Singapore, 2 December 2016 (Friday) – Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO)’s annual Chinese New Year concert, Rhapsodies of Spring 2017, features star actresses Ling Bo and Hu Chin. The superstar duo will sing a selection of their famous Huangmei tunes under the baton of Music Director Tsung Yeh. Rhapsodies of Spring 2017 will be held on 21 January 2017 (Saturday), 8pm at The Star Theatre, The Star Performing Arts Centre.
Li Huan Zhi’s merry Spring Festival Overture will kickstart the concert. SCO’s erhu musicians Qin Zi Jing and Li Yu Long will perform the first movement of Wu Hua’s Seventh Fairy Maiden Fantasia: From Heaven to Earth. To welcome the year of the rooster, SCO will perform Leroy Anderson’s Chicken Reel.
Star actresses Ling Bo and Hu Chin will showcase classic Huangmei tunes including selections from “The Butterfly Lovers” – Yuan Shan Han Xiao, Visiting Yingtai and Reunion at the Pavilion; “The Seventh Fairy” – Encounter with the Fairy, Wedding Proposal, Sewing by the Fairy, Thanking the Matchmaker and Lovers Singing a Duet; then-Shaw Brothers’ famous movie “The Kingdom and The Beauty ” – Lady of Heaven Proposal will be performed during the concert, showing audience their extraordinary charms.
SCO will also perform Li Min Xiong’s bustling A Well-matched Fight and festive selections including Law Wai Lun’s medley of New Year songs God of Fortune, Spring Blossom and Gong Xi Gong Xi to usher in the year of the rooster.
Star actress: Ling Bo
Star actress: Hu Chin
Music Director/ Conductor: Tsung Yeh
Erhu: Qin Zi Jing
Erhu: Li Yu Long
Concert Details:
Rhapsodies of Spring 2017
Date: 21 January 2017 (Saturday)
Time: 8pm
Venue: The Star Theatre, The Star Performing Arts Centre
Ticket Prices: $128, $108, $88, $68/$30*, $48/$20* (excludes SISTIC fees)
Tickets from SISTIC (+65 6348 5555/ www.sistic.com.sg)
*Concession price
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