In Partnership With: the Conejo Chinese Cultural Association, Camarillo Kung Fu and Lion Dance Association, and Pacific Pearl Music Association (PPMA)
New West Symphony’s Global Sounds. Local Cultures season continues with A Tour of China, a celebration of Chinese New Year and the Spring Lantern Festival with the world’s premier pipa virtuoso and leading ambassador of Chinese music, Wu Man, multi-GRAMMY winning mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, and master of erhu Hong Wang. New West’s multimedia celebration will explore music of Wu Man, Tan Dun, Mahler, Beethoven and some traditional arrangements.
A TOUR OF CHINA
Sunday, February 28, 2021 at 3:00 PM pst
Michael Christie, Artistic and Music Director
Wu Man, Pipa
Sasha Cooke, mezzo soprano
Hong Wang, erhu and chinese wind instruments
Hua Yanjun “Ah Bing” / Wu Ziqiang: “Moon Reflecting in the Second Spring”
Tan Dun: Concerto for Pipa and Strings
Wu Man: Two Chinese Paintings: I. Ancient Echo
Wu Man: Two Chinese Paintings: II. Silk and Bamboo
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major. Op. 74 (“Harp Quartet”)
Mahler/Schoenberg: Das Lied von der Erde “The Song of the Earth”
Additional programming may be announced at a later date*
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Program Items
Hua Yanjun “Ah Bing” / Wu Ziqiang
“Moon Reflecting in the Second Spring”
Tan Dun
Concerto for Pipa and Strings
Wu Man
Two Chinese Paintings: I. Ancient Echo
Two Chinese Paintings: II. Silk and Bamboo
Beethoven
String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major. Op. 74 (“Harp Quartet”)
Mahler/Schoenberg
Das Lied von der Erde “The Song of the Earth”
Performers
Michael Christie
Artistic and Music Director
Wu Man
pipa
Sasha Cooke
mezzo soprano
Hong Wang
erhu and chinese wind instruments