On our program this week, we’ll hear He Zhanhao and Chen Gang’s moving Violin Concerto: The Butterfly Lovers, featuring soloist Siqing Lu; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1; Saito Hideo’s orchestral arrangement of J.S. Bach’s Chaconne in D minor Julian Yu’s Concerto on Chinese Themes; and we’ll end our program with music from some of Giuseppe Verdi’s most famous operas.
Bach, Beethoven, He Zhanhao, Chen Gang, Verdi, Julian Yu, and Strauss Jr.
Siqing Lu (photo: NCPA)
Playlist
J.S. Bach, arr. Saito Hideo: Chaconne in D Minor, BWV 1004
NCPA Orchestra: Lü Jia, conductor
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21
NCPA Orchestra: Lü Jia, conductor
He Zhanhao and Chen Gang: Violin Concerto: The Butterfly Lovers
Siqing Lu, violin; NCPA Orchestra: Lü Jia, conductor
Yu Julian: Concerto on Chinese Themes
Chen Yue, dizi; NCPA Orchestra: Zhang Yi, conductor
Verdi: Overture to La Forza del Destino
NCPA Orchestra: Yu Feng, conductor
Verdi: Prelude to Aida
NCPA Orchestra: Yu Feng, conductor
Strauss Jr.: Csárdás (from Ritter Pásmán), Op. 441
NCPA Orchestra: Lü Jia, conductor
