ASO 50th Anniversary Concert

We enjoyed ASO 87th periodical concert last evening, in addition it was a memorial one to be 50th Anniversary concert for Ashiya Symphony Orchestra. Prof. Takuo Yuasa was successfully invited as the conductor at Hyogo Performing Arts Center Grand Hall.
The program yesterday were followings:

Ballata Sinfonica by Akira Ifukube
Allegro Capriccioso
Andante rapsodico

Ellora Symphony by Yasushi Akutagawa

Symphony No.5 Op. 100 by Sergey Prokofiev

All of the program were performed well without any failure as usual and the second program was so outstanding as to surprise us utilizing his own unique expression method.
The contents of all the program were so enriched as to exhaust their energy and some additional performance was a most unlikely desire.
Their performance skill is remarkably making progress year by year, it's easy to imagine that how much effort were done to do that, remembering that they are not a professional orchestra but only an amateur group, how difficult it would be to keep their own self distinction at high level position.
I'm looking forward to meet with them again in coming Autumn, at 88th one.