The Chinese Music Orchestra of the Jiangsu Provincial Performing Arts Group (Mainland China)
17-18/10;Friday to Saturday;8 pm;;19/10;Sunday;3 pm
Mandarin's House
Tickets: MOP 120
Programme highlights
ANCIENT AND TRADITIONAL MUSIC CONCERT (17/10)
Traditional Music/ Orch. Yang Xiaqi: Procession
Hua Yanjun/ Arr. Qiao Weijin, et al.:“Great Waves Wash Away the Sand” for Guzheng
Traditional Music/ Orch. Wang Aikang: San Liu (Three Six)
CLASSICAL MUSIC CONCERT (18/10)
Nie’er: Dance of the Golden Snake
Liu Tianhua: “Beautiful Night” for Erhu ensemble
Hua Yanjun: Moon Reflected on Second Spring, Erhu solo
Liu Tianhua: Birds Singing on a Desolate Mountain, Erhu solo
NEW MUSIC CONCERT (19/10)
Gu Guanren: A Stroll in Suti
Wang Aikang: Tune of the Mountain Song
Jiangsu folk song/ Orch. Wang Aikang: Picking Reed Catkins
He Zhanhao: Fragrant Jasmine, Guzheng solo
The exceptional Chinese Music Orchestra of the Jiangsu Provincial Performing Arts Group performs lyrical ancient and modern Jiangnan Sizhu music for three consecutive days in the World Heritage-listed Mandarin’s House, enabling music enthusiasts to gradually enter the wondrous world of this style of traditional Chinese instrumental music from the Jiangnan region of China. Sizhu , literally “silk and bamboo”, refers to string and wind musical instruments, and bamboo being the material from which the Chinese flutes such as the dizi and xiao are made. The term sizhu by extension also came to refer to instrumental music in general, especially that played indoors and in informal gatherings, often at tea houses.
Boasting a history of more than half a century, the Chinese Music Orchestra of the Jiangsu Provincial Performing Arts Group has created a unique style over the years, being especially adept in expressing the soft and exquisite music of Jiangnan. The orchestra has toured Europe, the Americas and Asia, receiving praise from audiences, peers and experts, winning a reputation at home and abroad.
Please refer to the Festival Outreach Programme
Duration: approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes for each performance, no interval
