Shanghai Quartet Leads new year concert knocks on the "gate of time" in 2022

At 20:00 on December 31, the "2022 Shanghai New Year Concert" was led by the Shanghai Quartet, the artist-in-residence of this season, and four members of the orchestra will perform Beethoven's "Second Romantic Song in F Major", Dvořák's "G Minor Boomerang", Bruch's "Romantic Song in F Major", Mondti's "Char dash" and Shahankun's "Pastoral Song" with the orchestra. In addition, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra will also present a series of traditional New Year concert works such as Shostakovich, José Strauss Jr.'s round dance, polka and so on, which are relaxed and cheerful, and on the occasion of the New Year's Eve, they will once again play the sound of the city and ring the "gate of time" in 2022 with music.

2022 Shanghai New Year Concert Scene (Photo provided by the interviewee issued by CCTV)

The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra chose to celebrate the New Year with the familiar "Viennese Melody" in this New Year' still plagued by the epidemic, and staged the signature repertoire of many Viennese New Year concerts, such as the "Sound of Spring" round dance, the "plucked string" polka, the "Thunder" fast polka, and the "Blue Danube" round dance. Coincidentally, this year's New Year's Concert by the Berliner Philharmoniker will also feature a Strauss family dance under the theme of "Tribute to Vienna".

As the "second generation" of the Shanghai Symphony, violin Li Weigang has both anxiety and expectations for this pilot, "This is the first time that we have led a band of more than eighty people, so I am also curious about the effect of this performance form, after all, it has not yet appeared on the domestic stage." ”

In fact, today's international music scene is also testing the waters of "no conductor stage" performances. At this year's Lucerne Festival, pianist Wang Yujia performed two concerts with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and mahler Chamber Orchestra, which were completed by the pianist leading or principal. Veteran critic Christian Verhagen praised the Lucerne Festival's attempt in the Swiss New Zurich Times, arguing that it "conveys a 'heart-changing' perspective", although conductors are still indispensable in performances, as the soloist or lead "alternative" conductor has a limited repertoire. However, if fans see the Shanghai New Year Concert program list, "being able to hear and witness a concert with a symphony orchestra without a traditional conductor is a new thing to keep up with the trend and benchmark with the world." ”