China Now Music Festival China and Beethoven
US-CHINA MUSIC INSTITUTE OF THE BARD COLLEGE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC PRESENTS CHINA NOW MUSIC FESTIVAL CHINA AND BEETHOVEN BEETHOVEN MADE IN CHINA Sunday, December 13, 2020 7:30pm China Now Music Festival Livestream Jindong Cai Artistic Director, China Now Music Festival Shenyang Wu Man bass-baritone Pipa Youtube Symphony Julie Smith Phillips Orchestra harp Tan Dun, conductor Xue Miao Konstantinos Valianatos ruan piano Qi Yiduo Daniella Travaglione piano child singer Shanghai Symphony The Orchestra Now Orchestra Andrés Rivas, conductor Yu Long, conductor 1 PROGRAM COMMENTARY Jindong Cai, Artistic Director, China Now Music Festival Shenyang, bass-baritone TAN DUN (B. 1957) Internet Symphony No. 1, “Eroica” I. Allegretto II. Dolce Molto III. Allegro IV. Allegro Vivace You Tube Symphony Orchestra Tan Dun, conductor LI SHUTONG (1880-1942) 乞命 “Compassion” orch. arr. Samuel Mutter 众生 “All Living Creatures” -- 学堂乐歌 ("School Songs") Shenyang, bass-baritone Konstantinos Valianatos, piano The Orchestra Now (Festival Ensemble) Andrés Rivas, conductor Daniella Travaglione, child singer LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Sonatine for mandolin and fortepiano in C arr. Wu Man major, WoO 43a (arr. for pipa and harp) Wu Man, pipa Julie Smith Phillips, harp 2 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Andante & Variations for mandolin and fortepiano in D Major, WoO 44b (arr. for ruan and piano) Xue Miao, ruan Qi Yiduo, piano JULIAN YU (B. 1957) Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Beethoven (Homage to Beethoven) for Orchestra Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Yu Long, conductor PROGRAM NOTES INTERNET SYMPHONY NO. 1, “EROICA” (2008) Tan Dun (b. 1957) In 2008 Google and YouTube commissioned Tan Dun to write Internet Symphony ‘Eroica’ as a part of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra project.
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