Once, at a classical concert, a man sitting the row in front of me in the orchestra level of Carnegie Hall got up for a standing ovation and stood there in almost reverent contemplation long after the musicians had left the stage for intermission. He had been moved to tears. Seeing the curiosity in my expression, he said, “It took Haydn two hours to render the story of Creation. It took him 12 minutes! Bravo! Bravo.” The concertgoer was referring to a new composition by Mr. D. F., the artistic director of world-renowned Shen Yun Performing Arts, the New York-based premier classical Chinese dance company. It had premiered that season at a Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra concert—a rare opportunity to hear the company’s unique East-West orchestra and original compositions unaccompanied by dance. The original music tends to surprise lovers of classical music. It’s new, yet tonally traditional and euphonious. There’s a positivity …