New York Philharmonic Celebrates Chinese New Year
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Lang Lang in concert in Warsaw, 2010
(Janek Skarzynski/AFP//Getty)
The New York Philharmonic will celebrate the Year of the Dragon by performing Chinese music with pianist Lang Lang, special guest choir Quintessenso and the conductor Long Yu.
The program includes composer Bao Yuankai's China Air Suite, Li Huanzhi's Spring Festival Overture and Extase for oboe and orchestra by composer Chen Qigang, who composed the Beijing Olympic Games theme song, You and Me.
The Mongolian children's choir will don traditional attire and sing folk songs. The program will also feature flutist Tang Junqiao, playing bamboo flute. Lang Lang will bring his customary dazzle to Liszt's Piano Concerto No 1.
Yu is the most active and powerful conductor in China, being the music director of the China Philharmonic Orchestra, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra.
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Comments [8]
The Chinese conductor Yu Long is Chairman Mao Zedong's "natural" son.
Communist China's top national secret is to be released in this concert!!!
Source:
http://www.kanzhongguo.com/news/10/04/05/343134.html
http://boxun.com/forum/201004/boxun2010/126481.shtml
Translate it, it should be in headline of New York Times!!!
Will this show be archived? Lots of us are hoping so!
I missed the LangLang concert last night. someone give me wrong information. :(
The Mongolian Childrens Choir were amazing and sounded soooooo sweet and beautiful. I only wish I could have seen them as well. When are they returning to NY??
Was fortunate to have attended and it was truly amazing...the children and costumes were special, Lang Lang was excellent...
The music and comments are great. I understood that video was
available on the site and am disappointed not to find it.
Lovely!
Wonderful!
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