LISTENING II: Love and Listening in Taiwanese Songs

Memories that bind us together × Featuring timeless classics including “Farewell South of the City” (城南送別), “Listening to the Spring” (聽泉), and “Lover’s Tears” (情人的眼淚)

The most heartfelt hopes × Interpretations of “Forever Homeland” (永遠的故鄉) by Taiwanese master 蕭泰然 and “Wish” (願) by musical theater talent Tien hao Ran

Taipei Chamber Singers has traveled the world with its voices, yet has never forgotten its founding commitment to cultivating local music through song. The album “LISTENING II” sets out on a journey of love and song, featuring vocal classics that portray family, friendship, romance, nature, and the land. Moving from the inner self outward, it invites music lovers to listen to themselves and care for those around them, awakening the warmest strength within life.

With more than twenty years of history, Taipei Chamber Singers has won more prizes at European choral competitions than any other choir in Taiwan. In recent years, it launched the Music Unlimited Project to expand contemporary Eastern vocal art, and has been invited to major international music festivals as a designated performing ensemble, carving out a place for Taiwanese choral music with its internationally acclaimed voices!

Collaborators

Conductor / Yun-Hung Chen

Piano / Nai-Chia Wang

Performers / Taipei Chamber Singers