On our program this week, we’ll hear Beethoven’s magnificent incidental music for Egmont, Zhao Jiping’s Cello Concerto, “The Disillusioned Dream” featuring cellist Li-Wei Qin, Debussy‘s impressionistic La mer, and a rousing choral and orchestral arrangement of Shi Guangnan’s song, In the Hopeful Field.
Beethoven, Zhao Jiping, Debussy, and Shi Guangnan
Composer Zhao Jiping (photo: NCPA)
Playlist
Debussy: La mer
NCPA Orchestra: Lü Jia, conductor
Zhao Jiping: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in D Minor, “The Disillusioned Dream”
Li-Wei Qin, cello; NCPA Orchestra: Lü Jia, conductor
Beethoven: Egmont, Op. 84
Song Yuanming, soprano; Sun Qiang, narrator; NCPA Orchestra: Lü Jia, conductor
Shi Guangnan: In the Hopeful Field (arr. Dong Yuexian)
Beijing Symphony Orchestra; Chorus of Beijing Musician’s Association: Tan Lihua, conductor