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Join the Cincinnati Chinese community in celebrating the Chinese New Year of the Rat with a special concert by the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra, Friday, January 24th (the eve of the Chinese New Year) in Memorial Hall, Over-the-Rhine. Festivities begin at 6:30 p.m. The evening will feature performances of traditional Chinese music by the Shanghai Chinese […]
2018-03-06 14:51:00
Muhai Tang Shanghai Chinese Orchestra, Philharmonie de Paris
Muhai Tang and the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra have been touring Europe in a series coinciding with the Chinese Lunar New Year. Their concert at the Philharmonie de Paris is now online on the Philhamonie site. This is serious Chinese classical music, extremely well done, light years ahead of the sort of kitsch you get on TV and in some movies. Chinese opera dates back some 700 years, pre-dating western opera. Traditionally Chinese music was chamber music for private self-cultivation or folk/popular music for entertainment. Even opera orchestras were relatively modest, the emphasis on poetry, acting and singing. Large-scale Chinese instrument orchestras are relatively new, going back around 100 years. But consider that western orchestral tradition didn't come into its own until the late 18th century, and the extreme cultural differences that had to be overcome, it's quite some achievement how distinctive Chinese classical orchestras can be. All the pieces on this […]
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