2017-2018 Season Opening Concert
"The Bridge"
Yan Huichang and the Macao Chinese Orchestra

Friday, September 1, 2017 20:00     Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium     Tickets: MOP 150, 120, 100, 80

In the opening concert for celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Macao Chinese Orchestra led by conductor Yan Huichang, two premiering compositions commissioned by the Macao Chinese Orchestra “Glittering Lights, Blossoming Flowers” and “The Bridge” will be presented. Cellist Qin Li-wei, deemed “for the meltingly beautiful tone, flawless centered intonation and an ironclad technique” by the New York Times, and Zhang Yueru, the concertmaster of the Macao Chinese Orchestra will both perform at the concert to open the prelude of the season 2017-2018.

Programme Highlights:

Titles Solo Composer /Arranger

Overture “Glittering Lights, Blossoming Flowers”
(Comissioned    by the Macao Chinese  Orchestra)

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Gu Guanren

Gaohu and Orchestra “The Moon over the Peaceful Lake in Autumn”

Zhang Yueru, Gaohu

Cantonese Music
Lü Wencheng / Arr. Li Can Xiang

“Sounds of the Tang Dynasty” - Through the Glorious Age of the Tang Dynasty

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Ng Cheuk Yin

Cello Concerto “Zhuang Zhou's Dream”

Qin Li-wei, Cello

Zhao Jiping

“The Bridge”
(Comissioned    by the Macao Chinese  Orchestra)

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Robert Zollitsch (Germany)

Beiguan Music

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Wang I-Yu (Taiwan)

Duration: approximately 2  hours including one intermission.

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