
A magnificent performance scene
On the evening of January 1, the Dongfeng Auditorium of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, located in the depths of the Gobi Desert, was brightly lit, the huge red five-pointed star on the dome shone brightly, and the large-scale original group song ""Two Bombs and One Star" Group Song - Jiangshan People's Heart" was shockingly staged here.
The event was co-sponsored by Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, the Propaganda Department of the CPC Gansu Provincial Party Committee, the Department of Culture and Tourism of Gansu Province, and the Department of Education of Gansu Province, and jointly hosted by the Political Work Department of Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Northwest Normal University, and Gansu Provincial Opera House.
It is understood that the "Two Bombs and One Star" Group Song was jointly created and performed by the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, the Northwest Normal University, and the Gansu Provincial Opera House, with the song "Jiangshan People's Heart" as the main melody music, and the use of art forms such as chorus, lead singing, duet singing, and performance singing, reproduced the great course of the "two bombs and one star" cause.
During the whole performance, 12 heroic and exciting and magnificent newly created aerospace and military theme songs, jointly interpreted by the outstanding singers of the Gansu Provincial Opera House and Northwest Normal University and 380 scientific and technological personnel of various departments of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, sang the magnificent righteousness and bloody courage of the aerospace development and the construction of a strong army in the new era, vividly showing the era of praise for the literary and artistic creation of aerospace themes in the new era and the era of praising heroes.
As a witness and participant in the development of the "two bombs and one star" cause, the audience sometimes applauded and cheered, sometimes with tears in their eyes, and this eager scene also made the creators excited.
"The performance of more than an hour is the result of three years of hard work from the three creative teams." According to Zhang Lixin, the creator of the group song, the group song integrates the elements of traditional opera, folk songs and popular music, uses art forms such as chorus, lead singing, duet singing, performance singing, creative integration of scene performance, and comprehensive use of stage means such as sound and light, the whole performance is magnificent and shocking, so that the audience can receive spiritual baptism in artistic enjoyment. The creation and performance of the group songs is not only an important measure to inherit and carry forward the spirit of 'two bombs and one star', but also provides vivid teaching materials for the study and education of party history.
Li Yangliang, general director of the evening and vice president of the Provincial Opera House, said excitedly: "The red memory of the 'two bombs and one star' cause contains a lasting artistic charm, and there are many stories and characters that are full of anger and intestines, which are rich in themes that artistic creation can continue to excavate, and also provide the audience with spiritual nourishment for courageously moving forward." The strides of the aerospace industry in the new era and the new expectations and new needs of the spiritual and cultural life of astronauts call for more excellent works on aerospace themes. (Li Chao)
Source: Lanzhou Daily