Carolina Live pays a musical trip to China - Van Cliburn gold medalist Haochen Zhang plays Mozart, Brahms and Stravinsky, from a January 2010 recital at the Halton Theater in Charlotte, NC; and Tan Dun's Concerto for Pipa and Strings is played by pipa virtuoso Wu Man and the South Carolina Philharmonic in a November 2009 concert that also featured Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition at the Koger Center for the Arts in Columbia, SC. Each of the soloists also offers a traditional Chinese folk tune.
Listen to the entire program: From China to the Carolinas
Billboard and Introduction to Mozart Piano Sonata - Lauren Rico
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata in C Major, K. 330
Haochen Zhang, piano
Haochen Zhang, piano
Introduction to Brahms' Kavierstücke - Lauren Rico
Johannes Brahms: 3 pieces from Klavierstücke, op. 119
Haochen Zhang, piano
Haochen Zhang, piano
Introduction to Tan Dun concerto - Lauren Rico
Tan Dun: Concerto for Pipa and Strings
Wu Man, pipa
South Carolina Philharmonic
Morihiko Nakahara, conductor
Wu Man, pipa
South Carolina Philharmonic
Morihiko Nakahara, conductor
Introduction to "White Snow in Spring" - Lauren Rico
Traditional: White Snow in Spring
Wu Man, pipa
Wu Man, pipa
Introduction to "Pictures at an Exhibition" - Lauren Rico
Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestration by Maurice Ravel)
South Carolina Philharmonic
Morihiko Nakahara, conductor
South Carolina Philharmonic
Morihiko Nakahara, conductor
Introduction to Petrouchka - Lauren Rico
Igor Stravinsky: Three Scenes from Petrouchka
Haochen Zhang, piano
Haochen Zhang, piano
Introduction to folk song - Lauren Rico
Traditional: Chinese Folk Song
Haochen Zhang, piano
Haochen Zhang, piano
End of the show - Lauren Rico