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September 2011
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The Nightingale from the East – Wu Bixia & HKCO

The Nightingale from the East – Wu Bixia & HKCO

Date and Time
24/9/2011 8:00 pm
Venue
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
Ticket Fee
$380, $250, $150
Conductor
Yan Huichang
Performed by
Wu Bixia

A fine vocalist dubbed ‘the nightingale that sings songs of
the East and the West’ returns to Hong Kong by popular demand

  • ‘The Sound from Heaven’ - Spanish press
  • ‘Vocal Angel from the East’ - Russian media
  • ‘A Voice that makes the World Sit up and Listen’ - US media

Enjoy the limpid, pure, sweet tones of the ‘Nightingale’ with her interpretations of the song cycle, The Dream of the Red Mansions Suite (Excerpts), which won the 6th China Gold Record Award for Best Album.

Other items on the programme include Morning on Miao Mountains, The Ripping Brook, A Toast to You, Lan Hua Hua, Stories from a Scholar’s Studio, Moonlight on the Spring River Ancient Tune and Variation on Mayila.

Tickets are available on 16-Aug-2011.

Programme
Vocal and Orchestra     The Dream of the Red Mansions Suite (Excerpts)
Wang Liping Lyrics by Cao Xueqin (1715 – 1763)

​​Song of Purple Caltrops
Song of Red Love Beans
Three Poems Written on a Handkerchief
Dear Ones Parted
Lamenting Caltrop
​A Stormy Night by the Autumn Window
Grief in Vain

​ ​​Morning on Miao Mountain       Lyrics and Music by Bai Chengren

The Ripping Brook      Folk Tune of Yunnan 

​A Toast to You      Uyghur folk song of Xinjiang Transcribed & Orchestrated by Aikebaierwulamu

Lan Hua Hua      Folk Song of Northern Shaanxi

​Stories from a Scholar’s Studio​      Wang Liping Lyrics by Cao Yu

Vocal and Orchestra      Moonlight on the Spring River Ancient Tune      Lyrics and Arr. by Xu Jingxin

Variation on Mayila      Symphonic version      Kazak folk song
Arr. Hu Tingjian
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