On the next Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: Chen Yi’s work “Ge Xu” perfectly fuses the sounds of traditional Chinese music with a Western orchestra by utilizing traditional and non-traditional sounds. It’s also music that is meant to evoke the celebrations by Southern China’s Zhuang minority during the Chinese Lunar New Year or mid-autumn festival. 

We’ll hear that work just in time for the Lunar New Year, plus a work by Bright Sheng titled “Spring Dreams.” Composed for solo violin with an orchestra made up of traditional Chinese instruments, it also draws inspiration from a well-known Beijing Opera from the Early-20th Century.

Also featuring works by Jen Shyu, Huang Ruo, Du Yun, Chichun Chi-Sun Lee, Shuying Li, and others; and performances by violinist Jennifer Koh, pianist Chen-Hui Jen, Four Corners Ensemble, Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, and more.