27 January 2012
Tuesday’s Chinese New Year celebration at the Philharmonic is going global. SinoVision, an influential TV station in the New York Metropolitan area, covered the event in this video, and Hong Kong-based broadcaster Phoenix TV will air the concert in its entirety. Stay tuned for details.
25 January 2012
Wilbur Ross, Kenneth Buckfire, Henry Cornell, and a Dragon Puppet walk into Avery Fisher Hall …
It’s no joke. Stars and dignitaries alike came out for last night’s Chinese New Year celebration at the Philharmonic … and the party didn’t stop when the concert was over. The Philharmonic’s first-ever Chinese New Year Gala dinner took place on the Grand Promenade following the concert as guests had the chance to meet, greet, and eat with the performers.
See Amanda Gordon’s coverage of the event on Bloomberg.com.
25 January 2012
From the Dragon Parade on the plaza, to performances by the Quintessenso Mongolian Children’s Choir and Philharmonic Prinicipal Oboe Liang Wang, the Philharmonic’s Chinese New Year celebration was a night of festivities not soon to be forgotten.
Happy New Year and good fortune to all.
24 January 2012
Lang Lang and Philharmonic Principal Oboe Liang Wang will be on the Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center today at 4:30 p.m. to feed the dragon as part of the Dragon Dance, which launches today’s Chinese New Year celebration at the Philharmonic.
Bring your best cloud wave and whirlpool moves and join the parade!
24 January 2012
Can’t attend tonight’s Chinese New Year celebration with Lang Lang at the Philharmonic? You’re in luck: WQXR 105.9 FM and WQXR.org will broadcast the concert LIVE! In addition to Lang Lang performing Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1, the concert will feature Philharmonic Principal Oboe Liang Wang performing Chen Qigang’s Extase for oboe and orchestra, bamboo flutist Junqiao Tang, and the Quintessenso Mongolian Children’s Choir — in its first ever appearance outside of China — performing in traditional Mongolian dress.
(Source: electriclandlady)
24 January 2012
As part of its ongoing “China in New York” festival, WQXR will feature an in-depth “musical portrait” with Principal Oboe Liang Wang, hosted by David Garland. Liang will perform CHEN Qigang’s Extase for Oboe and Orchestra on tonight’s Chinese New Year concert at the Philharmonic.
To get you in a dragon state of mind, read WQXR’s list of the Top Five Musical Appearances of Dragons.
23 January 2012
So come to Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. to watch a traditional Dragon Dance in anticipation of the New York Philharmonic’s first-ever Chinese New Year Gala concert, celebrating the Year of the Dragon. The dance, which is open to the public, will be performed by the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company and members of its youth program.
Get in touch with your inner dragon and be fierce!
Photo of the Day: Chinese folk artists prepare to celebrate the Lunar New Year of the Dragon.
4 January 2012
We’ve already welcomed the arrival of 2012 in style. Now it’s time to celebrate Chinese New Year on January 24 with pianist Lang Lang, Philharmonic Principal Oboe Liang Wang, Tang Jun Qiao, and the Quintessenso Children’s Choir, conducted by Long Yu — a night of festivities sure to make this an auspicious start to the Year of the Dragon.
The fourth movement of Shostakovich’s fifth, played by the New York Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein.
Bernstein was such a genius.
Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring - Second Part: The Exalted Sacrifice
Performed by the New York Philharmonic lead by Igor Stravinsky
Alan Gilbert, Music Director of the New York Philharmonic
