Legends and Lanterns (Celebrating Lunar New Year, Year of the Dragon)

Legends and Lanterns: Lifts the Spirits This Lunar New Year

As part of the Year of the Dragon celebrations, join internationally renowned Chinese-Australian Cellist Li-Wei Qin and acclaimed violinist Harmonnia Junus, and the Odyssey Symphony Orchestra as they perform Legends & Lanterns, a musical fusion of East meets West at The Sydney Town Hall, 14th  February 2024.

Under the baton of Hong Kong-born Briton and Musical Director of Australian Ballet Jonathon Lo, the Legends & Lanterns program showcases much-loved pieces from the classical Chinese repertoire including the Spring Festival Overture, Galloping Horses, as well as a special abridged version of Butterfly Lovers’ Violin Concerto for Violin and Erhu, featuring Harmonnia Junus and Fuhua Li.  These pieces will be complemented by a selection of Western works including masterpieces by Brahms and Strauss and featuring the dynamic talent of Li-Wei playing Saint Saen’s Cello Concerto, it is the ultimate show of supreme skill and orchestra artistry.

Legend & Lanterns will lift the spirits as it explores the richness of Eastern and Western musical cultures through energetic large-scale orchestral works, along with exquisite moments of interpretation in this joyful live experience.

Event Details:

• Date: Wednesday 14th February
  
• Time: 7:00PM
  
• Location: Sydney Town Hall, 483 George St, Sydney NSW 2000

*Doors open at 18:00.

Program:

1. Spring Festival Overture (Huanzhi Li)
2. Carmen Fantasy (Pablo de Sarasate)
3. Cello Concerto No.1 (Saint Saens）
   
4. Radetsky March (Johann Strauss Sr.)
5. The Butterfly Lovers Concerto (Zhanhao He, Gang Chen arr. Yanshen Huang)*
6. The Deep Night (Hua Wu)
7. Violin and Cello Double Concerto (3rd mvt) (Johannes Brahms)
8. I Still Call Australia Home (Peter Allen Arr. William Birkbeck)*
9. Galloping Horse (Yaoxing Chen arr. Yanshen Huang)*