Festive Series
9th Macao Handover Anniversary Concert

Friday, December 19, 2008 20:00     Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium     120

Guo Wen-jing: Strong Wind Resistance
Xu Zhen-min: Plum Garden in Snow—In Honour of the 110th Anniversary Premier Zhou Enlai's Birth
BaoYuan-kai: The Temple Fair of Lukang Town
Lei Zhen-bang: ‘Why are the Flowers so Red?’ - a song from the film Visitors to the Ice Capped Mountain
Wang Ming: ‘Velvet Flower’ - a song from the film Little Flower
Xu Jing-xin: ‘Mum Left Me a Song’ – a song from the film The Alley
Liu Yuan: Symphonic Epic“The Echoes of Hakkas Earth Buildings”

On the occasion of the 9th anniversary of Macao’s return to the motherland, outstanding female Chinese conductor Zheng Xiao-ying brings her symphonic poem Echoes of Hakka Clay Buildings to Macao audiences for the first time. Zheng has performed this poem more than forty times in America, Europe, Japan and China to great acclaim by audiences at home and abroad.

Whether it is the Echoes of Hakka Clay Buildings, an ingenious connection between aging clay architecture and modern symphonic music, or The Temple Fair in Lukang Town, which highlights cheerful scenes of daily life in Taiwan or the movies songs which are so popular all over China, Zheng's programmes vibrate with national spirit and the Chinese people's deep love for their homeland.

Voice Soloist: Fang Qiong
Chorus: Macao Conservatory Chorus, Opera Hong Kong Chorus
Conductor: Zheng Xiao-ying

Duration: approx. 80 minutes (including one 15-minute intermission)
Tickets: MOP 120/80
Tickets are available through the Kong Seng Ticketing Network
The organizer reserves the right to alter the programme and performers