This week, we’ll hear Beethoven’s famed Symphony No. 9 “Choral”, the thunderous rhythms of Xu Changjun’s Dragon Dance, Wagner’s Prelude to Act 1 of Lohengrin, the violin concerto The Sunshine on Tashkurgan, and the song “Silhouettes of Angels” written in dedication to the frontline workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
Beethoven, Xu Changjun, Wagner, Chen Gang, Zhang Qianyi
Playlist
Beethoven: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43
NCPA Orchestra: Lü Jia, conductor
Xu Changjun: Dragon Dance for Percussion Instruments and Orchestra
Song Yibo, Kong Fanrui, Zhang Chen, percussion; Beijing Chinese Orchestra: Zhang Ming, conductor
Wagner: Prelude to Act 1 of Lohengrin
NCPA Orchestra: Yu Feng, conductor
Chen Gang: The Sunshine Spreads on Tashkurghan
Gao Can, violin; Beijing Symphony Orchestra: Tan Lihua, conductor
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 “Choral”
Song Yuanming, soprano; Zhu Huiling, alto; Xue Haoyin, tenor; Liang Li, bass; NCPA Chorus and Orchestra: Lü Jia, conductor
Zhang Qianyi: Themed Art Work Against COVID-19: Silhouette of an Angel
NCPA Chorus and Orchestra: Lü Jia, conductor
Wang Yunfei, Strauss II, Qigang Chen, Beethoven, Schubert, and Zhang Qianyi
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”.
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
Glazunov, Zhao Jiping, Beethoven, Brahms, Fang Kejie, and Strauss Jr.
This week, we’ll hear piano virtuoso Lang Lang perform with the NCPA Orchestra in Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ Concerto. We’ll also hear Glazunov’s charming Concert Waltz No.1, Brahms’ Song of Destiny and Chinese composer Zhao Jiping’s fascinating Concerto for Violin and Orchestra with Ning Feng.
Playlist
Glazunov: Concert Waltz No. 1, Op. 47
National Ballet of China Symphony Orchestra: Zhang Yi, conductor
Zhao Jiping: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in E-flat Major
Ning Feng, violin; NCPA Orchestra: Lü Jia, conductor
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73, “Emperor”
Lang Lang, piano; NCPA Orchestra: Lü Jia, conductor
Brahms: Schicksalslied, Op. 54 (Song of Destiny)
NCPA Orchestra and Chorus: Lü Jia, conductor
Feng Kejie: Reba Dance
Beijing Symphony Orchestra: Tan Lihua, conductor
Strauss Jr.: Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437 (Emperor)
NCPA Orchestra: Lü Jia, conductor
Bach, Beethoven, He Zhanhao, Chen Gang, Verdi, Julian Yu, and Strauss Jr.
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.
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
Beethoven, Zhao Jiping, Debussy, and Shi Guangnan
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.
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
Beethoven, Chopin, Zhao Cong, Haydn, and Debussy
This week, we’ll hear Beethoven’s grand Choral Fantasy, Chopin’s virtuosic Piano Concerto No. 1 featuring the 18 year old gifted pianist Hao Rao, the Symphony No. 103 by Haydn, Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, and the Pipa and Orchestra work Flying Fairies of the Silk Road by pipa artist and composer Zhao Cong.
Playlist
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
NCPA Orchestra: Lü Jia, conductor
Haydn: Symphony No. 103 in E-flat Major, “Drum Roll”
NCPA Orchestra: Lü Jia, conductor
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor
Rao Hao, piano; NCPA Orchestra: Lü Jia, conductor
Zhao Cong: Flying Fairies of the Silk Road for Pipa and Orchestra
Zhao Cong, pipa; China National Traditional Orchestra: Chen Bing, conductor
Beethoven: Choral Fantasy in C Minor, Op. 80
Kong Jianing, piano; Zhou Yuqian, Wang Zhihua, Liu Haiyue, Lu Chuan, Cao Ruidong, Liu Dong, vocal soloists; NCPA Orchestra and Chorus: Lü Jia, conductor
Britten, Prokofiev, Li Huanzhi, Schoenberg, Chen Gang, Beethoven, Wagner, and Verdi
This week, we’ll hear Arnold Schoenberg’s touching Transfigured Night; Britten’s Simple Symphony; Sergei Prokofiev’s brilliant Symphony No. 1 “Classical”; Chen Gang’s virtuosic work for violin and orchestra The Sunshine on Tashkurgan; Li Huanzhi’s Spring Festival Overture; as well as overture favorites by Wagner, Verdi, and Beethoven.
