Desc: New York Philharmonic: Chinese New Year - Year of the Dog: Directed by David Donnelly. With Serena Wang, Long Yu. Celebrate the Lunar New Year with the New York Philharmonic. Experience Beethoven's grand Choral Fantasy - reminiscent of his "Ode to Joy" - with 13-year-old pianist Serena Wang and the Farmers' Chorus of the Yunnan Province - farmers from the mountains of southern China, appearing outside China for the first time ever.