Join us for Pacific Symphony’s annual festivities honoring Lunar New Year! Celebrating the Year of the Snake, this performance is sure to sell out once again as audiences from across our communities come together to feast on a colorful presentation of Eastern and Western music and dance.
ARTISTS
Carl St.Clair, conductor
Joyce Yang, piano
Bei Bei Monter, guzheng
Yang Liu, erhu
Chelsea Chaves, soprano
Tom Li, tenor
Lotus Bud Guzheng Academy
Verena Lo, cello
Yaya Dance Academy
Violin Studio of Wendy Castillo
American Feel Young Chorus — Sam Wei-Chi Sun, Director
Pacific Chorale — Robert Istad, Artistic Director
Program
HUANZHI LI: Spring Festival Overture
HUIRAN WANG, Orch. Adam Giberti: Yi Dance
SAUNDER CHOI: Blossom
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS: "The Swan" from Carnival of the Animals
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini ~ Intermission ~
Arr. Ying Tang: Happy Valley
JIANG LIU, Arr. Shizhe Wang: Echoes of the Earth: A Musical Odyssey
YAOXING CHEN: Galloping Horses
Arr. Ying Tang: Red Coral
QIGANG CHEN Arr. David Dunford: You and Me
JOHN WILLIAMS: "Exsultate Justi" from Empire of the Sun
LEONARD BERNSTEIN: "Make Our Garden Grow" from Candide
SAMUEL WARD: "America the Beautiful"
Event Description
Join us for Pacific Symphony’s annual festivities honoring Lunar New Year! Celebrating the Year of the Snake, this performance is sure to sell out once again as audiences from across our communities come together to feast on a colorful presentation of Eastern and Western music and dance.
ARTISTS
Carl St.Clair, conductor
Joyce Yang, piano
Bei Bei Monter, guzheng
Yang Liu, erhu
Chelsea Chaves, soprano
Tom Li, tenor
Lotus Bud Guzheng Academy
Verena Lo, cello
Yaya Dance Academy
Violin Studio of Wendy Castillo
American Feel Young Chorus — Sam Wei-Chi Sun, Director
Pacific Chorale — Robert Istad, Artistic Director
Program
HUANZHI LI: Spring Festival Overture
HUIRAN WANG, Orch. Adam Giberti: Yi Dance
SAUNDER CHOI: Blossom
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS: "The Swan" from Carnival of the Animals
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini ~ Intermission ~
Arr. Ying Tang: Happy Valley
JIANG LIU, Arr. Shizhe Wang: Echoes of the Earth: A Musical Odyssey
YAOXING CHEN: Galloping Horses
Arr. Ying Tang: Red Coral
QIGANG CHEN Arr. David Dunford: You and Me
JOHN WILLIAMS: "Exsultate Justi" from Empire of the Sun
LEONARD BERNSTEIN: "Make Our Garden Grow" from Candide
SAMUEL WARD: "America the Beautiful"