Experience a complimentary wine reception before the concert in BP Hall.

Lunar New Year

Chamber Music with Members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic

Tue / Feb 10, 2026 - 8:00PM

Celebrate the Year of the Horse with reimagined Chinese folk songs and a showcase of Mozart’s good-humored charm.

Tue / Feb 10, 2026 - 8:00PM

Program

- Program Note: Lunar New Year
- Haihuai HUANG ,
- arr. Cheng² Duo
- Horse Racing
- Dai WEI
- Three Pieces for String Quartet
- TRADITIONAL ,
- arr. Yi-Wen JIANG
- Selections from ChinaSong
- Intermission
- MOZART
- String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K. 575

Artists

About this Performance

Yi-Wen Jiang’s string quartet arrangements of popular Chinese folk melodies are at the heart of our celebration of the Year of the Horse—a symbol of independence, growth, and free spiritedness in Chinese culture. A dynamic scene of whinnying, galloping equines comes to life as the cello and piano take on an arrangement of Haihuai Huang’s Racing Horses—another folk song originally written for the erhu, a traditional two-stringed instrument from China.

Members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic ramp up the evening with Dai Wei’s “playful,” “hushed,” and “agitated” pieces for strings as well as a Mozart quartet cherished for its upbeat energy and creative emphasis on the warm-toned cello.

Come early and enjoy the holiday with a complimentary glass of wine to complete the perfect early kickoff for Lunar New Year.

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