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Friday, February 4, 2022

NJSO 2022 Lunar New Year Virtual Concert

 

 

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra

 

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2022 Lunar New Year Virtual Concert 

Saturday, Feb 5, at 7 pm

Chelsea Guo

 

Celebrate the Year of the Tiger with a special virtual concert pairing new performances of solo and chamber works with highlights of previous New Jersey Symphony Lunar New Year programs. Hear festive favorites and traditional Chinese tunes played by rising star pianist and soprano Chelsea Guo, the New Jersey Symphony Chamber Players and more special guests.

The concert will be broadcast on
SinoVision and on the New Jersey Symphony’s YouTube channel on February 5 at 7 pm.

Xian Zhang music director
Chelsea Guo piano & soprano
Jisun Kim violin
Min Kwon piano
Peking University Alumni Chorus
Starry Arts Group Children’s Chorus | Rebecca Shen, director
New Jersey Symphony Chamber Players
         Ming Yang violin
         Héctor Falcón violin
         Michael Stewart viola
         Philo Lee cello
         Alexander Bickard bass
New Jersey Symphony

Spring Festival Overture
Li Huanzhi
         New Jersey Symphony
         Xian Zhang conductor

Prelude Op. 28, No. 15, “Raindrop”
Frédéric Chopin
         Chelsea Guo piano

“Alleluia” from Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165/K. 158a
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/arr. Joel Jacklich
         Chelsea Guo soprano
         Ming Yang violin
         Héctor Falcón violin
         Michael Stewart viola
         Philo Lee cello
         Alexander Bickard bass

“Jasmine Flower”
Traditional/arr. Julia Tsien
         Chelsea Guo piano & soprano

Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25

Pablo De Sarasate
         Jisun Kim violin
         Min Kwon piano

“Waltz” from Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
         Ming Yang violin
         Héctor Falcón violin
         Michael Stewart viola
         Philo Lee cello
         Alexander Bickard bass

“Long Time Ago” from Old American Songs
Aaron Copland
         Peking University Alumni Chorus

“Red Dragonfly”
Traditional/arr. Nicholas Hersh
         Starry Arts Group Children’s Chorus
         Rebecca Shen, director

Purple Bamboo Tune
Traditional
         New Jersey Symphony
         Xian Zhang conductor

Lunar New Year Festival

Rewatch the performances from this year’s Lunar New Year Prelude festival on the 2022 Lunar New Year playlist.

 

This celebration is generously sponsored in part by an anonymous donor in honor of Music Director Xian Zhang.

Chelsea Guo’s performance is generously sponsored by Margaret Lam.


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