Celebrate the year of the Dragon with The Orchestra Now, conducted by Jindong Cai
Now in its fifth year, The Sound of Spring is an authentic Chinese New Year concert featuring dramatic orchestral works and world-class Chinese instrument soloists. This year’s program presents a new selection of festive Chinese music to welcome in the lunar new year, with exciting solo performances by erhu virtuoso Zhang Haiyue and dizi virtuoso Feng Tianshi from the Central Conservatory of Music in China. Famed winds master Guo Yazhi will perform a world-premiere suona concerto by composer Xinyan Li.
Maestro Jindong Cai, Director of the US-China Music Institute, has created a program that asks the audience to consider how music affects us when it is familiar, such as a folk song heard since childhood, compared to how we hear new music or ancient music from the traditions of faraway lands. The program features works by contemporary Chinese composers that draw inspiration from the musical traditions of several distinct regions, forming a tapestry of different styles and sounds.
Full program information below.
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Jindong Cai with The Orchestra Now at Jazz at Lincoln Center, NYC. Photo by Fadi Kheir.
Special Pre-Concert Event Starting at 2pm
Come early and bring the kids for a live Chinese instrument demonstration!
In the Rose Theater lobby on the 5th floor.
program
Li Huanzhi 李焕之 (1919–2000)
Spring Festival Overture 《春节序曲》 (1955-56)
Ye Xiaogang 叶小纲 (b. 1955)
From Cantonese Suite 《广东音乐组曲》 (2005)
i. Raindrops Tapping on Banana Leaves 雨打芭蕉
iv. Thunder in Drought 旱天雷
Chang Shiuan 张玹 (b. 1989)
Diu Diu Diu Diu Dang for orchestra《丟丟丟丟铜仔》 (2018)
Hao Weiya 郝维亚 (b. 1971)
Blooming in the Spring concerto for dizi and orchestra 《陌上花开》 (2023, US Premiere)
Feng Tianshi, dizi
Intermission
Wang Jianmin 王建民 (b. 1956)
Erhu Rhapsody No. 6 第六二胡狂想曲 (2023, US Premiere）
Zhang Haiyue, erhu
Xinyan Li 李昕艳 (b. 1978)
The Magic Land suona concerto 《神奇的土地》 (2023, World Premiere）
Guo Yazhi, suona
Wang Danhong 王丹红 (b. 1985)
Joyful Songs of Mountains and Waters 《山水欢歌》 (2023, US Premiere)
FEATURED ARTISTS
The Sound of Spring is presented in collaboration with the Central Conservatory of Music, China.
SPECIAL THANKS to the Tianqiao & Chrissy Chen Institute for sponsoring The Sound of Spring 2024.
