Forbidden City Tour

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Forbidden City Tour
Studio album by New Brunswick Youth Orchestra
Released	October 28, 2007
Recorded	August 3-4, 2007 at China Central Radio Station in Beijing, People's Republic of China
Genre	Classical, Acadian, Traditional Chinese
Length	65:05
Label	???
Producer	Richard Gibson
New Brunswick Youth Orchestra chronology
Virtuoso Italia 2005 (2005) Forbidden City Tour (2007) ...

Forbidden City Tour (French: La tournée de la Cité interdite) is an East Coast Music Award (ECMA)-winning album by the New Brunswick Youth Orchestra (NBYO), released in 2007 (see 2007 in music). It was recorded in summer of 2007 at the Forbidden City in Beijing, China and released on October 28, 2007 at Fredericton High School ^[1] and is the third album released by the youth orchestra.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla" (Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka) – 6:20
2. "Rákóczy's March from La damnation de Faust, Op. 24" (Hector Berlioz) – 4:57
3. "Introduction and Allegro for Strings, Op. 47" (Edward Elgar) – 14:49
   • Guest artist: Saint John String Quartet
4. "Allegro Appassionato for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 70" (Camille Saint-Saëns) – 6:26
   • Guest artist: Roger Lord
5. "Saibei Dance, Suite No. 2, Op. 21" (An-lun Huang) – 4:37
6. "Dance of Yao People" (Tie-Shuan Liu and Yuan Mao) – 7:37
7. "Fantasy On Acadian Reels" (Jean-François Mallet) – 8:30
   • Guest artist: Samantha Robichaud
8. "Music from the film Jurassic Park" (John Williams, arranged by Calvin Custer) – 6:08

[edit] Awards and nominations

Forbidden City Tour won an East Coast Music Award in 2008 for the Classical Recording of the Year category. The orchestra opened the 2008 show. ^[2].

[edit] References

1. ^ LeBlanc, Jacqueline (2006-10-29). Forbidden City Tour album is fruit of orchestra's labour. The Daily Gleaner A5. Brunswick News. Retrieved on 2007-10-30.
2. ^ East Coast Music Association. East Coast Music Association. Retrieved on 2008-02-10.