New Year's Concert 2023 - An East-Meets-West of Favourite Classics

An evening of east-meets-west classic favourites presented by the Li Delun Music Foundation. Ringing in the new year with the Toronto Festival Orchestra.
Conductor: Linhan Cui (Conducting Fellow of the Los Angeles Philiharmonic, Winner of Malko Young Conductors Competition 2021)
Pianist: JJ Jun Li Bui (Winner, International Chopin Competition, Warsaw 2021)
China’s favourite Canadian: Dashan
Card performance: Andrew Eland
Host: Kemin Zhang
Programme:
1.”God Save The Queen” in memory of her majesty Queen Elizabeth
2. Strauss II “Voices of Spring Waltz”
3. Liu Tieshan, Mao Yuan “Dangce of the Yao Tribe”
4. Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 – 3rd Mov
5. Tang Poetry Recitation: “Song of Everlasting Sorrow”
6. Glinka: “Valse-Fantaisie”
7. Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 IV Allegro Con Fuoco
Special Features:
The World premiere of “The Song of Everlasting Sorrow” recited by Dashan.
Bukaopu Chamber Ensemble led by the composer of the piece, Kemin Zhang himself.