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Welcome to Intermezzo from Interlochen Public Radio, where we take a few minutes to bounce some ideas around about classical music.
This week, Christy L'Esperance and her co-host Bianca celebrate Chinese New Year by exploring traditional Chinese instruments and Lunar New Year traditions!
This week, we've learned about the erhu, pipa, ruan and sheng. For our last day of the week, we're going to talk about symphony orchestras!
Symphony orchestras embody unity and strength. During the year of the horse, people exchange blessings for independence, confidence, and strong work ethic — qualities traditionally linked to the Chinese zodiac's horse.
Listen to symphony orchestras playing Chinese traditional music in today's episode!
"Mountain Song of the Horse Herders"
"Galloping of Ten Thousand Horses"
This week's Mystery Melody
Congratulations to this week's Golden Ears who guessed the Mystery Melody correctly! Listen for the song title revealed at the end of today's podcast episode.
