Spring Festival Overture

[masterclassicalmusic]

what's the instrument which look like Cellos and Doublesbass at 0:22

[muyig]

happy new year of dragon

[jorgeandresossa]

HERMOSO......lOS FELICITO

[JJBRMusic]

So pure, I love it. <3

[vrljikkerssfesst]

this is played in D major instead of the C-major original western version. why?

[fobbyrice]

@vrljikkerssfesst I think this is actually a Chinese composition and the Chinese musical system has D major as its main universal key. I think it's simply because just about every Chinese instrument is made tuned where D is the easiest, but also many songs that go between Chinese and the Western orchestras often change keys. I think it is because of tuning and convenience and some instruments have certain octave ranges.

[vrljikkerssfesst]

@fobbyrice or maybe the original piece is in C major then re-arranged for Chinese Orchestra, which is, in D-Major so it will be convenient for the orchestra (Chinese) to play this piece, in which you cited that their musical system has D Major as its main universal key. But i think this version of the piece is sweeter than the western version. isn't it? :)

[simon2078671]

This is brilliant! Marvelous!

[wxybkaphsc]

somehow, I am in tears...



[TheBURSWOOD]

我要買這concert DVD 或BLURAY ， 請問大大們，那裡有的找。。謝謝 太贊了！！

[createallow3126]

mmm yum

[OuYangEnHui]

吹笛子那女的好漂亮哦

[hjade007]

@OuYangEnHui  是啊，她如此美丽，美得让人没法把眼睛移开！古典美！

[normayschin]

Upgrade to Flash Player 10 for improved playback performance. Upgrade Now or More Info. close 147,716 Like Add toShare Loading... This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded by hacona on Jul 8, 2006 民族管弦乐 《春节序曲》 李焕之曲 彭修文改编 中国中央民族乐团 指挥：陈燮阳 Orchestral Spring Festival Overture Composed by Li Huan Zhi Arranged by Peng Xiu Wen China Central Chinese Orchestra Conductor: Chen Xie Yang

[BlockKingdom]

could someone please tell me where i could find the score or sheet music

[GjinG]

How about searching 'L. van Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major Op. 15 '... Sounds familiar?? LOL. Rather than saying the composers are copying each other's work, why don't put it another way- we are all tied together by music despite all the differences in ethnicity and culture. The power of music is great! Peace (Y) =)

[MoLahBel]

@GjinG Hi! Beethoven was still following the grammar and syntax of Haydn and Mozart, when he composed his Piano Concerto No.1, Op.15. This was a step forward on his journey to becoming the genius he is, i.e. by copying and impoving the material available.

And how right you are! Music, when it is best, belongs to the world. It "ties us all together", all of us humans, "despite all the differences in ethnicity and culture"

Yes, you are right again: "The power of music is great". Peace and Love!

[OrsinoDuke]

Don't be idiot. This piece has been there for a thousand years.

[MoLahBel]

@OrsinoDuke Are you sure "this piece has been there for a thousand years"???

It was composed by Li Huan Zhi in 1955-56. Li Huan Zhi died in the year 2000, at the age of 81.

Again, the work is chinese flavoured and grandiose too. But try and listen to Dvorak's "Carnival Ouverture" Op. 92 and his 9th Symphony, to hear the striking similarities.

I rest my case! Cheer up!

[GjinG]

@MoLahBel

Li Huan Zhi wrote the orchestral version of this piece.... i think @OrsinoDuke was referring to the folk song version of this piece that was passed down ages ago....

[MoLahBel]

@GjinG Thanks for your clarifications! I am sure the original chinese old folk songs in the "Spring Festival Ouverture" are great and worthy of world admiration! And they deserve it too!

I also think, the version presented in Vienna is not the original one, but an arrangement that is more close to Dvoràk, or clearly so!

Any one with a slight familiarity with Dvorák's work will be pleased to hear how close Dvorák was to such famous old and much appreciated chinese folk songs! Love and peace!

[sapphiresmiles]

都是大师级别啊！

[PiccoloFlute2010]

I absolutely love 0:30-2:08 :)

[strawberryhiromi]

i like this version! where can i find this in an mp3 file?

[MoLahBel]

Is this a chinese rearrangement of two of Dvorac's compositions? OK, as an exotic piece, and OK as a show piece, but not really the real thing! Anyways, an interesting instrumentation! Good luck!

[22572008]

@MoLahBel

you mean Antonín Dvořák? this spring festival overture is one piece of spring festival suite. the whole suite is based on chinese folk songs and rice-sprout songs which early originated in Song Dynasty (960 —1279) and most of them are from north-west China sang by farmers. i don't think those people could know Dvorak.

the modern chinese composer collected and arranged them in order to compose this suite. maybe you are familiar to western music, but Chinese have their own !

