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The Chinese flute or gizi takes center stage from China's National Centre for the Performing Arts in March 2022

Recording cover showing Chinese bamboo flute (gizi) and chinese writing
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Zhang Weiliang, master of the Gizi, a Chinese bamboo flute, performs with the Beijing Chinese Orchestra on the March 14th episode from China's National Centre for the Performing Arts.

3/7 Verdi: Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate from Nabucco XIAN Xinghai: Yellow River Cantata Beethoven: Symphony No.2 (LIU Songhu, bar; CAO Ruidong, TONG Ziyang, singers; ZHOU Xiaolin, s; ZHAO Ling, nar; WANG Jing, pipa; NCPA Orchestra & Chorus; LI Xincao and LÜ Jia, cond)

3/14 Ravel: Piano Concerto Brahms: Nänie ZHANG Weiliang: Dreamworld for Dizi and Orchestra Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 (Bruce (Xiaoyu) LIU, p; ZHANG Weiliang, dizi; Beijing Chinese Orchestra; NCPA Orchestra & Chorus; ZHANG Ming and LÜ Jia, cond)

3/21 Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 Wu Zuqiang/Liu Dehai:  Pipa Concerto: Little Sisters of the Grassland Brahms: Symphony No. 3 (CHEN Sa, p; LÜ Jia, pipa; NCPA Orchestra; CHEN Lin, cond)

3/28 Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme Chen Qigang: L'éloignement Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, From the New World (LI-WEI Qin, c; NCPA Orchestra; LÜ Jia and CHEN Lin, cond)