Musica Orbis 2023: Doshisha University Orchestra
Musica Orbis 2023: Doshisha University Orchestra
This year's ninth year of the Musica Orbis concert series will be opened at the beginning of March by the Japanese orchestra from Kyoto. The Doshisha University Orchestra is among the most prestigious and oldest youth orchestras in Japan. These young musicians will visit the Czech Republic for the fourth time, and they will once again bring the music of Antonín Dvořák, who is very popular in Japan. In their performance, his 7 is heard. symphony in D minor. This will be supplemented by the Academic Festive Overture op. 80 of his mentor and friend Johannes Brahms. The recent musical past will be represented by the piece Music for Symphony Orchestra by the Japanese author Yasushi Akutagawa, which reflects the influences of Dimitri Shostakovich and Sergei Prokofiev.
