Beijing News (reporter Liu Zhen) On January 19, the Chinese New Year Concert of the Central Chinese Orchestra "Together to the Future" was performed at the Concert Hall of the National Centre for the Performing Arts. As one of the performances of the "Happy Meet 2022 National Centre for the Performing Arts New Year Blessing Series Concerts", many artists of the Central Chinese Orchestra joined hands with National Costume Sports, Chinese national team coaches and champion athletes to welcome the Beijing Winter Olympics and the New Year of the Tiger, presenting a diversified performance that integrates national music works and olympic sportsmanship for the audience. The performance was recorded in 4K and broadcast live online around the world on February 5, sending Chinese New Year greetings to Chinese people around the world through folk music to celebrate the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
"Snow Mountain" performed by Feng Xiaoquan and Zeng Gege. Photo by Fang Xiao
The performance was conducted by Liu Sha, chief conductor of the Central Chinese Orchestra, with Erhu player Jin Yue as the orchestra chief, national wind musician Feng Xiaoquan and flute player Zeng Gege as the assistant, and young singers Gong Shuang, Tang Wenjuan and Wang Kun, and young percussionist Li Wenbo. In terms of repertoire arrangement, there are "Snow Mountain", "Momei" and "Winter", which embody the winter mood, "The Great Wall Wanli", "Beijing Happy News Spread border village", "Green Wind Song", "My Motherland", and the classic melody of folk music "Jasmine", "Dragon Leaping tiger leap", etc. Zhao Cong, director of the Central Chinese Orchestra, said: "Folk music is the warmest, intimate and most powerful form of music in our Chinese nation, and it is a great challenge to use folk music to help the Winter Olympics and use music to show sports. ”
"Together to the Future" recitation: Zhang Yuhan, Zheng Qianyue. Photo by Fang Xiao
It is worth mentioning that during the performance, special guests, Zheng Qianyue, individual head coach of the rhythmic gymnastics national team, and Zhang Yuhan, the swimming world champion, presented the soundtrack poem recitation "Together to the Future", which pushed the atmosphere of the scene to a climax. As a Professional Swimmer in China, Zhang Yuhan, a champion athlete who participated in the performance, said that it was a great honor to be on the same stage with the Central Chinese Orchestra on the eve of the Winter Olympics and the Spring Festival to present gifts and Send New Year blessings. As a coach of an artistic gymnastics project, Zheng Qianyue believes that her daily work is to pursue the integration of competition and art, and the combination of national music and Winter Olympic elements and sports elements in this concert is very novel, which makes people excited and moved. She said that she hopes to contribute to the spread of national music and national culture, and also hopes to present gifts for the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics through this event, and to help all athletes who are about to embark on the ice and snow arena.
Beijing News reporter Liu Zhen
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