| 
Press Releases
2004
Valentine’s Day Concert Series
Proverbs
of Love
Wise words about loving and
being loved
| This
is how Lo Tai-yu describes love in his song, Proverbs of Love:
Love
is something no one understands, love is a song for the twelfth of never.
Love has been you and me.
I have given you the springs, and kept for myself
the winters,
I have kept the memory of your back to myself, but given you
myself instead. Guests
appearing in this concert will be Huang Hongying#, also known as "Teresa
Tang of Guangdong", who has a firm following of fans after the success of
The First Time I Tasted Loneliness; and violinist Sha Xiaocao, who was
described thus: "the purity and beauty of her sound left the audience speechless"*.
The young musicians will be touching thousands of hearts with their voice or violin
at the Valentine's Day Concert Series, Proverbs of Love. Make it a lovers’
rendezvous and let your heart melt away with song and music. #
Huang Hongying's album The First Time I Tasted Loneliness was available
in CD, SACD, XRCD and the nostalgic "black record" formats (the last
being remixed in Japan). She may well be the first Chinese female singer to have
four formats released of the same recording. *
Chen Gang, one of the composers of the famous Butterfly Lovers Concerto,
said this of Sha Xiaocao on hearing her perform another violin concerto by the
same composer, Wang Zhaojun.
Ensemble Full Moon and Blossoming Flower Huang
Yijun Arr. by Peng Xiuwen
Soprano and Orchestra The Boat Song Indonesian
Folksong Arr. by Lin Di Soprano: Huang Hongying
Soprano and Orchestra Camellia Arr. by Wu Yiwen
Soprano: Huang Hongying
Soprano and Orchestra Tales of a Small Town Tang
Ni
Arr. by Lin Di Lyrics by Zhuang Nu
Soprano: Huang Hongying
Violin Concerto The Butterfly Lovers He Zhanhao
& Chen Gang Arr. by Ng Tai-kong
Violin: Sha Xiaocao
Ensemble Somewhere Far Away - Ensemble Medley of Folksongs
from China's West Folksongs from China’s West Arr.
by Gu Guanren
Violin and Orchestra The Love Song of Kangding Sichuen
Folksong Arr. by Hui Cheung-wai
Violin: Sha Xiaocao
Violin and Orchestra Love's Tribute Elgar Arr.
by Cao Peng
Violin: Sha Xiaocao
Soprano and Orchestra A September Story Noda Yukitsugu Arr.
by Wu Yiwen Lyrics by Adchi Akane
Soprano: Huang Hongying
Soprano and Orchestra Nostalgia for Our Native Land
Hakka Love Song Music and Lyrics by Wong Chingchi and Hwang He
Arr. by Lin Di
Soprano: Huang Hongying
Soprano and Orchestra A Village that Lingers on My Heart
Composed by 薄井須志程 Arr. by
Wu Yiwen
Lyrics by Zhuang Nu
Soprano: Huang Hongying
Violin, Soprano and Orchestra The White Sandy Beach Composed
by 三木尤賀志 Arr. by Wu Yiwen
Lyrics by Zhuang Nu
Violin: Sha Xiaocao
Soprano: Huang Hongying
Violin, Soprano and Orchestra Proverbs of Love
Music and Lyrics by Luo Da-you Arr. by Liu Xing
Violin: Sha Xiaocao
Soprano: Huang Hongying
1.
A Pair of Tickets for Proverbs of Love
Concert
|
2.
Candle-light
Dinner for Two at the Cafe at Mandarin Oriental
|
3.
One
Deluxe Gift Pack from the House of Kwong Sang Hong
Ltd
|
4.
HK$100
Cash Coupon from Rococo Classic (Redeemable
for purchase of $650 and above)
Limited to 60 sets only
|
|
|
|
|  |
| Date:
30 - 31.1.2004
Time: 8:00 pm
| |
Venue
:
Hong Kong City Hall
Concert Hall | |
$150,
$130, $110, $90 |
- A National
Class One Conductor of renown in China, Cao Peng has been
the Music Director, Principal Conductor and Music Adviser
to the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, the Shanghai Orchestra
and the Shanghai Chamber Orchestra. He has conducted the Opera
Orchestra of the Moscow Conservatory of Music, the Moscow
Symphony Orchestra etc. on many occasions.
- He has
taken the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra etc. on highly successful
tours to many countries and regions. He was frequently invited
to conduct concert performances and give talks in many parts
of the world, and everywhere he went he was warmly received.
- Over
the years, he has been presented with many accolades, including
a Certificate for Outstanding Contribution to the Performing
Arts by the State Council, a Special Honours Award in Beaux
Arts etc. He has been highly praised as “having contributed
greatly to popularizing symphonic music”.
- He has
a conducting style that can be grand and powerful, and at
the same time touchingly sensitive and delicate, taking his
audience to share his enlightened experience of the most profound
meanings in life.
- Sha Xiaocao
is one of the active Chinese violinists on the world stage
today. She graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music
in Beijing and she was Associate Principal with the Florida
Symphony Orchestra
- Sha's
string quartet took the first prize in the first National
String Quartet Competition of China and a Literature and the
Arts Award presented by the Ministry of Culture. Her string
quartet was awarded the Menuhin Chairman Prize at the International
String Quartet Competition in Portsmouth, England. Later she
was on a scholarship to study for a Master’s degree
in Music in the United States.
-
In
2003, Sha made her Carnegie Hall debut with Skitch Henderson
and the New York Pops. She was made “Honorary Citizen”
following her performance in Dallas. She was invited to return
to her native place and the city where The Butterfly Lovers
was born to appear in the 40th anniversary concert of this
famous violin concerto with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra,
conducted by her father Cao Peng. The memorable occasion has
been captured on CD and DVD.
- The
purity of her sound and the beauty of her limb movements totally
captivated the audience. －Chen Gang, China’s foremost
composer, Wen Wei Po
- Sha
showed herself, not surprisingly, to be a formidable interpreter
of the music, with wide range, deep feeling and powerful expression.
From subtlety where the bow barely touched the strings to
a real passionate stroke she controlled her instrument completely.
－Helsingborg Dagblad, Sweden
- Sha
Xiaocao has a magical charm that can convey the innermost
feelings of the music.
-
Huang
Hongying is a member of the Chinese Musicians’ Association,
a CPPCC member of Huizhou City, and a committee member of the
Eighth Session of the Youth Federation of Guangdong Province.
She was the winner of the Most Popular Song Award at the Guangdong
and Guangxi Rising Stars Competition and a New Force Award (Pop
Song category) at the first Guangdong-Hong Kong-Taiwan Top Ten
Golden Discs Awards, and was named one of the Top Most Outstanding
Young Persons of Huizhou City.
-
Huang’s
ringing clarity and sweetness in her voice have won her a huge
following. Her repertoire ranges from art songs to pop songs,
and she is best known for her interpretations of the former
hits by the late Teresa Tang. Her vocal style is a fine blend
of characteristics unique to Chinese singing and a warm, personal
touch.
Reviews:
- Huang
Hongying’s singing is best described as “a beautiful voice
with immense appeal”. －HiFi Magazine, No.
196
- Huang
Hongying is famous for her charmingly sweet voice…… There
is a graceful touch in her singing, like the lotus rising
from the water, so pure and so fine…… giving it an appeal
that is beyond words. －HiFi Magazine, No. 193
- With
a voice that is brilliant yet delicate in the high notes,
full-bodied yet intense in the middle notes, Huang can reinterpret
the popular hits by Teresa Tang with such sweetness and feminine
charm that they go straight to the listener’s heart and melt
it. －HiFi Magazine, No. 194
|
|
