Spring Festival Overture

(This post is part of a series in conjunction with Chinese New Year 2017)

Spring Festival Overture

Energetic overture of the Spring Festival Suite for Orchestra.
Composed by Li Huanzhi.

Popular during Chinese New Year.

Catchy pentatonic melodies played at an exciting pace.
Interesting harmonization and chord substitution.
Wiki entry here.

China Central Chinese Orchestra - Chinese Orchestra (2006)

Shanghai Symphony Orchestra - Symphony Orchestra (2017)
Fresh from the oven.
At their 2017 Chinese New Year concert.

 

Jeremy Wong and Chen Qu - Piano Duet (2016)

少凡齐 - Piano Solo (2012)

With running score.