SHANGHAI SPRING! has arrived bringing us the Sibelius “Violin Concerto” on the Evening Concert

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear Sibelius’ “Violin Concerto” and Bizet’s “Carmen Fantasy” from Shanghai on the first program from “The Shanghai Spring International Music Festival”.  Also on the program works like “Chinese Dream” and “Winter Landscapes”, “Western classical music” pieces by Chinese composers that blend elements of the East and the West.

Monday August 8: Shanghai Spring [International Music Festival] (SSF 15-01)( of 8)

Shanghai: Center of the Universe

Huang Yijun Beautiful Flower and Full Moon; Shanghai Symphony Orchestra/Huo Runyu

Lu Qimin: Ode to the Red Flag; Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra/Zhang Liang

Bizet, Georges: Carmen Fantasy; Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra/Zhang Liang; Wang Zhijong, violin

Rossini, Gioacchino: “Largo al Factotum” from “The Barber of Seville”; Bamberg Symphony Orchestra/Nott Jonathan; LiaoChangyong, baritone

Zhang, Chao: Chinese Dream; Shanghai P.O./Zhang Liang; Sun Yingdi,piano

Wang, Aikang: Booming Jiangnan; The Chinese Music Orchestra of Jiangsu Province/Wang Aikang

Xu, Shuya: Paysage d’hiver; St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra/Dmitriev Alexander; Wang Liang, oboe

Sibelius, Jean: Violin Concerto; St.Petersburg S.O./Dimitriev Alexander; Wang Zhijong, violin