A CHINESE NEW YEAR CONCERT
WITH THE ORCHESTRA NOW
JINDONG CAI, CONDUCTOR
Celebrate two holidays in one! On Valentine’s Day, bring your loved ones and welcome the Year of the Horse at the 7th annual The Sound of Spring Chinese New Year concert. The Orchestra Now and conductor Jindong Cai perform a program in praise of love and horses—filling Sosnoff Theater with joyful Chinese and Western symphonic music for the whole family.
Suona virtuoso Yazhi Guo performs with The Orchestra Now and conductor Jindong Cai at the Fisher Center during The Sound of Spring 2024. Photo by Karl Rabe.
Special guest soloists include winds virtuoso Yazhi Guo, plus a selection of outstanding young performers with top international accolades from the legendary Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and the groundbreaking US-China Music Institute at Bard.
Be sure to come early for the ever-popular Chinese instrument demonstration, with tea and snacks, courtesy of the US-China Music Institute.
Tickets start at $15.
Free for Bard students with ID.
Special Pre-Concert Event Starting at 2pm
Come early and bring the kids for Chinese treats and instrument demonstrations courtesy of the US-China Music Institute!
program
Spring Festival Overture 《春节序曲》
Li Huanzhi 李焕之 (1919–2000)
Cloud and Blossom concerto for pipa and orchestra (Excerpts)
《云想·花想》琵琶协奏曲 (刪減版)
Wang Danhong 王丹红 (b. 1985)
Xiaoyan Zoey Luo, pipa
Concertino for Horn and Orchestra in E minor, Op.45
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Jin Zhicheng, French horn
The Sun Shines on Tashkurgan 《阳光照耀着塔什库尔干》
Chen Gang 陈钢 (b. 1935)
Luo Chaowen, violin
Polonaise de concert in D Major, Op. 4
Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880)
Luo Chaowen, violin
Intermission
“Ride of the Valkyries” from Die Walküre
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
A Grand Victory Shanxi folk music for winds and percussion 《大得胜》山西民间吹打
Traditional; arr. Zhang Shiye 张式业; orchestra arr. Lin Miaoling 林淼菱
Yazhi Guo and Hiu Man Chan, suona
Light Cavalry Overture
Franz von Suppé (1819-1895)
Xu Beihong Capriccio 《徐悲鸿随想曲》
Huang Anlun 黄安伦 (b. 1949)
featured artists
presented by
US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music and
Central Conservatory of Music, China
