The Huasi Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Zhao Ziwei, plays a 2027 New Year symphony concert titled after the Radetzky March, pairing Strauss waltzes and overtures with Chinese melodies and film themes.
The Huasi Philharmonic Orchestra was formed in 2020 by musicians from the Central Conservatory of Music, the China Conservatory of Music, the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and from abroad. It has more than 100 players and over 200 guest players, and it has given more than 300 concerts. Zhao Ziwei, described as a young Chinese conductor, studied with Zhang Bingbing and belongs to the Conductors Society of the Chinese Musicians' Association.
Johann Strauss II's The Blue Danube and Emperor Waltz, the overtures to Carmen and Die Fledermaus, Tchaikovsky's Waltz of the Flowers, Swan Lake excerpts, Shostakovich's Waltz No. 2 and Offenbach's Can-Can share the bill with Chinese melodies such as Jasmine Flower and with film themes, including He's a Pirate. The printed programme ends with Johann Strauss I's Radetzky March.
Children under 1.2 metres need their own ticket to enter.
Full programme
- Georges Bizet - Carmen, overture
- Johann Strauss II - Die Fledermaus, overture
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Turkish March
- Good News from Beijing Reaches the Frontier
- Dance of the Yao People
- Klaus Badelt and Hans Zimmer - He's a Pirate
- Kristen Anderson-Lopez - Frozen, theme
- Johann Strauss II - Emperor Waltz
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake, selections
- Johann Strauss II - The Blue Danube, waltz
- James Horner - Legends of the Fall, theme
- Johann Strauss II - Spring Waltz
- Dmitri Shostakovich - Waltz No. 2
- Jasmine Flower
- Lü Qiming - Ode to the Red Flag
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers
- Jacques Offenbach - Can-Can
- Johann Strauss I - Radetzky March