On August 28, the 2022-2023 music season of the China Philharmonic Orchestra will kick off. The Paper learned that the China Philharmonic Orchestra will enter the National Centre for the Performing Arts during this music season. During the music season throughout the year, many important concerts will be held in the Concert Hall of the National Centre for the Performing Arts.
The China Philharmonic Orchestra stated that it has had a long-term relationship with the National Centre for the Performing Arts, and has been invited to perform in the Spring of the Symphony of the National Centre for the Performing Arts and the Young Composer Program Final Evaluation Concert. In 2016, the China Philharmonic Orchestra performed "La Traviata" produced by the National Centre for the Performing Arts under the baton of Yu Long; in 2019, the China Philharmonic Orchestra performed the opening concert of the 22nd Beijing International Music Festival at the National Centre for the Performing Arts.

China Philharmonic Orchestra

It is reported that the China Philharmonic Orchestra will carry out a series of cooperation with the National Centre for the Performing Arts in the 2022-2023 music season, and perform several sets of repertoire including the opening and closing ceremonies in the concert hall of the National Centre for the Performing Arts. The China Philharmonic Orchestra said that the concert hall of the National Centre for the Performing Arts has first-class hardware facilities and acoustic environment, and the cooperation between the two parties will better present musical works for classical music lovers in the coming year.
In a recent concert on August 28, the China Philharmonic Orchestra will be steered by Artistic Director and Chief Conductor Yu Long, performing three famous symphonic works by British composer Edward Elgar, revealing for the audience The veil of "British Mystery".
British composer Edward Elgar was born in 1857. He is one of the most famous composers in the history of British classical music. His musical style also established the British style in people's impression. "Mighty March" is one of his most familiar works, and its surging rhythm will kick off this special concert. The Riddle Variations is Elgar's most famous work and his most popular music to this day. In addition to the melodious melody, this work is also a "musical puzzle" that Elgar left to the world: the fourteen variations of the work are titled with abbreviations and unidentified names. Composer's real life friend. For more than a hundred years, musicologists have worked hard to decipher the protagonists behind each variation, and when the identities of these characters were finally identified, people realized that the composers took great pains to shape them.
Another performance that will be performed at this concert is Elgar's famous Cello Concerto in E minor, only in this concert the audience will be able to enjoy the altered version of the viola by Lionel Tetis .

Mediyan

The concert soloist is the young Chinese viola player Median, who just became the Principal Viola of the Berlin Philharmonic earlier this year, becoming the first Chinese musician to join the Berlin Philharmonic. In fact, this is the third time that Medyan's name has appeared in the music season arrangement of the China Philharmonic Orchestra. In the previous two music seasons, the orchestra had invited him to collaborate for the first time as a soloist, but only twice. Cancelled due to the pandemic.
When talking about this late debut, Mediyan said, "Actually, I have always had a different feeling for the China Philharmonic Orchestra. I came to Beijing to study at the age of 9, and then I have been studying at the Primary School Attached to the Central Conservatory of Music, I have listened to countless concerts of the China Philharmonic Orchestra in the attached middle school, university, and China Philharmonic Orchestra. It can be said that I am a home music fan of this orchestra. In 2020 and 2021, I was invited to perform with the China Philharmonic Orchestra twice, but both because of The impact of the epidemic has been lifted. However, good things have come and gone, which makes this cooperation even more meaningful.”
When talking about the viola version of Elgar's violin concerto that will be performed at this concert, Mediyan said, "Elgar's original work is a work that I have especially liked since I was a child. I was shocked by its beautiful melody and spiritual power. Elgar wrote this work after the First World War and dedicated it to his deceased wife. Although there is sadness in this work, it is also hopeful. I think this piece is very in line with the viola's temperament. Although it is a bit melancholy, it is also not lacking in texture. The version I played was the version arranged by the violaist Ter Till, and I also added some of my own arrangements. Cooperation with the China Philharmonic Orchestra It will be my first time playing this piece, and I hope fans will enjoy this new look of the Elgar Violin Concerto."