2024 is the fifteenth year since the National Center for the Performing Arts Chorus was established. On January 29, the National Center for the Performing Arts Choir announced the 2024 music season in Beijing. This is also the choir’s first choral season since its establishment, and it is also a rare music season nationwide launched by a professional choir.
"'Voice of Harmony' is our first independent music season. Diversity and brilliance are the most prominent features of the overall performance arrangement." Jiao Miao, resident conductor of the National Center for the Performing Arts Chorus, said that the music season will be comprehensive , a detailed and complete presentation of the National Center for the Performing Arts Choir's wonderful performances in concerts, operas, symphony choruses and other forms throughout the year, bringing a rich and colorful musical feast to the audience. "We focus on theme planning, format innovation and repertoire creation, especially in the concert section. Based on the type and style of the works, we have planned and launched the National Rhythm Menghua, Together with the Music, Music from the Four Seas and Renewal The four series of themes of "Sound" respectively correspond to Chinese music, opera excerpts, world art songs and modern works. I believe that the audience can experience the season concert performances with more distinctive themes, more diverse styles and richer contents." Jiao Miao said .
Jiao Miao
2024 is the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. In the "National Rhythm and Dream" series, the choir will invite conductor Zheng Jian to collaborate on "Journey Cantabile" - a special concert commemorating the 10th anniversary of the speech at the literary symposium, providing the audience with a theme work rich in the strong sounds of the times. . At the same time, under the leadership of resident conductor Jiao Miao and conductor Meng Huan, folk songs, art songs, and modern works from China will also be on stage.
2024 marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France. The choir will invite conductor Li Xincao to collaborate on the "Concert of Selected French Opera Excerpts", presenting classic excerpts from French operas produced and performed since the founding of the National Center for the Performing Arts, including "Carmen" and " "Pearl Fishers", "Lakme" and "Romeo and Juliet", let everyone enjoy the essence of French opera.
In this series of music from all over the world, Lu Jia, the music and artistic director of the National Center for the Performing Arts, will lead everyone to experience the most classic choral masterpieces from the Renaissance, Baroque, classical to romanticism in the concert "Enjoy the Good Sound", Monte Classic works by Verdi, Bach, Mozart, Brahms and other composers will be presented one by one. Wu Lingfen, conductor of the National Center for the Performing Arts Chorus, will also continue to explore and polish distinctive folk music from around the world in the "Window of the World" concert. What is worth looking forward to is that this season there will also be four dazzling male chorus concerts, including classic male chorus repertoire and new adapted songs, bringing unique audio-visual enjoyment to the audience.
Lu Jia
In this series of rebirth, the popular love-themed concert "The Love of Life" and the Children's Day Concert "Walking with Children's Dreams" have been further polished and will be performed again in this music season. Meet the audience. At the same time, innovative, fusion, and boundary-breaking original musical works will also be presented, showing more possibilities for choral art.
In this concert season, Zou Jingzhi and composer Zou Ye will jointly create a choral suite with the theme of traditional Chinese music "Su Wu Shepherd", "Yangguan Triple Layer", "Three Plum Blossom Alleys" and "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night". This set of repertoire will give new vitality to traditional classic works, using richer and more diverse creative techniques, and presenting them three-dimensionally and vividly through chorus performance. Zou Jingzhi said through the video, "I hope that through cooperation, we can create a classic masterpiece that has the spirit of the new era and promotes Chinese culture. It will be rooted in traditional Chinese culture, promote national cultural confidence, and tell Chinese stories with heart, strength and emotion."
Zou Jingzhi
"Chorus is an art that pursues harmony and cooperation. It integrates the voices of nearly a hundred people and uses the same voice to interpret different works. Therefore, in chorus, what we hear is not only the interaction between people, but also the interaction between voices. The harmonious resonance between the voices makes you feel the integration and collision of different cultures behind the music.” Zhang Yao, Vice President of the National Center for the Performing Arts, said, “In the past fifteen years, the National Center for the Performing Arts Chorus has been based on choral art. It has always used full enthusiasm, research attitude and unremitting spirit of innovation to enjoy the wonderful music originating from all over the world. The singing was presented on the stage, bringing a wonderful, pure and unforgettable artistic experience to the audience, and carefully interpreting the charm of chorus and the beauty of art. What they strive for is the harmony of sound, the harmony of soul and the resonance of culture. The National Center for the Performing Arts Choir opens its first independent concert season with "Voice of Harmony", which is a reflection on the origin of choral art, a concise summary of fifteen years of accumulation, and a firm declaration of continuous advancement. ”
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Tian Wanting
Photography/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Li Na
