This week, we’ll hear Wang Yunfei’s Spring Flowers and Autumn Fruits, Franz Schubert’s brilliant Symphony No. 9, Strauss Jr’s hypnotic By the Beautiful Blue Danube, Qigang Chen’s colorful work Jiang Tcheng Tse, Beethoven’s Overture to the Ruins of Athens, and Zhang Qianyi’s Overture “My Homeland”.
Wang Yunfei, Strauss II, Qigang Chen, Beethoven, Schubert, and Zhang Qianyi
Composer Qigang Chen (photo: NCPA)
Playlist
Wang Yufei: Chinese Orchestral Music Spring Flowers and Autumn Fruits
China National Traditional Orchestra: Liu Sha
Strauss II: Blue Danube Waltz, Op. 314
NCPA Orchestra: Lü Jia, conductor
Chen Qigang: Jiang Tcheng Tse for Peking Opera Style Female Singer, Mixed Chorus and Symphony
Meng Meng, soprano; NCPA Orchestra and Chorus: Lü Jia, conductor
Beethoven: Overture to Die Ruinen von Athens, Op. 113
NCPA Orchestra: Lü Jia, conductor
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944
NCPA Orchestra: Lü Jia, conductor
Zhang Qianyi: Overture “My Homeland”, for the Chamber Orchestra, from the Prelude of The Road to Revival
Beijing Symphony Orchestra: Tan Lihua, conductor
Chopin: Nocturne No. 21 in C Minor
Chen Sa, piano
