On the evening of January 9, the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra and conductor Zhang Guoyong performed the "Year of The Fiery Chinese New Year" Chinese New Year Concert at the Jaguar Shanghai Symphony Concert Hall. The "Year of The Year of The Flaming Chinese" series of concerts has accompanied the audience for more than a dozen years, and has gradually developed into the brand of the orchestra, and "celebrating the Chinese New Year, listening to national music, and tasting Chinese culture" has become the choice of many citizens to resign and welcome the new.
On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2018, the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra cooperated with Zhang Guoyong for the first time to perform the "Year of The Fiery Chinese New Year" Chinese New Year Concert, which received a warm response. The cooperation again includes both familiar classics and works that integrate contemporary styles, showing the traditional heritage and contemporary temperament of Haipai folk music.
In Zhang Guoyong's artistic career for many years, he has cooperated with famous opera houses and symphony orchestras at home and abroad to conduct a series of operas, ballets, symphonic choruses and other classic works. In recent years, Zhang Guoyong has also cooperated with folk music groups many times, and classic works and original works have been involved. He said that he likes folk music very much, and compared with Western classical music, conducting folk music emphasizes the balance of each part and produces a more harmonious sound.
The concert began with a "Celebration Overture", which presented a strong Chinese New Year flavor. "Festival Order" not only retains the charm of traditional folk music, but also integrates distinct contemporary elements and appreciates elegance and customs. The national orchestra "Fuchun Mountain Jutu" takes the Yuan Dynasty painter Huang Gongwang's "Fuchun Mountain Jutu" as the creative background, and the second movement "Flowing Water and Clouds" is staged in this performance, using the sound of the nationality to restore the pen and ink, and the sound into the painting to reproduce the national style and elegance of the long scroll of landscapes.
Zhongruan, Oh Na, Erhu, Pipa, and different classic ethnic instrumental music are all played. "Freedom" by Shanghai Chinese Orchestra Ruan, Liuqin player Li Lin and the orchestra is the premiere of the concerto version of the national orchestra of the song, which depicts the poetic realm of three "free" with the mellow tone of Zhongruan, showing an open-minded and free attitude towards life. In "Blowing Flying Cold", Hu Chenyun, a high-pitched and hot scream, blows out the spiritual pursuit of being brave and optimistic. A song "Honghu Theme Caprice", erhu player Lu Lu and the big band use majestic music to reproduce the well-known theme melody. Pipa player Li Shengnan made the final appearance, bringing the "Second Pipa Concerto", which integrated the musical elements of Su and Hangzhou pingtan, presenting the agility and elegance of Jiangnan Water Town.
On February 15th, the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra's "Happy and Peaceful Reunion Year" Lantern Concert will be performed at the Cadillac Shanghai Concert Hall, continuing to show the national style with Chinese music and ending the orchestra's 2021-2022 performance season.