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Chinese music has
never been more fun
- A cultural experience of mixed disciplines |
"Chinese Music Party" Drawing Competition
Since it
is a “party” and not a “concert”, every bit of the programme is a highlight,
and there is no point in highlighting anything here.
It has been said that “Chinese instruments” or “western
instruments”, there is not much difference between them. Indeed, to many
composers, any instrument – be it from the east or the west – is just a
tool of musical expression. It is how one brings out the special feature
and characteristic of each that makes a work memorable.
Furthermore, there is often some hidden quality in an
instrument that invites a composer to explore and expose. On this occasion,
composers, performers and vocalists come together in a jamboree to show you
the fun of discovering all the possibilities in sounds. Is it occasionally
like eating pasta with chopsticks? Or wonton dumplings with a fork? Well,
just keep an open mind and enjoy the party!
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Chinese
musical instruments in animated action, when they will be playing
themes from the "animes", or "animated films",
of Doraemon and Slam Dunk from Japan, and The Pink Panther from the
U.S.; |
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The
twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac making their appearance with a
would-be thirteenth, the cat, in the short musical, The Cat Catching
Mice; |
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A
musical challenge between all Chinese instruments, when the pipa and
the erhu would vie for speed in The Flight of the Bumble Bee, the
erhu would be "reciting" a Chinese poem, and the abacus
- the almost forgotten math wizard - would be attending its audition
to join the HKCO; and |
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A
singing competition of another kind, when I Love You So Much would
be set to the music of Peking Opera, and Caro Mio Ben would be sung
in Chinese operatic style. |
Get ready
for laughs, lots of them!
Prelude
Ensemble
The Cat Catching Mice (Excerpt of Children Musical The Cat
Catching Mice) Chen Chung-sheng
Voice-over: Helen Tam, Gary Tam
Let’s Sing Together
Vocal and Orchestra
Theme from the Japanese animated series Chibi Maruko Chan
Lyrics by Wu Yan Oda Testuro Arr. by Lee Ying
Vocal:
Gary Tam
Theme from
the Japanese animated series Doraemon Lyrics by Cheng
Kok-kong, Yan Kin-keung Kikuxhi Shunsuke Arr. by Huang Zhennan
Vocal:
Gary Tam
Sheb Wooley
A Healthy Song
Lyrics by Xu Changde Sheb Wooley
Arr. by Luo Qirui
Vocal:
Bai Yuguang
Watch Out! Crayon Shin Chan
Ensemble Theme from the Japanese animated series Crayon Shin Chan
Kosugi Yasuo Arr by Lo Leung-fai
Vocal vs. Erhu
Solo and Orchestra The Horse Race Lyrics by Yang Zhonghui
Huang Haihuai Arr. by Chen Chung-sheng
Erhu：Erhu
Group Vocal：Bai
Yuguang
Domestic Animals
Leiqin and Orchestra May the Six Types of Domestic Animals Prosper!
Folk Music Arr. by Wang Fuli and Fu Dingyuan
Leiqin: Wong On-yuen
Mini Musical
Musical Dialogue Between the Chicken and the
Duck Script and Music by Chen Chung-sheng
Dizi: Choo Boon-chong
Guanzi: Lo Wai-leung Voice-over: Gary Tam
The Pink Panther Learns
Chinese Music
Ensemble Theme from The Pink Panther Henry Mancini
Arr by Lo Leung-fai
Two Prized Children Song
Solo and Orchestra
Big Bear Learns to Dance Lyrics by
Wai Yin Simon Tang Arr. by Chen Ning-chi
Pakshek Peak Park
Lyrics by Wai Yin, Hui Siu-wing Simon
Tang Arr. by Chen Ning-chi
Vocal:
Gary Tam
Bumble Bee on Stage
Erhu, Pipa and Orchestra The Flight of the Bumble Bee Nikolay
Rimsky-Korsakov Arr. by
Chen Chung-sheng
Erhu:
Chen Sau-wing
Pipa:
Wong Ching
Opera Sung in Chinese
Operatic Style
Caro Mio Ben
Giuseppe Gior Dani
Solo and Orchestra Caro Mio Ben Giuseppe Gior Dani
Arr. by
Chen Ning-chi
Vocal:
Bai Yuguang
Peking Opera Sung in
English
I Love You So Much
Solo and Orchestra I Love You So Much Set tune from Peking
Opera Set to words by Bai Yuguang Arr. by Chen Chung-sheng
Vocal:
Bai Yuguang
The Erhu Recites Poem
Erhu and Orchestra Daybreak in Spring Poem by Meng Haoran Chen
Chung-shen
Erhu:
Hsin Hsiao-hung
Come to Do Math
Abacus and Orchestra The Abacus Rondo Qian Zhaoxi
Abacus:
Ronald Chin |
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Date:
23- 24.7.04
Time: 8:00pm
Date:
25.7.04
Time: 3:00pm
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Hong
Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall |
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$180,$150,$120,$100 |
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Chen Chung-shen is a dizi recitalist of considerable standing in
Taiwan. His training in composition and conducting has made him
a versatile music maker. He was the winner of the Golden
Cauldron Award for Best Performance for the recording industry.
His The Red Dragonfly, a children's song album sung in the
Southern Fujian dialect of Taiwan won the Best Singing
Performance and Best Children's Music awards in the 1999 Taiwan
Golden Disc Awards.
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Chen
has been the conductor of the Taipei Municipal Chinese Orchestra
since 1992. He was named one of the Ten Most Outstanding Young
Persons of the Republic of China in 1992, and was presented with
a Music Award at the Chung Hsing Awards for Culture and the Arts
in 1998.
Bai
Yukuang
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Tenor
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Bai
is currently teaching in the Chinese Music Department at the
National Taiwan University of Art, and is the President of the
Board of the International Organisation of Folk Art (IOV
Taiwan).
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He
is a lyric tenor with a wide ranging repertoire that covers folk
songs, Chinese opera and Chinese ancient music, and also works
as a chorus master.
Helen Tam
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Host
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Completed HKTVB’s
Artistes Training Course (Session 9) and appeared in television
drama series for one year.
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Tam is currently
hosting the children’s show Kids Click on TVB Jade. (was
named 430 Space Shuttle and Flash Fax) A
much-loved figure among young audiences with her years of
experience hosting children’s shows.
Gary Tam
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Host, Vocal
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Upon graduation
of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Gary joined the
Hong Kong Repertory Theatre (HKRT). He was the winner of the
Best Supporting Actor Award (Comedy/Farce) at the 2nd
Hong Kong Drama Awards with his performance in A Flea in Her
Ear. In 1993, he joined TVB Jade to be a host of Children
and Musical programmes.
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In 2001, he won
rave reviews when he was invited by the HKRT to play Tsz Mo, the
young protagonist in a drama production inspired by a real life
story, Forever and Ever. More recent stage appearances
include the musical, Red,
The Border Town, and other drama
productions The Blooming Night, Starry Talk and
Once Upon a TIME.
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