Long Yu, conductor
GSO Honorary Music Director for Life , “[The] most powerful figure in China’s classical music scene”—The New York Times
HIGHLIGHT
Under the baton of Long Yu, Andy Akiho’s work combining ping pong, violin and percussion with orchestra fittingly marks a quarter century of GSO New Year Concerts. Not only is this concert a visual feast, but it’s also a hint of more creative surprises for this memorable evening!
Program
2017New Year Concert
2017．1．1（Sun.）20:00
Xinghai Concert Hall
Long Yu, conductor
Rachel Siu, cello
Gao Can, Paloma So, Elizabeth Zeltser, violin
David Cossin, percussion
Michael Landers, Ariel Hsing, Ping Pong
Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra
1.Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
2.Antonín Dvořák
Song to the Moon from Rusalka
Rachel Siu, cello
3.Antonín Dvořák
Silent woods (Klid) (The Bohemian Forest No.5)
Rachel Siu, cello
4.Bedřich Smetana
Polka from The Bartered Bride
5.Saint-Saens
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Gao Can, violin
6.Pablo de Sarasate
Navarra
Gao Can, Paloma So, violin
7.Franz Waxman
Carmen Fantasie
Gao Can, violin
—— Intermission ——
8.Andy Akiho
Ricochet, Concerto for Ping Pong, Violin, Percussion and Orchestra
Elizabeth Zeltser, violin
David Cossin, percussion
Michael Landers, Ariel Hsing, Ping Pong
