Cover News Reporter He Jinlan
On the evening of March 31, the National Center for the Performing Arts’ second “Spring of Chinese Music” kicked off with a feast of Chinese music. Five well-known conductors performed on the same stage, and seven pieces with different styles , extraordinary and magnificent national orchestral masterpieces were played in turn, creating a splendid and gorgeous "Chinese Music Night".
From now until April 27, 18 high-level ethnic concerts will be presented at the National Center for the Performing Arts and Beijing Art Center.
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Five conductors shared the stage for the first time
In the opening specially planned concert performance, the five conductors shared the stage for the first time, turning their deep and profound emotions for Chinese music into timeless melodies, with brilliant and colorful performances. The graceful Chinese movement left a wonderful page for the "Spring of Chinese Music", showing the centripetal force of the "Voice of China" spreading far and wide, and also demonstrating the endless vitality, creativity and confident cultural power of Chinese music.
After thousands of years of inheritance and centuries of dissemination, the music originating from the land of China has different names at home and abroad, such as "folk music", "national music", "Chinese music" and "Chinese music". Behind these names are the uninterrupted Chinese sounds. Thousands of years of continuity and unchanging blood connection.
The five conductors who jointly conducted the opening concert include Liu Sha, Liu Jiangbin, Peng Jiapeng, Yan Huichang and Ye Cong. In addition to the China National Traditional Orchestra, the team behind them also includes the Taiwan Hsinchu Youth Chinese Orchestra, the Macao SAR Chinese Orchestra, the Hong Kong SAR Chinese Orchestra and the Singapore Chinese Orchestra.
conductor Liu Jiangbin. Picture source: National Center for the Performing Arts
A new chapter in national orchestral music is on stage
This concert presented seven masterpieces and new works of national orchestral music with innovative features in the new era.
conductor Liu Sha. Image source: National Center for the Performing Arts
Liu Sha, conducting the China National Traditional Orchestra, kicked off the concert with the newly adapted Chinese orchestral music "Original Intention" by composer Li Bochan. The music gradually converged from a trickle of clear and soft music to a majestic one. Rivers outline the authentic and pure world of "original intention". At the end of the concert, Liu Sha presented the national orchestral music "Big Tide" composed by composer Wang Yunfei, which was magnificent and magnificent, showing the majestic artistic conception of the Qianjiang River flowing eastward and converging into the sea.
Conductor Liu Jiangbin presented "Love in the Embroidered House" and "Walking to the West Exit" from the national orchestral music "Impressions of Shanxi" composed by composer Wang Danhong, which showed the lingering and euphemistic emotions of children in the boudoir and the cry of Shanxi merchants seeking a way out.
conductor Yan Huichang. Picture source: National Center for the Performing Arts
Conductor Yan Huichang conducted the national orchestral work "Happy Gathering" composed by himself. The cheerful and warm melody with the musical style of Hainan Li people expressed his deep appreciation for the gathering of famous artists in this "Spring of Chinese Music" Feelings of joy. At the same time, he also conducted the national orchestral music "Memory" composed by composer Zhao Jiping. It was like crying and lamenting, and the longing was like singing. The long-lasting friendship engraved in the melody moved the audience.
conductor Peng Jiapeng. Image source: National Center for the Performing Arts
Conductor Peng Jiapeng, who once directed the Macao Chinese Orchestra, conducted the "Macao Caprice" composed by composer Wang Danhong to celebrate the 16th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland (2015). The brushwork of degrees, light and dark shows the harmonious integration of multiculturalism in Macao after its return to the motherland.
conductor Ye Cong. Image source: National Center for the Performing Arts
Conductor Ye Cong brought a work commissioned by the Singapore Chinese Orchestra, "Skynet" composed by composer Luo Weilun. The music style has a rich Nanyang style and demonstrates the ideas of mutual learning and cultural integration among civilizations. .
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