On the evening of October 30th, on the brightly lit stage of the Chengdu City Concert Hall, the young conductor Zhu Xi waved his hands in the air, like opening a floodgates of music, joyful, majestic, grand, magnificent... Rich emotions sweep through the audience like a torrent. The members of the choir also brought a musical feast to the citizens of Chengdu with the "magic wand" in Zhu Xi's hand. The 27th "Autumn of Rongcheng" Chengdu International Music Festival "Choral Thinking - Classic Chinese Film Music" - Chengdu Philharmonic Choir Special Concert brought classic film music such as "When Love Has Become a Thing of the Past", "Ghost of a Woman", "Love of a Lifetime", "Velvet Flower", "Let's Swing the Oars", "Ordinary Road", "The Story of Time" and other classic film music into the concert hall, touching every audience on the scene. The Chengdu Philharmonic Choir, which has been in the army for 3 years, has gradually become the leader of elegant music and the city card of Chengdu.
The scene of the performance
"Hanyang Gate Garden" is the original work of The native Wuhan musician Feng Xiang, this musical work brings the pyrotechnic atmosphere and changes of the old Wuhan back to everyone's vision, and warms the hearts of Wuhan people and Chinese during the epidemic period. The concert of the evening was kicked off by this song "Hanyang Gate Garden". The members of the choir begin with the recitation of "a few cents a bowl of hot dry noodles" and end with the dialogue creative end of "Master, how to go to Hanyang Gate". In the choral passages in the middle of these recitations, "Hanyang Gate Garden" with a slight sadness, warmth and Wuhan atmosphere was sung affectionately, and the chant of "Home is waiting for me every day, which day can I go home" attracted many viewers.
Next, "When Love Has Become a Thing of the Past", "Fancy Years", "Ghost of a Woman", and "Love of a Lifetime" four movie songs with different styles but very classic instantly ignited the atmosphere of the scene. "When Love Has Become a Thing of the Past" as the theme song and ending song of "Farewell to the Overlord", the sigh of "life is like a drama, drama is like life"; the famous theme song of "Fancy Years" highlights the elegance of Baroque music in rhythm and rhythm, just right for the audience to create an unclear and melancholy nostalgic atmosphere; the theme song of the same name of "Qiannu Ghost" has a melodious tune, a remote vocabulary, and a very "Chinese style" charm; as for the song "Love of a Lifetime", "Five Hundred Years of Love, Ten Thousand Years of Love" From Zhou Xingchi's classic movie "Journey to the West with Big Words" the Great Saint Marrying Relatives, it expresses this bitter lovesickness that is both helpless and sad.
Chorus songs such as "Velvet Flower", "Let's Swing the Double Oar", "Big Fish", "Ordinary Road" and so on, reproduce those vigorous green years, unforgettable fanghua. In particular, the theme song of the school children's feature film "Flowers of the Motherland" is "Let's Swing the Oars", which depicts the scene of children boating on the lake and singing happily in the early days of the founding of New China. Nowadays, the motherland has undergone earth-shaking changes, and life has become happier and better. The singing of the Chengdu Philharmonic Choir that night, beating with the pulse of the times, embodied the pure emotions and noble soul. That night, there were love songs of different eras such as "New Love", "Sweet Honey", "Because of Love", "Pink Memories" and so on, perhaps each love story is different, but through the choir's storytelling, let the audience feel the sincere and burning feelings.
Zhu Xi
The Chengdu Philharmonic Choir was incorporated by young conductor Zhu Xi at the end of 2018 with the support of the Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism. The reporter learned that the choral singers came from all walks of life in Chengdu who loved the choral art of youth, and the young, energetic and fashionable members showed the vigorous temperament of Chengdu. Aiming to disseminate profound Chinese culture by interpreting the international cutting-edge choral concepts, and with the mission of promoting choral works created by choral thinking, the choir has repeatedly premiered world-wide and far-reaching works in Chengdu. At the same time, the Chengdu Philharmonic Choir actively participates in the quality art education of young people, and has established a public welfare group affiliated to the Chengdu Philharmonic Choir, which premiered in the 26th "Autumn of Rongcheng" Chengdu International Music Season and received wide praise from the industry and the society, and the media reported as "Chengdu Children's Voice New Height". In addition, the Chengdu Philharmonic Choir also shoulders the responsibility of cultivating young conductors and sending outstanding choral conductors to the society.
Red Star News reporter | Ren Hongwei
Editor| Duan Xueying According to the interviewee
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