Meanings

recommendation to the throne

improvisation (usu. musical)

concert band (as a school activity)

piano trio

to succeed

obbligato

(playing a) variation

cellist

concert version (of an opera or musical)

string ensemble

wayō gassō

report to the emperor

Tanaka memorial (document, ca. 1927)

trying out (a musical instrument; e.g. in a store)

flute player

musical item being performed

concertino

sight-reading

quartet

tapping (playing technique; on a guitar, etc.)