Concert held in New Zealand featuring Chinese cultural elements

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Concert held in New Zealand featuring Chinese cultural elements

STORY: Concert held in New Zealand featuring Chinese cultural elements DATELINE: Sept. 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:02 LOCATION: Auckland CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the touring concert "East Meets West" in Auckland 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CHRISTINA ELLISON, New Zealand soprano 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): LEONARD WEISS, Conductor 4. various of the audience STORYLINE: A concert held at Auckland Town Hall on Thursday night impressed the New Zealand audience with classic Chinese musical works. The "East meets West" orchestral concert featured the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and its Assistant Conductor-In-Residence Leonard Weiss, New Zealand soprano Christina Ellison and Chinese tenor Jiang Bo from the New Zealand Opera, and Chinese pianist Liu Jian. Several traditional Chinese musical works were presented, including The Torch Festival in the fourth movement of the orchestral suite Poems of Yunnan by Chinese composer Wang Xilin and the folk song-themed orchestral suite Chinese Sights and Sou

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