Tuesday, February 5 is New Years Day on the Chinese lunar calendar, one of the biggest annual celebrations on the planet. Depending on how you do the translation, we're heading into the Year of the Pig, or the Year of the Boar. Music for Chinese New Year, on this edition of Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Chen Yi
: Chinese Folk Dance Suite: Movement 2 YangKo (elastically)
Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Singapore Symphony Orchestra; Lan Shui, conductor
Chen Yi: Momentum
Bix 1352
Zhou Long
: Valley Stream
Gao Renyang, dizi; Hu Jianbing, guanzi; Deng Haiqiong, zheng;Frank Cassara, percussion
Tales From the Cave: Music From China
Delos 3335
Erno Dohnanyi
: Cello Sonata in B flat minor, Op. 8
Bion Tsang, cello; Adam Neiman, piano
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts, Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
Tan Dun
: Pipa Concerto: Movements 1 & 3
Wu Man, pipa; Moscow Soloists; Yuri Bashmet, conductor
Tan Dun: Pipa Concerto
Onyx 4027
Hour 2
Leos Janacek
: Glagolitic Mass: Movements 1 & 8
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Rafael Kubelik, conductor
Janacek Glagolitic Mass, Diary Of One Who Disappeared
DG 463672
Zhou Tian
: Viaje for Flute and String Orchestra
Mimi Stillman, flute; Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle; Lorenzo Muti, conductor
Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, Carolina Theater, Durham, NC
Leos Janacek
: Mladi (Youth)
Alexa Still, flute; Erin Hannigan, oboe; Jun Qian, clarinet; Alejandro Dergal, Bass Clarinet; George Sakakeeny, bassoon; Michelle Baker, horn
Round Top Festival Institute, Festival Concert Hall, Round Top, TX
Gabriela Lena Frank
: Tres Homenajes, Compadrazgo: Movements 1 & 2
Ensemble Meme: Molly Morkoski, piano; Harumi Rhodes, Austin Hartman, violin; Liuh-Wen Ting, viola ; Caroline Stinson, cello
Gabriela Lena Frank: Compadrazgo
Albany Records NA
