Spring Festival Overture
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Spring Festival Overture is a Chinese orchestral work composed by Li Huanzhi (李焕之) between 1955 and 1956, depicting the scene when folks in Shanbei
region were celebrating the Chinese New Year
(Spring Festival). The tune is widely heard primarily in Mainland China, where it appears frequently in school music textbooks, as well as being played on various festiv occasions.
In 2007 the work was selected to be carried and broadcast into space on China's first lunar probe, Chang'e 1.
Shanbei
Shanbei specifies the northern portion of Shaanxi province, Northwest China, and is a natural as well as cultural area, forming part of the Loess Plateau...
region were celebrating the Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year – often called Chinese Lunar New Year although it actually is lunisolar – is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is an all East and South-East-Asia celebration...
(Spring Festival). The tune is widely heard primarily in Mainland China, where it appears frequently in school music textbooks, as well as being played on various festiv occasions.
In 2007 the work was selected to be carried and broadcast into space on China's first lunar probe, Chang'e 1.
External links
- YouTube - Spring Festival Overture performed at Goldener Saal, Musikverein, ViennaViennaVienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
- The White-Haired Girl (Suite) / Spring Festival Overture by Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Amazon.com MP3 Downloads