[Source: Shenyang Evening News] As night falls, the banks of the Hun River look particularly beautiful under the lights of Yunyang Pavilion in Shenshuiwan Park. Colorful stage lights dot the river surface, making it picturesque and picturesque - the evening of September 5th. , th

As night falls, the bank of the Hun River looks particularly beautiful under the lights of Yunyang Pavilion in Shenshuiwan Park. The colorful stage lights are dotted on the river, which is picturesque and picturesque. On the evening of September 5, by the Communist Party of China in Shenyang The "2024 Hun River Symphony Music Week" hosted by the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee and the Shenyang Municipal Culture, Tourism and Radio and Television Bureau, organized by the Propaganda Department of the Heping District Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Shenyang Symphony Orchestra, and co-organized by Shenyang Poly Grand Theater Management Co., Ltd., welcomed the Ningxia Performing Arts Group Special performance by the Cabaret Symphony Orchestra. Reporters from the Shenyang Evening News and Shenyang Daily saw at the scene that the whole performance was brilliant and climaxed one after another, triggering continuous applause from the music fans at the scene.

The repertoire is all original:

Bringing northwest characteristic music works to the northeastern land

At around 19:00 that day, the entire concert slowly kicked off with the regionally featured piece "The Rich and Beautiful Ningxia River". Subsequently, the male trio's "Holy Mother River" and the female solo's "Crescent Moon" ignited the enthusiasm of the audience. Many audience members spontaneously joined in the chorus, pushing the concert to climax again and again. The orchestral music "Fortress of Jiangnan", the symphonic suite "Flowers of Hometown" and other works all show the exotic style to the music fans in Shenyang, and also let the music fans in Shenyang feel the soul-stirring audio-visual experience and emotional resonance.

Xiao Bing, deputy director of the Song and Dance Theater of Ningxia Performing Arts Group and leader of the symphony orchestra, told reporters that the entire concert's repertoire was original works by the orchestra. "We have brought northwest-specific music works to the northeast, hoping to give people in Shenyang "It brings a refreshing feeling to music fans." Orchestra leader Sun Pei said that since it was the first time for the Ningxia Performing Arts Group Song and Dance Theater Symphony Orchestra to perform in Shenyang, it was very careful in selecting the repertoire. "This time we came to Shenyang to perform early. I started to prepare and then rehearsed carefully. The repertoire is very Ningxia-specific, just to dedicate the most moving and regionally distinctive movements to the music fans in Shenyang, so that everyone can experience a different symphony. "

Return to Shen to perform. Extraordinary significance:

Expressing love for hometown in the form of symphony

During the interview, the reporter learned that Qu Xin, the permanent conductor of the Song and Dance Theater of Ningxia Performing Arts Group, is a musician from Shenyang. This return to Shenyang to perform is of great significance to him. "I am a native of Shenyang who grew up drinking muddy river water, but I have been wandering away all year round. It is really rare to have the opportunity to return to my hometown to perform. Of course, this is also my way of expressing my love for my hometown as a musician. Qu Xin said bluntly that the rapid changes in his hometown made him deeply proud. "Every time I come back, I feel that the city is more beautiful, with more tall buildings and brighter streets." Even though he is away from home, Qu Xin always cares about his hometown. The development of art in Shenyang, "As the Hun River Symphony Music Week enters its tenth year, I also see that the artistic atmosphere in Shenyang is getting stronger and stronger, and I am really happy from the bottom of my heart."

In addition, Qu Xin also told reporters , before departure, he specially told the whole group about Shenyang’s “one palace, two mausoleums”, “one river and two banks”, as well as the delicacies and specialties of his hometown, and also planned to take them to visit and eat between performances. Sun Pei said that he took the time to visit the Shenyang Forbidden City and Xita Food Street, and he couldn't forget the noodles and barbecue. Li Yang, the principal flutist of the orchestra, was deeply impressed by the "Little Bund" in Hunhe River. "I like that street very much. The pubs are unique and the scenery is beautiful."

After the performance, the musicians expressed their appreciation for the music atmosphere and the atmosphere of Shenyang city. Fans praised the artistic quality of the music, "The audience in Shenyang is so enthusiastic and understands symphony very well at first sight, which makes us very touched." In Qu Xin's view, the Hun River Symphony Music Week not only improved the cultural taste of Shenyang city, It also allows elegant art to enter the public and become fashionable, and also shows the world Shenyang’s extraordinary urban temperament and vigorous innovative vitality.

Chief Photographer Chang Shenggang