Yang Yang, conductor
Music Director, China National Opera House；Artistic Director, Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra
Chen Yibai, cello
The prize winner of 16th Tchaikovsky International Cello competition
HIGHLIGHT
Dmitry Shostakovich was one of the foremost musical figures in the last century. This program includes three of his works hailing from different genres. His Cello Concerto No.2 shows despair (in contrast to the upbeat openness of his first), a reflection of the composer’s troubled psyche near the end of his life. The Gadfly was a film score adapted into a suite by Levon Atovmyan that remains popular in the orchestral repertory. Shostakovich’s No.9, compared with his darker seventh and eighth symphonies, is celebrated as an anthem of hope at the end of war. Opening the concert is Snowy Reverie by Alatanmaoni from the NCPA Young Composers Programme. Inspired by footsteps in the snow, the music alludes to herdsmen nearby singing their indigenous folk songs.
PROGRAM
2231st concert since the GSO’s inaugural “Music Season” in May 1998
Subscription Concert 5
Commemoration Concert for the 50th Anniversary of Dmitry Shostakovich’s Death
Organizers: Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, Xinghai Concert Hall
2025.11.22（Sat.）20:00
Symphony Hall, Xinghai Concert Hall
Yang Yang, conductor
Chen Yibai, cello
Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra
Alatanmaoni
Erhu Concerto Snowy Reverie (World Premiere)
*Zhong Xiaotian, erhu
*This work and the soloist are both recommended by NCPA “Young Composer Program”.
Dmitry Shostakovich
Cello Concerto No.2 in G major, Op.126
1.Largo
2.Allegretto
3.Allegretto
Chen Yibai, cello
—— Intermission ——
Dmitry Shostakovich (arr. Levon Atovmyan)
The Selections from The Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a
1.Overture
2.Waltz “Barrel-Organ”
3.Romance
Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No. 9 in E-flat major, Op. 70
1.Allegro
2.Moderato
3.Presto
4.Largo
5.Allegretto
