On September 29, the large-scale symphony concert "Praise for the New Era and Forge ahead on the New Journey" to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China was held in front of Mao Zedong's Youth Art Statue at Orange Island in Changsha. Fan T

On September 29, the large-scale symphony concert "Praise for the New Era and Forge ahead on the New Journey" to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China was held in front of the Mao Zedong Youth Art Statue at Orange Island Head in Changsha.

Fan Tao, music director and chief conductor of the Changsha Symphony Orchestra, Zhang Liang, deputy director and permanent conductor of the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, the famous soprano Lei Jia, the famous young tenor Wang Kai, the young women of the China Opera and Dance Theater Soprano Liu Di will sing, Changsha Symphony Orchestra and Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra will perform, and Changsha Symphony Orchestra Opera Center Chorus, Hunan First Normal University Choir, and Hunan Children's Chorus will sing.

The concert kicked off with everyone standing up to play and sing the "National Anthem of the People's Republic of China". Subsequently, "Ode to the Red Flag" composed by Lu Qiming, the former director of the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra and the famous composer, was performed. The performance was majestic, vividly showing the grand occasion of the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China, and showing the Chinese people's hard work and courage to move forward in the new historical process. mental outlook. The familiar "Red Star Shines on Me to Fight" takes on new vitality in Wang Kai's melodious and penetrating voice. "Symphony Overture No. 1" adapted by composer Guan Xia takes the audience back to the years of burning passion. Following Wang Kai and Liu Di's soulful song "Pilot", a magnificent historical picture is slowly being drawn, and a majestic hymn of struggle is being composed.

Then, the large-scale choral symphony "New Era" composed by the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra's resident composer Gong Tianpeng was sung. The whole piece is divided into four movements, and the concert performed the first and fourth movements. The work not only brings out the magnificent momentum of the two symphony orchestras and three choirs, but also gives the audience a holy and beautiful auditory enjoyment. After the huge lead, the clear children's voice accompanied by the gentle and narrative sound of the piano sang a new era full of hope.

The performance came to an end. Lei Jia presented "Liuyang River" with a strong Huxiang style and "My Motherland" expressing deep patriotic feelings, pushing the concert to a climax. Lei Jia's singing was sometimes soulful and delicate, sometimes sonorous and powerful, and her voice was gripping, arousing resonance from the audience and triggering an emotional chorus. More than a thousand audiences, including advanced representatives of flood fighting and rescue operations, moral models and role models of the times, representatives of the People's Liberation Army, representatives of university teachers and students, representatives of Shanghai residents in Hunan and representatives of citizens, watched the performance together.

This concert is hosted by the Propaganda Department of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Propaganda Department of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China. It is hosted by the Hunan Provincial Performing Arts Group, Shanghai Radio and Television Station, Shanghai Media Group, and the Propaganda Department of the Changsha Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China. Changsha Symphony Orchestra and Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra , Yuelu Mountain Scenic Area Administration Bureau implements.

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