[Editor’s note: We told you about this amateur orchestra performance taking place in Japan a few weeks ago. I would have love to have gone myself, but fortunately Masanori Taniguchi was there, and he’s been kind enough to write some brief impressions of the event and talk about some of the unique things the orchestra did. Sounds like a great show, and I was shocked to hear Uematsu was in attendence. Enjoy!]
On August 23, 2009 at noon, people started gathering at the Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall in Japan. It was a very normal scene before a concert except that most of the attendees were carrying their Nintendo DS’s. Since Dragon Quest IX was released in Japan, fans including myself have enjoyed exchanging “treasure maps” with one another, and this is what most of us were doing before the show.
This was the Little Jack Orchestra’s 6th regular concert, featuring the music of Final Fantasy VI, and fans from all over Japan got together to enjoy the legendary music by Nobuo Uematsu. Tickets were completely sold out, as the Little Jack Orchestra only performs one regular concert per year, and it was obvious that all the players and staff had put an enormous amount of energy and time into this concert. It was 2 and a half hours long with two intermissions, and they played numerous tracks from the game.
Find out what was played and read some brief impressions of the show after the jump. (more…)
