2020 Images of Taiwanese Music – Commissions and Premieres Series: Choral Concert “Echoes of Taiwan”

This programme commissioned senior and mid-career and younger Taiwanese composers — Chiung Yu Chen, Kueiju Lin, 邱妍甯, Chung-Yuan Yu, 錢善華 and Xing-Kui Zeng — to write original works incorporating elements of Taiwan’s traditional or contemporary multicultural heritage, performed in choral form by the leading Taiwanese ensemble Taipei Chamber Singers. The programme also includes a representative work by the eminent Taiwanese composer Hwang Long Pan. Expressing a deep affection for Taiwan through the language of music, it presents the face of contemporary Taiwanese music, in the hope of fostering professional artistic exchange and enriching Taiwan’s musical culture.

Performance

26 September 2019 (Sat), 19:30, Multipurpose Hall 3102, Taiwan Traditional Theatre Center

Performers

Artistic Director & Conductor / Yun-Hung Chen

Piano / Nai-Chia Wang

Percussion / 余沁芸, Ching-Yuan Huang

Choir / Taipei Chamber Singers

Production

Presenters / National Center for Traditional Arts, Taiwan Music Institute

Executive Producer / 陳濟民

Deputy Executive Producer / 王蘭生

Producer / 翁誌聰

Curator / 連憲升

Programme

Chiung Yu Chen: “Island” (島) for mixed choir

Kueiju Lin: #Yilan Convolution for mixed choir

邱妍甯: “Songs That Linger in Life and Cannot Be Erased” (那些駐留在生命中難以抹去的歌) for mixed choir and multi-percussion

Chung-Yuan Yu: “Falling Plum Blossoms” (梅落) for mixed choir

錢善華: “Song of Falling Water” (落水歌) for mixed choir

Xing-Kui Zeng: “Footprints of Spring” (春天的腳印) for mixed choir

Hwang Long Pan: “The Sleepwalker” (夢遊女) for unaccompanied eight-part mixed choir

Tickets

Ticket Price: NT$300

NTCH Ticketing: 02-3393-9888

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