From "My Motherland" and "Let's Swing the Oars", which have accompanied the sons and daughters of China for generations, to the famous erhu song "Erquan Yingyue", the film and television music "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"; from the "Little Soft Board" intertwined with love and sentimentality in Mahler's "Fifth Symphony" to the "Symphony Forum Highlights - Masters in China" specially planned for online audiences.
In November, we continue to meet online every Saturday night. Four performances, with different types of musical classics, add a touch of warmth to the early winter.
Rhapsody of Life: Lin Daye, Zeng Yun and the National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra Concert
November 6, 2021 19:30
The horn is an improved self-hunting horn, often representing a free, romantic, unfettered, and free-to-fly attitude to life. In Mozart's day, the horn did not have a button and it was not easy to play. Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 4 in E major was tailor-made for his friend Joseph Loiterber, the most prominent trumpeter of the second half of the 18th century. This elegant and flexible "Zhiyin" work shows the superb skills of the performers and the hunting style of the horn itself.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Mahler composed Symphony No. 5 in C minor. The song plays a pivotal role in Mahler's entire composition. This work is not only an important pure instrumental symphony of the composer since the 1880s, but also represents an important stage in his life: from 1901 to 1902, he met, fell in love with and connected with the beautiful painter's daughter, Alma Schindler. The development of the five movements of the whole song fits the composer's mental journey and attitude towards life at that time, from mourning to victory.
This time, conductor Lin Daye will lead the National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra for the first time, together with Zeng Yun, a young horn player who won the gold medal of the Tchaikovsky International Music Competition, to launch a fantasy about life.
China Symphony Orchestra "Hymns of Heroes" - Concert of Liu Chi's works
November 13, 2021 19:30
At 19:30 on November 13th, conductor Zhang Yi will conduct the China Symphony Orchestra to meet you in the clouds and play the "Hymn of Heroes" concert of Liu Chi's works.
This concert will select nearly 20 works created by Mr. Liu Chi, a "people's musician" and well known to the audience. There are children's chorus works such as "Jingle Bell" and "Little Mouse on the Lampstand" that have grown up with generations of us, as well as symphonic choruses of the same name created for China's first color widescreen documentary "Ode to the Motherland", the theme song "Hero Hymn" created for the movie "Heroes and Children", the interlude "My Motherland" created for the movie "Shangganling", and the popular classics such as "Heaven in the Liberated Areas" and "Let's Swing the Double Oars", in order to comprehensively show Mr. Liu Chi's artistic creation in different periods. It is worth mentioning that many of the works in this concert have been rearranged, how will the classic works show a new look? Worth looking forward to.
"Red Plum Blossom" in the Red Plum and Ethnic Chamber Music Concert
November 20, 2021 19:30
Erhu is a national musical instrument with a long history, rooted in the fertile soil of Chinese culture, and is deeply loved by the Chinese people. Yu Hongmei is one of the most influential erhu players and educators today, her playing style is sincere and simple, delicate and touching, full of passion, and the New York Concert Magazine commented that "her wonderful performance shocked four seats".
Yu Hongmei, together with conductor Lin Tao, together with the Central Conservatory of Music Art Realm Chamber Orchestra and The Sacred Wind Chamber Orchestra, launched a specially planned "Red Plum Blossom" concert. The Sacred Wind Chamber Orchestra is composed of Huqin, Ruan and Percussion Instruments, while the Yijing Chamber Orchestra is composed of nine instruments such as Erhu, Zhonghu, Pipa, Guzheng, Ruan, Flute, Yangqin, Sheng, and Percussion, and its members are selected from the best graduate students of the Folk Music Department of the Central Conservatory of Music, and the two chamber orchestras respectively show the exploration of two different forms of ethnic chamber music.
The selection of music in this concert is rich and diverse, including the well-known Erhu classic "Erquan Yingyue", the magnificent and atmospheric film and television soundtrack "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Yu Hongmei's original chamber music "Momei", the rich Shaanxi music style of "Mihu Tune", the well-known "My Motherland and Me" and so on. This performance pays tribute to the centenary of the Communist Party of China with excellent works of lyrical era, focusing on the spirit of the times of Chinese national music.
Symphony Forum Highlights – Masters in China
November 27, 2021 19:30
In the 14 years since the establishment of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, almost all the world's hall-level masters and famous theaters have shown their style here. Where the masters gather, there will be a thousand weather. Because of the arrival of the master of art, the National Centre for the Performing Arts always presents a glittering and colorful scenery, and every day is performing wonderful moments, which is unforgettable.
What traces did the arrival of the masters of conducting leave in the city of Beijing? What do they see as China's top art temple? What moving chapters have they left in this "pearl on the water"? Follow this episode to review the past of the masters and the Grand Theatre.
Every Saturday night, we look forward to meeting you online!
*Online performance schedules are subject to actual broadcasting
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