Last month(26/6/09) was the SCO concert at the Confernce Hall. I was there with my parents for the concert. This theme concert was based the some of the well known Chinese music pieces which were played over certain of years including feather the very old insturments from the family tree group like 'Zhu hu' which is the oldest and lowest turn insturment. The thing was that, the concert was performated only in two days. And we went there on the second day of the concert.
(Note: some of the concerts are held only in two or three days for many orchestra groups)
The list for the concert night:
1)The Surging of Turbulent Clouds
2)Green Lake in Sping Morning
3)Flowers Blooming Everywhere
4)Welcome the Beloved Army
5)A Beautiful Quit
6)The Bustling Docks
7)North Shaanxi Suite
8)The Rising Sun
The concert was conducted by Quek Ling Kiong, member of the SCO group.
Just let you know guys, one of the songs find that quite well remember somewhere. That is 'The Rising Sun'. But those who had not heard before, then I will tell you about bit of this music piece. 'The Rising Sun' was composed in 1964 which expressed the broad-mind of a warrior and his poundness feeling while embracing through the rising sun over the sea. This was combined into three diffenent themes in one piece. The opening theme was the sun that rising from the west. On the first part of the piece, 'My Hometown is no doubt a great place' which was originated theme song from the movie, 'Red Sun'(if you watch this before hand, you will know this song). The second part was the movement of hard-working people and playfulness of the innocent children. At the end of the piece, the famous theme, 'The East is Red' which was celebrating the future of the China. Whlie 'Crane in the Clouds' was composed for the musical documentary in 1980, the 'Green Lake in Spring Morning' was the composed by Nie Er in 1934 about the Kumming, Yunnan province. 'The Surging of Turbulent' was adapted from the Peking opera Azaalea Mountain. The main original pieces was made of series of opera turnes about the heroine. 'Flowers Blooming Everywhere' was based on the folk song of Shanxi about the farmers' spirit in transforming a barren ravine into a new farming village through hard work and perseverance. The 'Welcome Beloved Army' was written in 1964 which was based from the Liuqin Opera and Linqin Ballad of the Shandong people. This piece was about the welcome home of the Liberation Army. 'A Beautiful Quilt' was composed about the Zhuang women in a village place. 'The Bustling Docks' was composed in 1970 during the period of Culture Revolution in China. The prosperity by reflection caused by the fair trade and opening policy in the inital stage. And the 'North Shaanxi Suite' was about livelihood of the people with distinctive Chinese characteristics. This was original composed in 1949.
So much of enjoyment through music, was the dilightful peace that I had so far. Next round, I maybe go back for the next concert very soon!! ^_^
