List of Nodame Cantabile Episodes - Season Two (Paris Chapter)

Season Two (Paris Chapter)

# Title Original airdate
01 "Lesson 1"
"Leçon 1"
October 9, 2008

Chiaki and Nodame arrive at Paris to hone their musical skills. While he who had lived in France before easily adapts himself to their new environment, she must face some difficulties herself, including having to learn the country's language.

Piece featured: Miroirs - Alborado del Gracioso by Maurice Ravel, Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor BWV1052 by Johann Sebastian Bach.
02 "Lesson 2"
"Leçon 2: Chiaki Shiki Konkūru e" (Leçon 2: 千秋 指揮コンクールへ)
October 16, 2008

Chiaki takes part in his first competition as a conductor. But he ends up having to face strong contestants like Jean Donnadieu, one of Sebastiano Vieira's apprentices.

Piece featured: Haydn - Symphony No. 104 (Haydn), Rossini - William Tell Overture, Richard Strauss - Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Russlan and Ludmila Mikhail Glinka, Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.35
03 "Lesson 3"
"Leçon 3: Shutorēzeman Saikai" (Leçon 3: シュトレーゼマン再会)
October 23, 2008

Nodame and Chiaki meet Stresseman in Paris. Chiaki starts to travel the world attending concerts with Stresseman after being forced to sign a contract with his manager, while Nodame has her first lesson with an acquaintance of hers at the conservatoire.

Piece featured: Liszt - Transcendental Etudes,S 139 - Mazeppa
04 "Lesson 4"
"Leçon 4: Nodame Shōsui, Chiaki o Kyozetsu" (Leçon 4: のだめ憔悴 千秋を拒絶)
October 30, 2008

Chiaki rehearses for his debut concert in Paris, and finds that Nodame is troubled as she is not doing fine at the conservatoire. While he tries to cheer her up, their relationship ends up moving a little forward.

Piece features: Maurice Ravel - Ma Mère l'Oye IV. Les entretiens de la belle et de la bête
05 "Lesson 5"
"Leçon 5: Chiaki to Nodame Surechigai" (Leçon 5: 千秋とのだめすれ違い)
November 6, 2008

Kuroki was having trouble to adapt himself to life at Paris until he meets Nodame at the conservatoire. Meanwhile, Chiaki is feeling insecure as Nodame does not answer his phone calls and wonders if both will really be able to spend Christmas together.

Piece features: Prelude & Fugue No. 14 in #F minor BWV883 by Bach
06 "Lesson 6"
"Leçon 6: Chiaki Jōnin Shikisha ni Shūnin" (Leçon 6: 千秋常任指揮者に就任)
November 13, 2008

Chiaki is appointed as the official conductor of a famous orchestra which is facing serious difficulties, and Rui Son, a famous pianist who is an old friend of his, gives a break on her performances to study at the conservatoire. However, Rui's closeness to Chiaki is more than enough to ignite Nodame's jealousy.

Piece featured: Capriccio Espagnol by Rimsky Korsakov
07 "Lesson 7"
"Leçon 7: Chiaki to Nodame Hatsu-kyōen!?" (Leçon 7: 千秋とのだめ初共演!?)
November 20, 2008

The Marlet Orchestra is short on staff, and Chiaki asks Nodame to take a part on it. However, Nodame's dreams of having her first performance along Chiaki are crushed when Rui is forced to assume her place due to a misunderstanding.

Piece featured: Boléro by Maurice Ravel
08 "Lesson 8"
"Leçon 8: Chiaki to Nodame no Saishuppatsu" (Leçon 8: 千秋とのだめの再出発)
November 27, 2008

Disappointed with his first performance, Chiaki starts scouting for new musicians and invites Kuroki for an audition. Meanwhile, Rui is forced by her mother, Mrs. Son, to leave Paris with her, after she heard from Madame Bellou (possibly Rui's landlady) that she's been slacking off and spending time at Chiaki's. While Nodame rehearses for the exams at the conservatoire along with Kuroki and Paul duBois.

Piece featured: The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Paul Dukas, Piano Sonata, K. 331 3rd mvt. (rondo alla turka) - by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
09 "Lesson 9"
"Leçon 9: Nodame Hatsu-risaitaru!" (Leçon 9: のだめ初リサイタル!)
December 4, 2008

Nodame travels to Saint-Malo with Chiaki, Tanya and Kuroki for her very first recital. However, her companions are worried about her insecurity, as she usually has trouble in playing pieces by Mozart.

Piece featured: Sonata in D Major Allegretto, K576 - by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jeux d'eau by Ravel
10 "Lesson 10"
"Leçon 10: Risaitaru Kirakiraboshi" (Leçon 10: リサイタルキラキラ星)
December 11, 2008

Nodame's first recital becomes a huge success, to the point of her receiving other proposals for job.

Piece featured: Variations on "Ah vous dirai-je, Maman", Piano Sonata No. 18, Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Piano Sonata No. 8 - by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Legende No. 2 - by Franz Liszt, Jeux d'eau - by Maurice Ravel, Piano Sonata in A minor, D. 845 - by Franz Schubert
11 "Lesson 11"
"Leçon 11: Saishūshō Chiaki no Mahō" (Leçon 11: 最終章・千秋の魔法)
December 18, 2008

Auditions are held for the Marlet Orchestra, with Paul and Kuroki being among the new members. After intense rehearsal, the Orchestra has another concert, and the time comes for Chiaki to show the results of his and his musicians' efforts so far.

Piece featured: Carl Nielsen - Allegro (4th movement) of Symphony No. 4 "The Inextinguishable"
OVA
A 15-minute special centering around the life of Yukihisa Matsuda in Paris with his jealousy of Chiaki who is now a successful conductor also working in Paris.

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