“Wind Clusters” - Wind Concert

Wednesday, October 11, 2017 20:00     Dom Pedro V Theatre     Tickets: MOP 80, 60

Chinese wind music posesses a unique timbre and an extremely powerful stage appeal. This wind concert, besides solos and percussion and winds combinations, features modern works such as Metal Chimes, Kung Fu, and the chamber piece Al Laox, full of musical elements of the Dong ethnic group of Guangxi Province, allowing the musicians to convey tender feelings through the lips and teeth and manifest an inexhaustible charisma through the breathing.

Programme Highlights:

Titles

Solo

Composer/Arranger

“Harvest Celebration” - Wind and Percussion

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Folk music

“Feelings for Qinchuan” - Dizi Solo

Wei Zidong, Dizi

Zeng Yongqing

“Song of Mesh-weaving” - Sheng Solo

Jia Lei, Sheng

Xiao Jiang and Mou Shan Ping

“A Trip to the Suburbs of the Capital” - Suona, Jinghu and Orchestra

Tian Ding, Suona, Jiang
Xiaodong, Jinghu

Wu Houyuan

“Al Laox” - Chamber Music

Wang Juan, Percussion
Zhang Yueru, Erhu

Jiang Ying

“The Joy of Reunion” - Dizi Duet

Qian Qing, Lin Chia-Ho, Dizi

Fung Zicun

“Kung Fu” - Wind and Percussion

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Li Bochan

“Metal Chimes” - Wind and Percussion

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Xie Peng

Duration: approximately 1 hour, no intermission.

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