Recently, the fourth performance of the 2023 music season of Zhuhai National Orchestra - "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" He Zhanhao's works concert came to an end at Chongqing Shi Guangnan Grand Theatre. This is also the first time that the Zhuhai National Orchestra has performed in Chongqing since its establishment.
The concert was jointly conducted by He Zhanhao, artistic director and Huang Yanjia, permanent conductor of Zhuhai National Orchestra. Chinese orchestral music "By the Ili River" opened the whole performance with exotic music. Then, the Chinese orchestral music "Yi Village Mountain View" takes the audience to see the colorful customs of the motherland, magnificent rivers and mountains; The Chinese orchestral "Festival Horse Racing" shows the grassland pageant, and the Chinese orchestral "Huteng Dance Music" Outlines the artistic scene brought by the Silk Road of the Tang Dynasty, and the first half ends in the Erhu concerto "Hero Tears".
The second half of the performance is composed of two major works, Guzheng and orchestra "Lin 'an Regret" and violin concerto "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai". In "Lin An Regret", the guzheng player Yan Huiyi conveys Yue Fei's cry of "the sky is clear, the sky is clear" before he goes to the execution site through the sonorous and fierce roar of the guzheng.
At the event, 91-year-old He Zhanhao took the stage and violinist Gao Can, associate professor of the Central Conservatory of Music, performed Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. The performance lasted about 26 minutes, and teacher He Zhanhao was always meticulous and cooperated with Gao Shen. The last note fell, and the audience applauded for a long time.
In the applause, He Zhanhao twice returned to the stage to conduct the repertoire, and after the end of the encore, said: "In the more than four years since the establishment of Zhuhai National Orchestra, I have formed a deep friendship with the city of Zhuhai and this young orchestra in Zhuhai, they are very young and full of hope. In the future, I hope the orchestra can come to Chongqing often, and I will continue to work with them to bring you more wonderful works!"
"Today I am very happy to see the '90s' teacher He personally on stage, this is probably the most beautiful" Butterfly Lovers "I have heard on the scene. At the same time, this concert has also allowed us to witness the superb skills of the Zhuhai National Orchestra, and we look forward to hearing more wonderful music works from the orchestra in Chongqing!" Chongqing audience Miss Li said.
"This is my first time to perform with He Lao and the Zhuhai National Orchestra in my hometown of Chongqing. I am very excited and honored. The spirit of the older generation of artists is a spur for me." Gao Can, a violinist from Chongqing, said: "I hope to actively explore the music field along the lines of He Lao's thinking and continue to work hard to let the world hear more voices from China."
According to reports, the Zhuhai National Orchestra 2023 music season will continue to launch nearly ten ethnic orchestral concerts in the second half of the year.