Melodies of Youth 2011
7/5 (Saturday)
8pm
Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium
Tickets: MOP 120, 100, 80
Conducted by Francis Kan, Assistant Conductor of the Macao Orchestra, the concert Melodies of Youth 2011 features performances by local rising star of the classical guitar Chan Kai Ieng and teachers and students from the Macao Conservatory, a school that offers complete musical training to aspiring local musicians. In addition to a number of contemporary musical compositions, the performers present new arrangements of a series of excerpts from the famous musical The Beauty and the Beast by Alan Menken. Come and support the faculty and students from Macao’s one and only formal and comprehensive music school.
Conductor: Francis Kan
Solos: Liu Ming Yan and vocal students
Chan Kai Ieng, Classical Guitar
Lee Mei Ian and Choi Hio Lam, Guzheng
The Student Philharmonic Orchestra of the Macao Conservatory (Groups A and B)
The Macao Youth Choir
The Macao Conservatory Choir
The Macao Conservatory Student Wind Orchestra
The Macao Conservatory Student Percussion Ensemble
The Macao Conservatory Student Chinese Orchestra
Programme:
Johann Strauss II: Overture from Die Fledermaus
Antonio Vivaldi: Guitar Concerto in D major
Franz Lehar: Waltz from The Merry Widow
Guangdong Folk Song/Arr. Liu Chen Chen: Yue Guang Guang (Moonlight)
Du Jia Zhi/Arr. Liu Chen Chen: “Aini Love Song” for two Guzheng and orchestra
Leonard Bernstein/ Arr. Scott Weatherson, Liu Chen Chen: America
Zequinha Abreu/Arr. Liu Chen Chen:Tico Tico
Andy Clark/ Arr. Liu Chen Chen:Blues Bari Pie
Joe Garland & Andy Razaf/ Arr. G. Miller, Arr. Liu Chen Chen: In the Mood
Lalo Schifrin/Arr. Liu Chen Chen: Theme from “Mission: Impossible”
Alan Menken/ Arr. Liu Chen Chen: Selections from the Musical “The Beauty and the Beast”
Duration: approximately 2 hours and 10 minutes, including one interval
Local performance
