Good News from Beijing

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Lu Zheng and Hongye Ma

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Subtitle: Symphonic Poem for Orchestra (or Band)

The title of this work may also be transliterated as The Good News from Beijing Reaches Border Villages or Good News from Beijing to the Borderland.

General Info

Year: 1976
Duration: c. 3:40
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Unknown
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown

Instrumentation

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Good News from Beijing is an orchestral piece composed by Lu Zheng and Hongye Ma in the autumn of year 1976. This piece successfully pictures the happiness and excitement of people at the borderland on hearing the good news. The composers visited southern China several times, and from their experiences of living with the minority nationalities, they had a good grasp of the local music. Folk tunes from the borderland villages were used in composing this piece.

- Program Note from Confucius Institute

Showing the exhilarating scene of the villagers when they received good news from Beijing.

- Program Note from Chinese National Orchestra

Media

Audio: Reference recording (orchestral version). Oberlin Orchestra (Bridget-Michaele Reischl, conductor)

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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University of Central Florida (Orlando) Symphonic Band (Tremon Kizer, conductor) – 7 October 2018
Southern Illinois University (Carbondale) Wind Ensemble (Christopher Morehouse, conductor) – 27 April 2009
Washburn University (Topeka, Ks.) Wind Ensemble (Michael Mapp, conductor) – 17 March 2016 (CBDNA 2016 Southwestern Division Conference, Boulder, Colo.)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Good News from Beijing (with Hongye Ma) (1976)

Resources

"Chinese National Orchestra." Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Arab Republic of Egypt. Web. Accessed 31 July 2021
Confucius Institute (Tirana, Albania) Accessed 31 July 2021