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"A Chinese in New York" was a gift to the Pre-College Division’s centennial celebration and was dedicated to Gong’s longtime mentor and spiritual parent, Yoheved Kaplinsky. Born in 1992 in China, composer and pianist Peng-Peng Gong studied for 12 years at Juilliard and is now composer in residence for the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, having […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2012-09-16 23:49:00
Yellow River Cantata Xian Xing Hai China's Weimar
[…] and photos you won't see too often. Even though it's in Mandarin it's not hard to follow. There is a recent movie "Song of Star and Sea" (refering to Xian's given names which mean "star" and "sea". I've only seen the trailer but it looks awful. HERE is a link to the best recording, I think, by the Central China Orchestra and Chorus. Fabulous choral singing, and very sharp soloists. Much better than the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir recording, conducted by Cao Ding, used on the BBC Radio 3 broadcast. Xian Xing Hai wrote two versions of The Yellow River Cantata, the first in 1939 for the limited resources at Yanan, the second reorchestrated for larger orchestra and choir, written the following year in Russia, to which he travelled with the film director, Yuan Mu Zhi (袁牧之) who made Street Angel (1937), one of the […]
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