[MoLahBel]

@22572008 Yes, Antonin Dvorák! This is a Dvoráks composition played with chinese instruments, with a chinese flavour by a chinese orchestra for a western audience in Vienna's Opera House. The same orchestra played also a chinese version of the Radetzky March by J. Strauss. I am a great fan of chinese traditional music and recognize the greatness in some of the works that great nation has contributed to world music. If you insist this 100% chinese, then it's suspiciously close to Dvoráks work!

[22572008]

@MoLahBel

i don't think you read my comment indeed and know anything about chinese folk music. of course you're not a great fan of chinese music. if you think the chinese composer plagiarize dvorak you can accuse him or write an essay and send it to magazine, ok? it's usful than only left a comment here. among those western audience in Vienna's Opera House, some are much more familiar to dvorak's works than you.

[MoLahBel]

@22572008 Apparently we disagree, but I respectfully invite you to listen to Dvorak's "Carnival Ouverture", Op. 92, and to his Symphony No. 9 (IV Mvmt) to hear what I mean. Let me repeat! I am a fan and great admirer of traditioanl chinese music! Cheers!

[musaxsaturn]

awesome, they have a chinese instrumental band

[barryin06]

。朋友，说明区里的介绍说指挥为 陈 " 變 " 阳是不是应该为 ：陈 " 燮 " 阳？。。

[BORIS1ify]

美!美!美無中西之分!古今之別!

[mara235]

I'd love to hear them perform ''Silent Wood'' by Dvorack - of course with their own interpretation.

[mara235]

Cool - Chinese orchestral music - lovely

[epwon1]

Very good!



[epwon1]

女吹笛手应该是陈悦吧？

[sysonweb]

@epwon1

她叫曾格格。原名曾绍斌。

[wh4541]

Different but good.

[mdirtydogg]

Splendid.I am fortunate to listen to this kind of excellence.Superb interpretation.Thank you for posting these.

[TTrigenio]

my favoroite chinese song

[karmlan123]

To listen and appreciate to this high end Chinese music, you need a pair of good speakers or earpiece.

[jijizhiyin]

顶李李焕之，彭修文和他的中央广播乐团民乐团！

顶宋飞！

顶曾格格的古典形象和台风！

顶曲目！

顶服装设计！

踩指挥！

踩乐队编制！

踩音乐总监！

[jijizhiyin]

真是，最坏事的就是这个矫情指挥，颁予最没水平的指挥家金像奖！

脑子进水的一台不知所谓的节目，中乐团非要学交响乐团，弄个不懂­中月的矫情指挥，搬出硬佐出来的奇怪乐器，不三不四，非驴非马，­不知所谓。

只宋飞一人拒绝被进水的时代忽悠。曾格格的古典形象和台风实在让­中国人受用不已，不已。。。

[kenton9249]

@jijizhiyin 乐器那裡奇怪了？

[MsMusicPrincess]

i like the yun luo

[paolohou]

i like the tune from 2:10

give my greeting for those ppl can't gather with their family for spring festival

[taijicheng]

listening to this always reminds of the Chinese New Years I had as a kid

full of eager anticipations for the food, new clothes, fire crackers, a family reunion, the TV gala, above all dumplings my mum will make for the three of us sitting around the table ... ...

[ticrak1]

La musique est si joyeux. Tres creatif !!

[Caharpuka]

Bahh I can't understand what's going on here, this is so different from western classical music.

[MARTINIxInSaNeKILLER]

@Caharpuka yes you can say that. but thats the reason why chinese traditional music is so breathtaking ;)...

[attilahistory]

如果沒有「樂隊指揮」的角色是不是就奏不成樂了？

[musikjo31]

Extraordinaire et d'une sublime intelligence cet orchestre mérite le renom qui est le sien.

Quelle musicalité, quelle grâce de notre si lointaine et merveilleuse Chine qui s'exprime devant nous pour notre plus grande joie.

Bravo et encore bravo amis musiciens qui pratiquez le seul langage universel...la musique...la vraie.

[Koyko200]

I like that music. It is so pretty.

[MeliseDeio]

Very lively and cheerful composition, and the China Central Chinese Orchestra is so amazing and admirable!

[fleurjaune345]

Very beautiful.

[jaspny]

what is the name of that girls. looks very nice. who plays the flute+

the music is wonderful

[suyuehc]

If I am not mistaken, her name is Tseng, Gege (in Taiwanese spelling, in Chinese spelling could be Zeng, Gege). Her hair dress style is of a classic style.

[dan020350]

awesome

[xingfenzhen]

happy new year guys!

