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Listen: Mongolian fiddles and youthful energy

October 14, 2015

The Chinese-Mongolian composer and musician Zulan was commissioned by DW to write a new work for the Beethovenfest. Hear the result in a colorful concert spanning Orient and Occident.

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Mongolism Zulan Bundesjugendorchester Campus-Projekt Deutsche Welle Peking 2015
Image: Adelheid Feilcke

"Amila" was frenetically cheered at the world premiere in Bonn's Beethoven Hall on September 25. The piece combines instruments and vocals from Mongolia with the sound of a Western symphony orchestra. Then, following a section played by the six-piece band "Mongolism," the young musicians of the German National Youth Orchestra show what they're capable of.


Zulan:
Amila (world premiere)

Zulan:
Mongolia Spirit

Ludwig van Beethoven:
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, op.37

Franz Liszt:
La campanella (encore)

Sergei Prokofiev:
Symphony No. 1 in D Major, op.25 (Classical)

Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov:
Flight of the Bumblebee (encore)

Trad.:
Jasmine Flower (encore)

Johannes Brahms:
Hungarian Dance No. 1 (encore)


with Herbert Schuch, piano
Mongolism
National Youth Orchestra of Germany
Conductor: Patrick Lange

Recorded by DW in the Beethoven Hall, Bonn on September 25, 2015.

Deutschland Bundesjugendorchester, Zulan und Mongolism in Bonn
A colorful event with sounds from Mongolia to GermanyImage: DW