From New Year's Day and New Year's Eve to the Lantern Festival and New Year's Day, the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra has planned a number of New Year's performances with different styles to welcome the new year and new dreams with the audience in Shanghai-style folk music.
"Music for Four Seasons" New Year's Concert Live
On December 27 at the Shanghai Concert Hall, the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra and chief guest conductor Tang Muhai presented the "Music for Four Seasons" New Year Concert. The concert repertoire uses four themed chapters of "Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter" to present the artistic conception of the rotation of the four seasons and the renewal of everything.
Silk and bamboo ensemble "Spring River with Flowers and Moonlight Night" and "Clouds and Flowers" led by pipa player Liu Jia spread out the picture of spring, depicting the beautiful and elegant landscape scenery, and telling the deep and lingering beautiful love.
Suona performer Hu Chenyun performed "Hundred Birds", which was adapted from the classic song "Hundred Birds Pay Attention to the Phoenix" to express the prosperity of summer. Traditional percussion imitates the harmonious sounds of birds and depicts vibrant natural scenes. South American jazz, bossa nova rhythms, samba and other elements are integrated to show a passionate and unrestrained exotic style. Li Wei, leader of the
band and huqin player, presented "Two Springs Reflect the Moon", while Lu Lu and Ding Long jointly presented "Chardash", depicting the intensity of autumn and demonstrating the rich playing skills and musical expression of the erhu.
"Broken Bridge in the Snow" is performed by Jin Kai, chief of the flute section, to interpret the hope of winter. The work uses folk music from Jiangsu and Zhejiang as the material, using the scenery to express emotions and sing about the beauty of Jiangnan.
"Chinese music is the music of our nation, embodying our good wishes for the New Year." Tang Muhai hopes that the audience can feel and taste their own unique memories of the four seasons through music, bid farewell to the past and welcome the New Year together.
"Music for Four Seasons" New Year Concert Live
On December 31, the cross-border concert "Your Chinese Music" will gather with the audience at the young theater. Many cross-border Chinese music works will be staged for the first time, showing the fashionable texture and contemporary style of Shanghai-style folk music. rhythm. Pipa vocalist Yu Bing and young suona player Jiang Feng served as the lead performers.
"We hope that national instrumental music will be more in line with contemporary aesthetics, with the flavor of the times and the rhythm of the city." "Flying Flowers", which Yu Bing will bring soon, is based on the ancient pipa song "Flying Flowers Dim Green", integrating electronic music elements and natural The sound effect depicts the slow blooming of flowers and the fragrance. "Cow" uses electronic, rock and other music styles and integrates Tibetan music elements to show the harmonious coexistence between man and nature.
"We hope to create Chinese music works that are natural and casual yet powerful." Jiang Feng will present a series of cross-border works for suona and guanzi: "Breaking Dawn" shows the spirit of the young generation's brave pursuit of dreams; The deep and distant timbre characteristics of the pipe and the dialogue with the piano show the growth mentality of the piano player; "A Foreign Country" shows the colorful colors of modern cities; "Spirit·Bird" uses the fusion of suona and electronic dance music to show the blazing spirit bird Suzaku. life cycle.
In addition, chief percussionist Wang Yinrui, flute player Zhao Yunmeng, percussionist Hu Jiaqian, and harp player Liu Xuanyi will jointly present "Spring River·Flower·Moon·Night", which is based on classic ancient music and gives it an original A new listening experience. "Flight of the Bee" is adapted from the famous Western song "Flight of the Wild Bee". It sweeps like the wind and beats like rain. Performers such as Zhao Zhen, Wang Yinrui, Lu Lu, Wang Chuqing and others will share the stage and will show the lively scene of flying bows and strings. "Your Chinese Music" debuts, a folk music fusion piece that combines jazz, rock, and symphony.
"Music for Four Seasons" New Year Concert Live
html On January 21, Tang Muhai was once again invited to conduct the New Year Concert "Happy and Peaceful Chinese Year". On February 16th (the seventh day of the Lunar New Year) and February 20th (the eleventh day of the first lunar month), the "Fiery Chinese Year" New Year Concert and the "Happy and Peaceful Year of Reunion" Lantern Festival Concert will be performed one after another to convey the festive atmosphere of joyful reunion. .The Shanghai Chinese Orchestra's welcome concert also went out of Shanghai. On December 31, "Folk Music of the Sea" will be performed at the Xiamen Minnan Grand Theater; on January 1, "National Rhythm Ying Langya" will be performed at the Linyi Grand Theater in Shandong.
