Concert By Hong Kong City Chinese Orchestra
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The Hong Kong City Chinese Orchestra will collaborate with five renowned performers in a concert to commemorate the 120th birthday of the Chinese composer Liu Tianhua, who was an influential figure in the development of Chinese music.
The concert, featuring conductor Hu Bingxu and erhu performers Ching Sau-wing, Jin Wei and Gao Yang, as well as pipa performer Yin Yuwen and violinist Liu Yuxi, will be held at 8pm on September 19 (Saturday) in the Auditorium of Sha Tin Town Hall. The programme will include pieces that are usually described as “Liu Tianhua’s 10 masterpieces of erhu”, including “Meditation during Confinement in Sickness”, “Melody on a Single String” and “Red Decorations in Candle Lights”, as well as “A Beautiful Night” and “The Song of Sorrow” which will be arranged for violin and orchestra.
Composer, performer and pedagogue Liu Tianhua (1895-1932) contributed tremendously to traditional Chinese music and instruments by introducing reforms, including improvements in musical notations for the conservation and inheritance of ancient and folk music, and adaptation of Western techniques in music composition and the making of musical instruments.
Repertoire：Variations on Sin Shui Ling (Orchestra, Arr. Huang Xiaofei)
Composer：Liu Tianhua
Repertoire：Song of a Promising Future (Orchestra, Arr. Peng Xiuwen)
Composer：Liu Tianhua
Repertoire：Meditation during Confinement in Sickness (Erhu and Orchestra, Arr. Qu Chunquan)
Composer：Liu Tianhua
Repertoire：Moonlit Night (Erhu and Orchestra, Arr. Qu Chunquan)
Composer：Liu Tianhua
Repertoire：Red Decorations in Candle Lights (Erhu and Orchestra, Arr. Qu Chunquan)
Composer：Liu Tianhua
Repertoire：Melody on a Single String (Erhu and Orchestra, Arr. Gu Guanren)
Composer：Liu Tianhua
Repertoire：A Song in Depression (Erhu Solo, Accompaniment by Su Hanxing)
Composer：Liu Tianhua
Repertoire：Meditation in Retirement (Erhu, Yangqin, Zhongruan Trio, Arr. Qu Chunquan)
Composer：Liu Tianhua
Repertoire：Birdsong on a Desolate Mountain (Strings Ensemble, Arr. Yang Chunlin)
Composer：Liu Tianhua
Repertoire：A Beautiful Night (Violin and Orchestra, Arr. Zhao Xintai)
Composer：Liu Tianhua
Repertoire：The Song of Sorrow (Violin and Orchestra, Arr. Peng Xiuwen)
Composer：Liu Tianhua
Repertoire：Singing and Dancing (Pipa and Orchestra, Arr. Yeo Puay-hian)
Composer：Liu Tianhua
Repertoire：Progress March (Pipa and Orchestra, Arr. Qu Chunquan)
Composer：Liu Tianhua
Repertoire：The Sound of the Void (Pipa Solo, Arr. Liu Tianhua)
Conductor：Hu Bingxu
Erhu：Ching Sau-wing; Jin Wei; Gao Yang
Pipa：Yin Yuwen
Violin：Liu Yuxi
Note：This event record is compiled from "Hong Kong Classical Music Yearbook 2015" published by International Association of Theatre Critics (Hong Kong).
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