Welcome the Year of the Rabbit with our annual Lunar New Year celebration featuring joyous music, festive dance and a delightful fusion of musical traditions from East and West. Music Director Carl St.Clair conducts.

PROGRAM
HUANZHI LI: Spring Festival Overture
ARR. MANQIN ZHAO/ORCH HE: Defeating the Tiger on the Mountain
GUANYUE LIU/ORCH HE: Birds Chirping
YEONG-SEOB CHOE: Longing for Mt. GeumGang
VIET CUONG: "Solar" from Re(new)al
JOHN WILLIAMS: "Sayuri's Theme" from Memoirs of a Geisha
FRANZ WAXMAN: Fantasy on Bizet’s Carmen, Op.25

- Intermission -

XIANG HOU: New Year's Greeting
ZHANG SHUNXIANG: Peking Opera Impression
TRADITIONAL/ORCH ROACH: Mo Li Hua (Jasmine Flower)
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.9 in D Minor, Op.125, Choral: 4th movement
Presto - Allegro assai - Allegro assai vivace
SAMUEL WARD, ARR. PRECHEL: "America the Beautiful"

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