SCO: Classics Kaleidoscope

Last Saturday night(1/3/2008) was the music concert performed by Singapore Chinese Orchestra(SCO) at the Singapore Conference Hall. The guest performers were Mr Piao Dong Sheng(conductor), Wang Ya Na(singer soloist), Han Ying(soprano lead), Hwa Chong Voice and Hwa Chong Institution(Female choru group) and other musical solo preformers from the SCO. The concert started at 8PM sharp.
Well, I was there with my parents that night. The progamme for that everning on that day:
1)Celebration Overture for Chinese Orchestra
2)Blossoms on a Spring Moonlit Night
3)Aspiration of the Honghu
4)The Legend of Shadi'er
5)Victorous Celebrations
6)Opera Kaleidoscope
7)Unforgettable Water Splashing Festival
The "Blossoms on a Spring Moonlit Night" was usually play on the pipa so that one was very nice peacefull piece. "Aspiration of the Honghu" was composed base on the lyrics of the song about the heroic spirit of the Honghu people. "The Legend of Shadi'er" was one of the earily pieces of China's music. Through Shadi'er was excellent composer and a singer, he used his art as a weapon against the Qing government during time of Qing Dynasty. Thus he was a hero of the Uyhur tribe in Xinjiang Province. Due the popularity in Xinjiang, the Qing government were in very bad fear causing Shadi'er's life to be ended. But the song of Xinjiang folk remainded ever nowadays as the song continued from time to time. The "Opera Kaleidoscope" was some kind of the music for the opera performa which was very different from the other opera music that recreative form for the music piece. It usually played a special insutment called jinghu as it has a soul for the Jing opera, one of the kinds of opera ever for the movie too. Besides that was jing erhu which was also had a same ture as the jinghu but it was longer than another. Through they suited for soulfull of the Jing opera, they were smallest among the Erhu family too. "Victorous Celebrations" was played on the suono due the insiprtion of the Northeastern of China's folks. And lastly, the "Unforgettable Water Splashing Festival" was base on Chinese own water festival after the Qingming Festival in Yunnan region of China. And it usually held once every year.
I liked the "Blossoms on a Spring Moonlit Night", "Opera Kaleidoscope" and "Unforgettable Water Splashing Festival" as a best so far. But what most interesting during the concert was the jinghu and jing erhu instead. Something that I never see kind of them before but my dad told me that they were the only second and smallest of the Erhu family and they do have that high note somehow. Now, if you asking me.... I wonder how the caftsmen did making the small erhu before hand. Funny isn't it?