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Tan Lihua leads the Beijing Symphony Orchestra in a New Year celebration of orchestral dances, overtures and melodies from China and Europe.
The Beijing Symphony Orchestra has developed a broad repertoire and an extensive public education programme. This concert places Chinese compositions and European orchestral favourites under Tan Lihua, whose biography includes long service as the orchestra's director, artistic director and chief conductor.
The European selections move from Suppé's Light Cavalry and The Queen of Spades overtures to Tchaikovsky's Polonaise and Swan Lake excerpts. Waltzes and polkas by Johann Strauss II and Josef Strauss include Roses from the South, The Blue Danube and The Blacksmith Polka.
Chinese orchestral colour comes from Dance of the Yao People, Reba Dance, On the Field of Hope and three excerpts from The Red Detachment of Women. These pieces set lyrical melody and dance rhythms alongside the energy of the overtures.
Children under 1.2 metres require a ticket for admission.
Full programme
Zhongshan Park, 4 Zhonghua Road, Dongcheng District, Beijing (北京市东城区中华路4号 中山公园内)
Concerts beside the Forbidden City: this hall sits inside Zhongshan Park next to Tiananmen Square and offers 1,419 seats on two levels.
Few concert halls have a setting like this: Zhongshan Park, next to the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square. Inside, 1,419 seats on two levels face a stage 23 metres wide, with an American Austin pipe organ behind it. The hall grew from a 5,000-seat open-air theatre of 1942 and was renovated by April 1999.
