour, very few people have listened to all of them and have been warmed by them in their hearts. There may be a lot of masterpiece novels you wanted to read at some time but you have never had it in your hand, such as gKarih by Ogai Mori, gKokoroh by Soseki Natsume, gAnya-Koroh by Naoya Shiga, gMakioka Sistersh by Jun-ichiro Tanizaki and gSnow Countryh by Yasunari Kawabata. La Folle Journee is the best opportunity in which one of your longstanding ambitions may be realized.
Among the super famous symphonies performed in 3 days, there are gSymphony No. 5,h gSymphony No. 6 - Pastoraleh and gSymphony No. 9.h Just being different in work number by two, gMissa solemnish did not have many opportunities to be performed although it was said to be one of Beethovenfs 2 big masterpieces. gMissa solemnish will be performed everyday, but on April 30, you can listen to it together with the other symphonies. Furthermore, you can enjoy violin concertos everyday. Except for April 30, you can even add gPiano Concerto No. 5 - Emperorh and you may be very excited about it.
If you listen to all these masterpieces at one time, even beginners can become a gMaster of Beethovenh in one day. It will be a gcompetitionh with different performers and it should be very interesting to persons of delicate taste. For violin and piano, most-watched artists are lined up and it is the pride of the program.
Experience of Listening All the Way Through Performances
This time, symphony, concerto, string quartet, cello sonata and piano sonata will be performed for all numbers. By listening to Symphony No. 1, even numbered symphonies and No. 1 and No. 2 piano concerto, you will meet Beethoven who created joyful music and this will reconfirm his character.
Being compared with gWell-Tempered Clavierh of Bach, piano sonata is praised as the New Testament of piano. The string quartet is written from Beethovenfs ambitious younger days until the sunset of his life where his subtle and profound ground is represented. Both will be performed for a long time from 10 ofclock in the morning of the first day until 10 ofclock at night of the last day, and it will be a wonderful experience to listen to either of them where all numbers are performed.
Pianists are switched for every number, and you can enjoy a maximum of 3 artists. It will be a historic event when Ysaye String Quartet, which is one of the most prestigious quartets, performs all numbers including Fugue gGrandh during the 3 days, and it will be a breathtaking performance with 2 zykluses performed simultaneously.
Even if you drop in during your spare time, I am sure new encounters of the numbers and artists will be waiting for you regardless of your well-acquainted/non-acquainted music knowledge
Experience of Chamber Music
In addition to symphony concerts in huge Hall A or C, gLa Folle Journeeh prepares for the joy of sharing music with the breathing of artists in small halls for about 200 audiences. The smaller the organization, the naked human feelings of the composer, Beethoven is included more heavily and by layering the deep feeling of the performers, it becomes full of delicate nuances.
The first work Beethoven sent out to the world was a piano trio. Starting with string trio and quintet for piano and brass instruments, the works in the beginning hide bold attempts. Both for classical music experts and beginners, chamber music may not be very familiar, but at La Folle Journee where artists augustly run through the venue and fresh music is created in turn, there is a world which is unconnected with old-fashioned boredom. The violin sonata in which great artists and super performers will jointly perform for the first time is also attracting much interest.
Letfs Find a gNew Continenth
 
Listening to unknown masterpiece works of the specialized composer and works of composers hidden behind great composers ? this is a representation of unlimited affection toward music as well as amazing insight of Mr. Rene Martin, the originator of La Folle Journee and a music director.
Starting with gFuneral Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II,h there may be a lot of fans who want to listen to all works that are hardly recorded. Hummel, Czerny, Spohr, Clementi and Salieri are still famous. You should not miss the works of these mentors who influenced Beethoven and composers and pianists who were either rivals or supporters. They are listed in several parts of the program.
It is very good to listen to Wilmsf symphony in the real performance of Concerto Koln who made a CD of it and will first visit Japan. You can also listen to Eberlfs symphony while only his small works are usually performed in piano recitals. It is filled with many moments when you want to jump for joy.
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