Multi-award winning Cantonese Opera and Nanyin legend, Yuen Siu-fai, will be joining forces with conductor Ho Man-chuen, Nanyin musicians To Wing and Chan Chi-chun, as well as Windpipe Chinese Music Ensemble, a group of youngsters actively promoting local music, to perform in two concerts filled with distinctive Hong Kong flavours. Together, they will grace the ears of Taiwan audiences with two unique styles of Hong Kong music – Nanyin and Cantonese music.

In the first concert of Voices of Cantonese Narrative Music, well-known traditional Nanyin pieces of high artistic value, such as Burning Funerary Goods for His Love, will be played alongside a wide selection of enchanting Cantonese music pieces the likes of the delicate Medley of Guangdong Folk Tunes and the vibrant Thunder in a Drought, all of which reflect the local culture of Asia’s World City.

Meanwhile, the TCO Academy Orchestra, comprising musicians hand-picked and nurtured by the Taipei Chinese Orchestra is invited to perform in the Hong Kong Nostalgia concert. Works such as Old Restaurant, Old Drama and Fire． Dragon Dance, which comprise elements unique to Hong Kong, will be premièred in Taiwan by veteran Yuen and young musicians from both territories. This special crossover marks a new chapter in the cultural exchange of the two regions, one where the torch has been passed onto the next generation.

When traditional Cantonese music makes its way to Taiwan, a place where local culture blossoms, sparks are bound to fly! It is a must-see event for followers of traditions and fans of Hong Kong culture alike.

Voices of Cantonese Narrative Music – Yuen Siu-fai & Windpipe Chinese Music Ensemble Programme

Wind and Percussion Ensemble: The Song of Victory (Ancient Melody, arranged by Lo Wai-leung)
Dishui Nanyin Song: Search Again (Koo Fok-wing, Chan Sheung-ling)
“Hard-and-soft-bow” Five-piece Combo: Medley of Guangdong Folk Tunes- The Nun Leaving the Nunnery, A Monk Misses His Wife, Stairway to the Clouds (Short Set Tunes Medley arranged by Yu Qiwei)
Houguan Solo: Getting on Board the Fishing Boat (Ancient Melody, arranged by Liang Qiu)
Gaohu Solo: Birds Returning to the Woods (Yi Jianquan)
Dishui Nanyin Song: Burning Funerary Goods for His Love (Anonymous)
Xiao Solo: The Flowing Water and the Drifting Clouds (Siu Tit-hung)
Yangqin and Ensemble: Fleeting Clouds (Yu Qiwei, arranged by Li Zhuxin)
Erhu and Ensemble: Capriccio on The Theme of Princess Changping (Ancient Melody, arranged by Tong Leung-tak)
Ensemble: Thunder in a Drought (Yan Laolie, arranged by Lee Ka-wa)

Hong Kong Nostalgia - Yuen Siu-fai, Windpipe Chinese Music Ensemble & TCO Academy Orchestra Programme

Cantonese Opera Big Tunes and orchestra: Shi-Yuan-Diao (also known as Thinking of the Sages) (Ancient Melody arranged by Li Shek-um) Commissioned re-arrangement, world première
Cantonese Opera Big Tunes and orchestra: Liu-Yao-Jin: The Swaying Willow’s Golden Sounds (Ancient Melody arranged by Li Shek-um) Commissioned re-arrangement, world première
Sheng, Guzheng, Sanxian and Ensemble: Old Restaurant, Old Drama (Ng Cheuk-yin) Taiwan première
Yehu and Ensemble: Streaks of Tears and Threefold Sorrows (Wong Yuet-sang, Wu Man-sum, arranged and orchestrated by Li Zhuxin)
Ensemble: The Dragon Boat Race (Ho Lau-tong, arranged by Alfred Wong)
Ensemble: In the Days of the Travelling Tram (Joshua Chan)
Ensemble: Tales of the Walled City Suite (Chen Ning-chi)
Wind and Percussion Ensemble: Fire．Dragon Dance (Lam Lan-chee) Taiwan première

Pre-concert Talk

11/12 Sat 7pm
1/F Foyer, Taipei Zhongshan Hall

Speakers:
Christopher Pak, Head of Academic Studies in Music, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Chan Chi-chun, Doctor of Philosophy in Ethnomusicology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Voices of Cantonese Narrative Music – Yuen Siu-fai & Windpipe Chinese Music Ensemble

Conductor	Ho Man-chuen
Dishui Nanyin	Yuen Siu-fai
(Cantonese Narrative Singing)

Gaohu / Yehu	To Wing
Percussion	Dai Rihui
Xiao	Chan Chi-chun
Houguan	Kwan Lok-tin
Yangqin	Kwok Ka-ying
Erhu	Chan Kai-him
Orchestr	Windpipe Chinese Music Ensemble

Hong Kong Nostalgia - Yuen Siu-fai, Windpipe Chinese Music Ensemble & TCO Academy Orchestra

Conductor	Ho Man-chuen
Cantonese Opera Big Tunes	Yuen Siu-fai
Gaohu	To Wing
Percussion	Dai Rihui
Yehu	Chan Pik-sum
Sheng	Pang Hong-tai
Guzheng	Chow Lai-kuen
Sanxian	Tsai Yu-tung
Orchestra	Windpipe Chinese Music Ensemble
Orchestra	TCO Academy Orchestra

Voices of Cantonese Narrative Music, Hong Kong Nostalgia Trailer

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