Playlist
Li Huanzhi: Spring Festival Overture
NCPA Orchestra: Lü Jia, conductor
Britten: Simple Symphony, Op. 4
NCPA Orchestra: Li Xincao, conductor
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25, “Classical”
NCPA Orchestra: Li Xincao, conductor
Chen Gang: The Sunshine on Tashkurgan
Gao Can, violin; Beijing Symphony Orchestra: Tan Lihua, conductor
Schoenberg: Transfigured Night, Op. 4
NCPA Orchestra: Li Xincao, conductor
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
NCPA Orchestra: Lü Jia, conductor
Verdi: Overture to La forza del destino
NCPA Orchestra: Yu Feng, conductor
Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser
NCPA Orchestra: Yu Feng, conductor
Tchaikovsky, Chen Qigang, Dvořák, Zhao Jiping, Wagner, and Suppé
This week, we’ll hear Antonín Dvořák’s monumental Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”, Chen Qigang’s touching L’éloignement, the traditional Chinese orchestra sounds of Zhao Jiping’s The Moon at Dawn over Lugou Bridge, and Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme featuring cellist Li-Wei Qin. We also get two opera overtures with Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman and Suppé’s Dichter und Bauer.
Playlist
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Li-Wei Qin, cello; NCPA Orchestra: Lü Jia, conductor
Chen Qigang: L’éloignement
NCPA Orchestra: Chen Lin, conductor
Zhao Jiping: The Family Legend- The Moon at Dawn over Lugou Bridge
Beijing Chinese Orchestra: Zhang Ming, conductor
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”
NCPA Orchestra: Lü Jia, conductor
Wagner: Overture to The Flying Dutchman
NCPA Orchestra: Yu Feng, conductor
Suppé: Overture to Dichter und Bauer
NCPA Orchestra: Lü Jia, conductor
Saint-Saëns, Liu Dehai, Mozart, Brahms
Pianist Chen Sa joins the NCPA Orchestra and maestro Lü Jia for Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No.2 and French horn player Zeng Yun is featured in Mozart’s charming Horn Concerto No. 4. We’ll also hear the first concerto written for pipa and orchestra, “Little Sisters of the Grassland” and Johannes Brahms’ heroic Symphony No. 3.
Playlist
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22
Chen Sa, piano; NCPA Orchestra: Lü Jia, conductor
Liu Dehai, Wu Zuqiang, Wang Yanqiao: Pipa Concerto: Little Sisters of the Grassland
Li Jia, pipa; NCPA Orchestra: Chen Lin, conductor
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat Major
Zeng Yun, French horn; NCPA Orchestra: Lin Daye, conductor
Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90
NCPA Orchestra: Lü Jia, conductor
Ravel, Brahms, Zhang Weiliang, and Bruckner
This week China’s National Centre for the Performing Arts presents, Anton Bruckner’s bold and colorful Symphony No. 6, Brahms’ choral and orchestral work “Nänie”, and Zhang Weiliang’s luscious folk inspired “Dreamworld” for Dizi and Orchestra. Also featured is 2021 Chopin Competition winner, Bruce Liu, in Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major.
Playlist
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major
Bruce Liu, piano; NCPA Orchestra: Lü Jia, conductor
Brahms: Nänie, Op. 82
NCPA Orchestra and Chorus: Lü Jia, conductor
Zhang Weiliang: Dreamworld for Dizi and Orchestra
Zhang Weiliang, Dizi; Beijing Chinese Orchestra: Zhang Ming, conductor
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6
NCPA Orchestra: Lü Jia, conductor
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