[U38066]

just love the 2nd mov. 02:09 - 03:47

True festival ambient!!

[mybox65]

me too

[vrljikkerssfesst]

chinese pieces are for only suitable for chinese orchestras

[Sturmwaffen]

I agree.

[Sturmwaffen]

I'd like to hear a lot of the contemporary chinese pieces written for western orchestras played out in this instrumentation-it's really a lot more pleasant than hearing the sounds of clashing winds and strings!

[thechinadesk]

The National Orchestre de France and the Symphonie Orchester der Wiener Volksoper have done versions using Western instruments that have been posted on YouTube.

People can listen and draw their own conclusions.

But to me they sound just as good either way. Different, but just as good.

[vrljikkerssfesst]

this is more nature-like than the western strings.....

[emilydppm]

chinese classical is very close to the nature =)

[cristiantudoricu]

pls send me this version in mp3 format..... pls... just send me 1 pv msg ..with ur YM id...and ill contact u ...ty

[CptSchmidt]

me too. i can't find a version this beautiful anywhere. i'd love this mp3 if i can get my hands on it. thank you very much.

[thechinadesk]

Any YouTube video can be converted to MP3 using free software widely available on the web. Just Google "YouTube to MP3" and pick the one you like. I've tried several. Some are good, others not so good.

Some call for you to download the video to your HD first, then convert into MP3.

Others call for you to enter the URL for the vidieo, and it converts to MP3 in a single move.

I prefer the former because I save the videos to watch also.

Good luck!

[xuwei3912]

this mp3 is :Beautiful Flowers with the Full Moon (花好月圆)

[amacviolins]

We performed this piece with western string instruments at the new year 2006, thank you for posting this original version of this music.

[mortred009]

I gotta do a music project on this, but wow...I'm glad I picked Chinese music to analyze :)

[samUnplugged44]

Oh wow, this is amazing.

[nelsondavid1986]

i love it! thx

[releasethefrogs]

wow, this is amazing! I've never heard of a chinese orhestra before, it's amazing the whole new world of sounds this brings. I'd love to know where to hear more/learn about the instrumentation

[maximeaulio]

Prefer that version... (compare to the "western" orchestration)

[Zeratul0831]

The western one is a bit louder, all because of the presence of brass instruments... but this version has less brass. I prefer this version more anyway.

[treasureword]

it is beautiful beyond words

[bbsqterm]

So beautiful, I like it.

[CptSchmidt]

FAB

[sheepyGoat]

Whoow~ that was TOP!

[lhapad9]

Wa!!! great music great perfomance thank for upload.

[Emmylili]

i think that instrument is 巴鸟,I'm not too sure.

[Euphy09]

i like how it sounds so full

what is the oboe sounding instrument called?

its funny cause ive seen mostly all these instruments as decorations

[fobbyrice]

the suona? thats it i think. or are you talking about that oboe thats doing the solo?

[goodguy630]

it's an alto suona

[highclous]

It is a traditional music of China.lively and homesickly

[loverpath]

1 word... pro 0.o

[hung11111]

i now sec1 going SYF next year playing this song i playing yun lao or cloud gongs quite hard got 36 different key

[procrastinator1357]

It makes me homesick...

[yubooboo]

I like it

[smre88]

where was this performed?

[fobbyrice]

the golden hall in vienna, austria

[ahweikun]

just like modern symphony orcstra, brilliant

[PianoScience]

what are those cello looking things called?

[mrn93]

la ruan (like the chinese 'guitar' the ruan)

[limwk007]

This is such a fantastic performance. Thank you for posting it!

[heinzkurt2010]

每年过年都听这个，很温暖，很怀念

[cristiantudoricu]

love this ..... mutual respect :)):X

[salvadormacari]

xalvador

estoy maravillado por todo , la musica, los instrumentos y y la maestria de los integrantes, gracias Hacona por subir esta musica tan hermosa

[YUDIAIWUXIAN]

grax q t gusta。

[hjade007]

曾格格, 愛你一萬年也不夠!

永远为你祝福!

[fobbyrice]

is la ruan similar to cello? this is one of my favorite orchestra songs. great job

[hacona]

yes it is similar to the cello. but the sound quality is different.

[200411732]

ruan produces a sound like guitar, while gehu is similar to cello. Hope that helps :)

[briebabe]

中国中央民族乐团

指挥：陈變阳

[onegoodman66]

Great Chinese Culture!!

[kaviar10]

Fantastic! I love that tune in the orchestra.

[hjade007]

有誰知道吹笛子那位窈窕淑女的名字嗎?

她才是真正的美女!

