Venue: National Centre for the Performing Arts - Concert Hall
Dates: May 19, 2018
Programme
Elliott Carter
Holiday Overture (1994)
QIN Wenchen
Suona Concerto Calling for Phoenix
YE Xiaogang
Starlight, for piano, chorus and orchestra (2008)
Gordon Williamson
Movement, for symphony (2014)
CHEN Yi
Cello Concerto Ballad, Dance and Fantasy (2003)
Movement Ⅰ: Story on the Earth
Movement Ⅱ: Dance on the Silk Road
Ryan Latimer
Maverick, for symphony (2016)
Conductor
HU Yongyan
HU’s versatile, energetic style makes him in high demand as a guest conductor for leading international symphony orchestras. In recent years his baton has lead such groups as the Orchestre National de France, London’s Royal Philharmonic, Germany’s Hamburg Symphony, New York’s Buffalo Philharmonic, the New Jersey Symphony, the Singapore Symphony, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the China Philharmonic and at Vienna’s Wien, Modern contemporary music festival. In 2004 and 2005 HU received critical acclaim for conducting at the Beethoven Festival in Beethoven’s hometown of Bonn, Germany. He was the featured conductor with the celebrated Hollywood Bowl Orchestra in Los Angeles for a concert broadcast around the world. His career highlight was conducting the New York Choral Society’s performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony as well as China’s beloved Yellow River Cantata, a 2003 concert which was his Carnegie Hall debut.
Artist
Li-Wei Qin
YUAN Jie
ZHANG Qianyuan
Presenter
China National Symphony Orchestra
The China National Symphony Orchestra (CNSO) is a national orchestra established from the former Central Orchestra (founded in 1956) with support from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China in 1996. Directly subordinated to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, it consists of three art production units - the symphony orchestra, chorus and Beijing Concert Hall.
CNSO’s present Director is ZHANG Yi, Artistic Consultants WU Zuqiang and HAN Zhongjie, Honourary Artistic Director TAN Dun, Chief Conductor LI Xincao, Honorary Conductor TANG Muhai, Chief Guest Conductor SHAO En, Specially Invited Conductor CHEN Xieyang and First Violinist ZHAO Kunyu.
The CNSO has undertaken major performance tasks for various national affairs and diplomatic activities, such as “Beautiful China and Glorious Dream” Concert marking 65th Anniversary of Founding of People’s Republic of China, Gala for Commemoration of 70th Anniversary of Victory of Chinese People's Resistance against Japanese Aggression and World Anti-Fascist War, “Eternal Faith” Concert for Celebration of 95th Anniversary of Establishment of Communist Party of China, “Hangzhou，Living Poetry” Gala for 11th Hangzhou G20 Summit, “Sailing to Future” gala for meetings of BRICS leasers, Boao Forum for Asia, APEC Summit, and the performance for meetings of China-US leaders, etc. The CNSO’s superb skills and extraordinary performance have gained unanimous praise from foreign dignitaries.
Additionally, the CNSO has recorded music for numerous movies and TV series such as ZHOU Enlai, The Promise, Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy,The Years of Burning Passions, and large events including Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, National People's Congress and Chinese Political Consultative Conference, and APEC Summit, etc.The world-renowned record companies including EMI, Philips, DG and Universal Record have made several CDs for CNSO and issued them worldwide.
The CNSO keeps an annual art production of nearly 100 concerts with tours nationwide. Since last century,the orchestra has taken the lead in art practices by bringing symphony to the grassroots, such as schools, armies and factories, etc.
Apart from delivering great performances to Chinese audiences, the orchestra has also visited major countries and regions in Europe, Asia, Australia and North America. Western audiences marvel that “in the hereditary kingdom of symphony, a new member has undoubtedly emerged.”The concerts of “2010 World Symphony Orchestra Music Festival”, “2013 Asia Orchestra Art Festival” and “2015 Asia Orchestra Art Week (Tokyo)” have all been inscribed with the sounds of the CNSO.
