Join us this Thursday, June, 26th at 7PM for the DPR debut of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. As Asia’s oldest orchestra, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra brought Western classical music to China. Today, it remains a world-class orchestra which attracts internationally renowned artists while it still retains its Chinese essence: the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra is a beacon of culture and arts for the city of Shanghai.
SHANGHAI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Broadcast Schedule — Winter 2017
PROGRAM #: SSO 17-01
RELEASE: December 27, 2016
CONDUCTOR: Long Yu
SOLOISTS: Maxim Vengerov (violin)
Ildiko Komlosi (mezzo-soprano) - Trad./arr. Zou Ye
Lang Lang (piano)
Chen Qigang: Instants d'un opéra de Pékin
Chen Gang/
He Zhanhao: The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto
Verdi: “Nei giardin del bello” from Don Carlo
Saint-Saens: “Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix” from Samson et Dalila
Trad./Zou Ye arr.: Jasmine Flower
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, Op.23
Program also includes a highlight from the Shanghai Orchestra Academy:
Haydn: String Quartet in D Minor, Op.76, Nr.2, Hob.Ⅲ:76, mvt I. Allegro
PROGRAM #: SSO 17-02
RELEASE: January 3, 2017
CONDUCTOR: Sir Andrew Davis - Berlioz, Beethoven, Holst
Daniele Gatti - Verdi
SOLOIST: Eoin Andersen (violin), Liwei Qin (cello), Du Ningwu (piano)
Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture
Beethoven: Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano in C major, Op.56
Holst: The Planets featuring the Shanghai Opera House Chorus Female Choir
Joint performance by Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Verdi: Overture from Nabucco
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra only
PROGRAM #: SSO 17-03
RELEASE: January 10, 2017
CONDUCTOR: Zubin Mehta - Beethoven
Chen Xieyang – Zhu Jian’er
Long Yu – Saint-Saëns
SOLOIST: Serena Wang (piano), Julian Rachlin (violin)
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No.3, Op.72b
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1 in C major, Op.15
Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67
Zhu Jian’er: A Wonder of Naxi
Saint-Saëns: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso, Op.28
PROGRAM #: SSO 17-04
RELEASE: January 17, 2017
CONDUCTOR: Daye Lin – Wagner, Bartok, Brahms
Long Yu – Rachmaninoff/Carpenter
SOLOIST: Ba Tong (viola)
Cameron Carpenter (organ)
Wagner: Prelude to Act I, Lohengrin
Bartok: Viola Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No.4
Rachmaninoff/
Carpenter: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Program also includes a highlight from the Shanghai Orchestra Academy:
Michael Kamen: Quintet for Brass
PROGRAM #: SSO 17-05
RELEASE: January 24, 2017
CONDUCTOR: Zhang Jie Min - Dvorak
Paavo Järvi - Smetana
Long Yu - Gershwin
SOLOIST: Yujia Wang (piano)
Dvorak: Carnival Overture, Op.92
Smetana: Má Vlast
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Program also includes a Gershwin medley performed by organist Cameron Carpenter, and a highlight from the Shanghai Orchestra Academy:
Bernstein/
McGuinness: “One Hand One Heart” from West Side Story
Wagner: Pilgrim’s Chorus from Tannhäuser
PROGRAM #: SSO 17-06
RELEASE: January 31, 2017
CONDUCTOR: Long Yu - Huang Yijun, Qigang Chen, Orff
Zhang Jeimin - Ravel
SOLOIST: Lilian Giovanini (soprano), Berj Karazian (tenor), Thomas Bauer (baritone), Chorakademie Lübeck - Burana
Huang Yijun: Beautiful Flower and Full Moon
Qigang Chen: Luan Tan
Orff: Carmina Burana
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Program also includes highlights from the Shanghai Orchestra Academy:
J.S. Bach: Trio Sonata No.5, BWV529, mvt II. Largo
PROGRAM #: SSO 17-07
RELEASE: February 7, 2017
CONDUCTOR: Long Yu - Guo Wenjing, Mozart, Prokofiev
Steve Reich - Reich
SOLOIST: Tang Junqiao (bamboo flute)
Johnson Li (piano)
Guo Wenjing: Bamboo Flute Concerto No.2 Wildfire
Mozart: Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K.466
Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges Suite, Op.33bis
Steve Reich: Tehillim
PROGRAM #: SSO 17-08
RELEASE: February 14, 2017
CONDUCTOR: Osmo Vänskä – Grieg, Berlioz
Kristjan Järvi - Scriabin
SOLOIST: Alice Sara Ott (piano)
Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16
Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op.14
Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy, Op.54
Program also includes highlights from the Shanghai Orchestra Academy:
J.S. Bach: Contrapunctus 14
PROGRAM #: SSO 17-09
RELEASE: February 21, 2017
CONDUCTOR: Daniele Gatti – Li Huanzhi
Long Yu – Zhao Lin
Chen Xieyang - Tchaikovsky
SOLOIST: Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Wu Tong (sheng) – Zhao Lin
Li Huanzhi: Spring Festival Overture
Zhao Lin: Duo
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4
Program also includes a highlight from the Shanghai Orchestra Academy:
Piazzolla: Histoire du tango
PROGRAM #: SSO 17-10
RELEASE: February 28, 2017
CONDUCTOR: Yang Yang - Szymanowski
Zhang Guoyong - Zhu Jian’er
David Stern - Mozart
SOLOIST: Guillaume Molko (violin)
Wenmeng Gu (soprano)
Brahms: Hungarian Dances Nos. 1, 6, 5
Performed by Berlin Philharmonic violins and Shanghai Symphony Orchestra cellos
Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No.1, Op.35
Zhu Jian’er: Symphony No.1, Op.27
Mozart: “Exsultate, jubilate”
PROGRAM #: SSO 17-11
RELEASE: March 7, 2017
CONDUCTOR: Paavo Järvi - Sibelius, Mendelssohn, Ravel, Stravinsky
Daniele Gatti - Verdi
SOLOIST: Christian Tetzlaff (violin)
Sibelius: Finlandia, Op.26
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64
Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite (1919 version)
Verdi: Otello Overture
PROGRAM #: SSO 17-12
RELEASE: March 14, 2017
CONDUCTOR: Shui Lan
SOLOIST: Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano)
Corigliano: One Sweet Morning
Rachmaninoff: The Isle of the Dead
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini
Program also includes a highlight from the Shanghai Orchestra Academy:
Mozart: Serenade, KV361, No.10
Debussy (arr.
J. Heidenreich): Golliwog's Cakewalk from Children’s Corner
PROGRAM #: SSO 17-13
RELEASE: March 21, 2017
Highlights from the Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition
CONDUCTOR: Zhang Jie Min – Mozart
Michael Stern - Shostakovich
SOLOIST: Christian Tarara (violin) – Mozart
Mayu Kishima (violin) - Shostakovich
Mozart: Violin Concerto No.3 in G, K. 216
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No.1
Program also includes music by Bach, Paganini, Sarasate and Brahms.
