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'Call
For a Green China' coverage from CCTV (China Central Television)
- added March 29, 2007
Excerpts from 'Call for
a Green China' (WorldBank.org - March 9, 2007)
The full
text of this article from the World Bank web site can be
found
here.
"[...] Results
as Art
Themes from
the Yellow River and Emerson Piano Concertos were
synchronized with a film by John Liu and his
environmental NGO on the pollution and devastation of
the Yellow River, followed by its gradual restoration
under the World Bank-sponsored Loess Plateau project.
The concertos
were performed by the China National Symphony Orchestra,
with guest conductor Terje Mikkelsen, and featuring the
gifted young Chinese pianist Chen Sa and the American
pianist Timothy Smith.
The Emerson
Piano concerto No. 1 was composed by rock star Keith
Emerson, formerly of Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. He made
his first trip to China for this event and joined the
China National Symphony Orchestra for an unscheduled
encore, performing his version of Alberto Ginastera�s
Malambo at the end of the evening.
[...]"
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Pianist
Chen Sa
playing with the
China National Symphony Orchestra
at the first performance of �A Green Call� |
Pianists Chen Sa and Timothy Smith
with the China National Symphony
Orchestra
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Emerson after performing Malambo |
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(21
Mar 2007) 