愛死她啦。

[shaw169]

曾格格 她有老公拉 哈哈

[baddayvbguy]

没关系，自由恋爱，抢！哈哈

[hjade007]

曾格格，有意思。是滿人嗎?

有佳人如此，能看著她就很幸運了！

[shnshnmu]

她原名曾昭斌，满族。

[shnshnmu]

她原名曾昭斌，满族。

[hjade007]

她不僅美麗，而且氣質高雅。這種美女，現實在不多見啊!

願上蒼保佑她幸福美滿。

[yayaduck]

对，她好像嫁给了她的同学，吹号子的。

[nuannuan1984]

对

冯晓泉

就是那个写中华民谣的

[squidinthesea]

哈哈，你去吧。

[turuha1000nenn]

ニイハオ（こんにちは）！。

『中国3000年の歴史』がそうさせるのか？

穏やかな『大河の流れ』が感じられます！。

[hero9992000]

ありがとうございます！この曲は中国の民族的な曲の中で代表の一­つです。楽器は全部昔ながらのものです。申し訳ないですが、中国­の歴史は3000年ではないです、5000年です（笑）

[freestyle217]

i understand what you trying to say, cuz you are using our chinese words, u stupid japanese, sucking your all culture are from our chinese, and you dare to laugh at us? how stupid of you!

[xiaoxiaoyang]

As for suonas, there are traditional and altered suonas with keys. the traditional suonas are available in keys of G, F, E, Eb, D, C, Bb, 大A, 大G, 大F and 大D. The altered suonas have 4 main variations - the soprano suona, alto suona, tenor suona and bass suona. The alto and tenor altered suona are the most common.

[xiaoxiaoyang]

It's quite hard to find a 大 G dizi in black. The fingerings are slightly different as this dizi uses the right last finger so that it is easier to play semitones. It is also known as the 低音笛.

[halojames1]

中国中央民族乐团

指挥：陈變阳

[ryrycalguy]

As for that Chinese Flute (dizi?) that guy is playing, what key is that flute? What size I mean? I wanna get one and learn it. I play the normal flute so I want to learn that it looks cool.

[hacona]

This song uses 3 types of dizi - bangdi, qudi and xindi, and these 3 dizi are in different keys. Which one are u talking about?

[ryrycalguy]

I'm talking about the dark dizi that the older guy is playing at 00:35. Which key is that one in? Thanks for your help.

[hacona]

It's called 'xindi', a lower pitch dizi commonly used only in orchestra works. It's in G.

[ryrycalguy]

Is that an Oboe or just a Chinese instrument that looks like an oboe?

[hacona]

it's a Chinese instrument called 'suona', but it's the alto version of it. looks kinda like an oboe though, yes.

[alladinmoua]

Nowadays, there are two types of suonas: traditional ones, and more modern ones that have finger keys attached.

Check out this picture:

damo-qigong (dot) net/taoism/pics/suona.jpg

The keyed suona (left) looks like an oboe, exept for the bell.

[hick315]

what kind of Chinese flute is that, the one that guy is playing. i want one.

[bbarcsamoht]

Superb - such variety of sound!

[xiuqin24]

赞！

"几万年"未再听到如此豪迈万丈、奔放流畅的乐章！

赞！

[xxxxxx06]

Is this in the konzertverein in Vienna?!!!

[AmandaRoman39]

yes, it is in Vienna. This performance should be in 1998. But anyway, continously 3 years they performed 3 times in the konzertverein in Vienna.

[nuannuan1984]

this song maybe jin she kuang wu(golden snake dance)

[nuannuan1984]

sorry，it is 新春序曲

[hacona]

nono...it's '春节序曲'

[nuannuan1984]

是98年在维也纳金色大厅举办的中国新春音乐会

[kissuck]

wow love it =)

[UngDipHuan]

People! stop posting chain letters!

[colind911]

The greatest Chinese traditional classical Music!

[UngDipHuan]

This music inspired my drawings. I drew in accordance to the rythm and I made the best sketch I've ever drawn!

[UngDipHuan]

I wanna buy the cd!!!! but where?!

[hacona]

it's sold in Singapore.

[nuannuan1984]

can you upload more about this concert?

[rulkubara]

This is oerfecto!!! I love it!!! So pro!!!

[hacona]

erm...it's sold in singapore...

[simon18i]

whats the title of the cd?

[poohphua]

lol all super pro any1 noe where to get this CD?? haha i wanna buy.. lol haha xD

[hacona]

i saw it in singapore.

[yfrankliao1]

Superb job by Zeng GeGe(Princess)...

[Yoharashi]

IT WOULD BE FUN- TO MEET A FAIRY!

[hayama317]

I like it! it's... spiringy with some exitement!

[hahax100]

super nice...