Hunan Daily · New Hunan Client News on December 30 (Reporter Jin Hui) Pay tribute to 2023 and strive for 2024. Tonight, the 2024 Changsha New Year Concert, sponsored by the Changsha Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Changsha Municipal People's Government, and hosted by the Propaganda Department of the Changsha Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Changsha Culture, Tourism, Radio, Film and Television Bureau, was staged at the Changsha Concert Hall. Provincial and municipal leaders, academicians in charge, universities, More than a thousand people from scientific research institutes, R&D personnel from key enterprises, returning Hunan merchants and representatives from all walks of life watched the performance together. In the high-spirited melody and the singing that sounds like the sound of nature, we can recall the happy moments in 2023, imagine the beautiful vision of 2024, and draw on the strength to forge ahead.
This concert selected more than ten familiar domestic and foreign classics with distinctive themes, profound meanings, and Changsha's local original compositions. In the sound melody of the intersection of classical and modern, and the blending of East and West, it fully demonstrated the provincial capital's new endeavor. process and build a modern new Changsha with high morale and fruitful results.
Conductor Zhang Jiemin and the Changsha Symphony Orchestra kicked off the concert with a warm and cheerful "Train Toccata", and then the orchestral music "In That Distant Place", "Waltz of Flowers" and "Shutters" were played one after another. In the concert, in addition to the most familiar vocal songs "My Sun" and "My Chinese Heart" and the famous guqin song "Three Plum Blossom Alleys", the original song "Our Changsha" added a lot of beauty and intimacy to the concert. .
In the second half of the concert, the cello concerto "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" combined hardness and softness, and the fresh, beautiful and energetic orchestral music "Waltz of the Artist's Life", "Skating Waltz" and "Express Train Polka" were full of strong New Year atmosphere. Hunan Opera is one of the traditional operas in Hunan Province. The "Drunken Concubine" performed this time is a flat tune that is rarely performed in Hunan Opera, so it is very rare.
As the wonderful tracks were presented on the stage one by one, the concert was coming to an end, but the audience's enthusiasm remained undiminished. The female solo "Kiss the Motherland" and "Liuyang River" pushed the concert to a new climax and aroused the enthusiasm of the audience. There was constant cheering and applause. The large-scale symphonic suite "Yuelu Academy" was organized and created under the leadership of the Propaganda Department of the Changsha Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China. It is a key cultural project in Hunan Province to implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. The majestic performance presented the history and culture of the birthplace of the thousand-year-old school's "seeking truth from facts" ideological line. The origins and practical footprints of the Red Revolution.
At the end, all the cast and crew and the audience sang "Ode to the Motherland" together. The majestic chorus pushed the entire concert to a climax, playing a high-pitched melody that symbolized the prosperity of the motherland and the prosperity of the hometown.
This concert brought together many outstanding domestic musicians. Fan Tao, a national first-level conductor, serves as the music director. The famous conductor Zhang Jiemin joins hands with the Changsha Symphony Orchestra to sing with the Changsha Symphony Orchestra Opera Center, together with Wang Lida, Wu Pan, Nie Jiapeng, Liu Huiyang, Zhou Fan, Li Kaili, Wang Xuanzhi, Liu Yangzhen, and Wu Jun. Presented by the troupe, Changsha Workers’ Star Choir, Hunan Normal University Tianlai Choir, and Hunan Children’s Choir. Through ensemble, concerto, chorus, solo and other forms, a musical feast that combines thought, artistry and appreciation is presented, jointly offering New Year blessings to Changsha, the provincial capital.
This concert is not only a tribute to people from all walks of life who have worked hard for the development and construction of Changsha, but also a showcase of the achievements of the Changsha Symphony Orchestra in the past five years of "provincial and municipal joint construction". Since 2018, the Changsha Municipal People's Government and the Hunan Provincial Performing Arts Group have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly build the Changsha Symphony Orchestra using a provincial and municipal cooperation model, integrate provincial and municipal resources, explore a package mechanism for provincial and municipal co-construction, and promote resource sharing, project co-management, and activities All-round cooperation including co-promotion, venue sharing, repertoire co-creation, and achievement sharing. The "provincial and municipal joint construction" has achieved remarkable results in the past five years. It has cooperated with hundreds of artists at home and abroad to create a series of brand activities and further consolidate the status of the first-class symphony orchestra in China. Contribute to the construction of Hunan into a culturally strong province and Changsha into an international cultural and creative center city.
In 2023, under the correct leadership of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, the provincial capital Changsha anchored the beautiful blueprint of "Three Highs and Four New", reflected the provincial capital's responsibility, wrote a chapter of forge ahead, and won the "China's Happiest City" and "China's Best Talent Attraction" City", "China's Leading Smart City", "Dynamic City of the Year 2023", "Top 10 Provincial Capitals and Sub-Provincial Cities", "China's Top Ten Tourism Cities for a Better Life" and other honors. In the future, Changsha will continue to make efforts to build a global R&D center city, plan future development from a "global" perspective, and promote urban development to new heights.
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