2012 NCPA Lantern Festival Symphonic Concert

Venue: National Centre for the Performing Arts - Concert Hall
Dates: Feb. 04, 2012
Duration: approximate 105 mins (intermission included) 
Price: VIP/480/420/360/260/180/80 RMB 

Presenter
Beijing Symphony Orchestra
Beijing Symphony Orchestra, founded in October 1977, is one of the renowned symphony orchestras in China, with which Mr. Tan Lihua acts as Music Director and Principal Conductor. Chinese maestros Mr. Li Delun and Mr. Huang Feili, who ever held the artistic consultant for a long time, have made enormous contribution to the development of the orchestra.

Beijing Symphony Orchestra has a large number of musicians versed in arts and some of them are the national or international award-winning artists. Through its long-term continuous performances, the orchestra has grown into one of the most popular large music ensembles in China for its solid musicianship and rich repertoires it can offer.

The BSO gives regular concerts with a rich repertoire in its annual music season. Besides Mr. Tan, the Principal Conductor, the orchestra has a regular cooperation with conductors, soloists and other orchestras from home and abroad. Annually it presents over 80 performances. In addition, the BSO has participated in major cultural exchanges on behalf of China and the capital as well as tour concerts throughout the country. Its wonderful performances have won wide acclaim from audiences.

The BSO has debuted nearly 100 great works of world-famous composers in China. From 2007 onward, the orchestra has released four records worldwide with the EMI, which is the first cooperation between EMI and a Chinese conductor and symphony orchestra. In July 2008, Beijing Symphony Orchestra completed the recording project of the games anthems and national anthems for the 29th Beijing Olympic Games, a project which includes 212 works. The recording has been unanimously acclaimed by the International Olympic Committee, International Paralympics Committee and its member states and regions. The orchestra is also the main figure of the Beijing New Year's Concert owing to its strength of its musicianship.

In every music season, the BSO organizes concerts of Chinese symphonies and various commissioned pieces in different styles and regional features. It makes continuous efforts as well to launch a variety of concerts with Chinese traditional operas and symphonies incorporated. The orchestra also presents students and local communities free concerts on a regular basis, and has participated in the live concerts on CCTV. The BSO has visited Germany, Austria, Italy, Poland, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia, Serbia, South Korea and other countries, as well as China's Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. It crowned its European performance tours in 2001, 2003, 2006, and 2009, which were highly commented upon by local critics.

Programme
Spring Festival Overture　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  Li Huanzhi
Selections from Swan Lake　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Tchaikovsky
 　Scene　
 　Little Swan　
 　Spanish Dance　
Orchestral Works from Chinese Folk Songs　　　　　　　　　　　　Bao Yuankai
 　Dialogue on Flowers　 
 　Go West　 
 　Watching Yangge Performance　
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  Johan Strauss
Auf der Jagd Polka　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  Johan Strauss
Ein Morgen, ein Mittag, ein Abend in Wien Overture　　　　　　　 Johan Strauss
　 
——Intermission——　
　 
Slavonic Dance　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Dvorak
Selections from The Red Detachment of Women　　　　　　　　　 Wu Zuqiang, Du Mingxin, etc.
 　Overture　
 　Happy Soldiers　
 　Drill Dance　
Pizzicato Polka　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  Johann Strauss
Jasmine Flower　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Jiangsu folk　Arr. Li Wenping
Selections from Coppelia　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Delibes
 　Mazurka　
 　Waltz　
 　Czardas dance　
An der Schonen blauen Donau Waltz　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Johann Strauss