Art of the Score: The Music of Joe Hisaishi
Concert Type
Orchestral, movie music
Instrumentation & Soloists
3[1.2/pic.3/pic] 3[1.2.3/ca] 3[1.2.3/bcl] 3[1.2.3/cbn] – 4 3 4[1.2.3.btrbn] 1 – T+5-Perc – hp – cel – str
Strings: 14.12.10.8.6
Soloist: piano (supplied by Concert Lab)
Soloist: cello (supplied by Promoter, suggest Principal)
Art of the Score hosts
Repertoire Includes
Act 1
HISAISHI World Dreams: 1st Movement
HISAISHI DA.MA.SHI.E
HISAISHI Kiki's Delivery Service
HISAISHI Water Traveler
HISAISHI Kikujiro: Summer
HISAISHI My Neighbor Totoro
Act 2
HISAISHI Howl's Moving Castle: Variation
HISAISHI Oriental Wind: Dream More
HISAISHI Departures
HISAISHI Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind: Fantasia
HISAISHI Spirited Away: Suite
...and more
Running Time
2 hours 30 minutes, including a 20-minute interval
About the Performance
From Studio Ghibli classics My Neighbour Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service and Spirited Away to more than 100 works for screen and concert hall, Joe Hisaishi is one of the world’s most beloved composers.
His decades-long partnership with Hayao Miyazaki has scored people’s lives. Art of the Score podcasters Andrew Pogson and Dan Golding, pianist Aura Go and conductor Nicholas Buc join your Symphony Orchestra to guide you through his musical world. A love letter to Japan’s great Maestro.
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