Knowing that there is a question "Which is best to choose for the New Year's concert in Shanghai and nearby", the netizen named "Music Code" replied that "The Shanghai New Year Concert is the best".
This kind of spontaneous recommendation by the audience, which is almost advertised, confirms the reputation of the Shanghai New Year Concert in the increasingly popular New Year performance market and the "stickiness" of the audience.
As the first music brand initiated by music director Yu Long after taking office, "Shanghai New Year Concert" has not only entered the list of "must-hear" and first choice for Shanghai music fans in the New Year since its premiere in 2009, but also has become an important channel for the audience to obtain a sense of ritual and artistic happiness in the company of more than ten years.
At 20:00 on 31 December, the "2022 Shanghai New Year Concert" will be led by the Shanghai Quartet, the artist-in-residence of this season, and four members will perform Beethoven's "Romantic Song Ii in F Major", Dvořák's "Whirlwind in G Minor", Bruch's "Romantic Song in F Major", Mundi's "Chardash" and Shahankun's "Pastoral".
In addition, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra will also present a series of traditional New Year concert works such as Shostakovich, Johann Strauss Jr. and Polka, which are relaxed and cheerful. On the occasion of the New Year's Eve, the sound of the city is played again, and the "gate of time" in 2022 is knocked on with music.
This long-planned annual music event not only follows the dance music tradition of Vienna, the birthplace of the New Year's Concert, in terms of repertoire, but also for the first time in form, it is led by the Shanghai Quartet, which has "already entered the ranks of the world's first-class chamber music group", and the first violin Li Weigang plays the role of the conductor, providing a rare new musical experience for Shanghai music fans.
As the originator of the New Year's concert that is now popular all over the world, the Vienna New Year's Concert in 1939 laid the foundation for the later expression of the Strauss family's round dance.
This kind of three-beat dance that people can't help but dance with quickly conquered people of different skin colors and cultural backgrounds, and reached hundreds of millions of audiences through global live broadcasting, including Chinese audiences, these cheerful dance music has also become the earliest recognition of the New Year's concert in China.
The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra chose to celebrate the New Year with the familiar "Viennese Melody" in this New Year' still plagued by the epidemic, and staged the signature repertoire of many Viennese New Year concerts, such as the "Sound of Spring" round dance, the "plucked string" polka, the "Thunder" fast polka, and the "Blue Danube" round dance.
The concert will also feature the Hungarian composer Lejal's "Gold and Silver Ball" invited for the Carnival Ball and Shostakovich's prestigious "Second Round Dance".
The four musicians of the Shanghai Quartet will also be played separately. Among them, the first violin Li Weigang and the viola Li Honggang brothers will each bring their bands to perform Beethoven's "Second Romantic Song in F Major" and Bruch's "Romantic Song in F Major".
Li Weigang
Cello Nicholas Savaras will create a bohemian atmosphere for the audience, presenting Dvořák's "G minor Whirling". Yu Xiang, the second violinist of the new member, will bring one of the most famous rhapsodies of Italian composer Monti, "Chardas".
Yu Xiang
In addition to listening to the classic voices of Western composers, the audience will also feel the Chinese style blowing from the grassland that night, and the "Pastoral Song" led by Yu Xiang, a native of Inner Mongolia, is composed by Chinese composer Sha Hankun based on the long-tuned folk songs of Inner Mongolia, and depicts a beautiful picture of the vast grassland with the melody of the pastoral pastoral style.
In fact, many dance songs such as round dance music and polka are mostly born in the folk, such as polka is a kind of folk dance music in the Czech Republic, enthusiastic and cheerful, everyone loves it, and dances with music.
After welcoming a master conductor, the Shanghai New Year Concert was once again unexpected, removing the podium in the center of the stage and putting the "Shanghai Quartet" in the C position by the artist-in-residence of this season.
The four musicians surrounding the band lead the band to present a pioneering performance to the audience, creating a New Year's atmosphere for the public while also releasing the musical nature with the audience.
As early as December 22 this year, the Shanghai Quartet, a group that has been cutting thorns on the international stage for more than 30 years, made its Shanghai debut after returning to China for the hometown audience.
The refinement and precision of the long-experienced chamber music performance not only made the Shanghai Quartet win a large number of fans, but also added confidence to the four musicians to lead the Shanghai New Year Concert, and made this unique New Year performance more audible.
Shanghai Quartet
As the "second generation" of the Shanghai Symphony, violin Li Weigang has both anxiety and expectations for this pilot, "This is the first time that we have led a band of more than eighty people, so I am also curious about what kind of effect this performance form will have, after all, it has not yet appeared on the domestic stage."
As for the form of the lead conductor of the violin and ensemble, Li Yanhuan, a famous music critic in Shanghai, expressed his expectation: "In fact, the Vienna New Year's Concert was conducted and played by the orchestra for a long time, and the effect was very good. Led by the Shanghai Quartet, the concert led the band to present classic works in a more chamber-based manner, perhaps allowing both the player and the audience to perceive the music they are already familiar with from a different perspective. ”
The Shanghai Quartet previously made its homecoming debut after rehearsals
In fact, today's international music scene is also testing the waters of "no conductor stage" performances. At this year's Lucerne Festival, pianist Wang Yujia and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and MAHLE Chamber Orchestra performed two concerts, which were led or led by pianists.
Veteran critic Christian Verhagen praised the Lucerne Festival's attempt in the Swiss "New Zurich Times", arguing that it "conveys a 'heart-changing' perspective", although conductors are still indispensable in performances, as the soloist or lead "alternative" conductor has a limited repertoire.
However, as fans sigh when they see the Shanghai New Year's Concert program, "being able to hear and witness a concert with a symphony orchestra without a traditional conductor is a new thing to keep up with the trend and benchmark with the world." ”
Source: Thoughtful Shanghai