| Identity- Su Chang Concerto for Guzheng/Orchestra 10/24 2009-10-23 |
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| Sound of China Guzheng Music Promotion Center |
Su Chang from Central Music Conservatory is joined by United
Musicians Symphony Orchestra of Los Angeles to present a concerto
for Guzheng and Orchestra on Saturday October 24th at the San
Gabriel Mission Playhouse.
Identity is a concerto for the guzheng and orchestra that relays
what countless families went through as they were torn apart at the end
of the Chinese civil war in 1949. A Chinese Nationalist Army Officer
reluctantly leaves his wife and 5-day old baby girl behind to lead his
troops in the withdrawal to Taiwan. After 43 years of separation, the
Officer realizes he will never live to see them again. He asks the son he
brought with him to Taiwan to promise he will take the Officer's ashes
and the Zhongshan zhuang, a very special shirt his wife made him
when they first met, back home to China. The Officer wants his wife to
know he loved her until his death and he wants his soul returned to the
China he loved and the country to which he belongs.
Guzheng - Su Chang
Conductor - Case Scaglione
Composer - Michael Gordon Shapiro, Victor Cheng
World Premiere 環球首演
Saturday, October 24, 2009
8:00PM
San Gabriel Mission Playhouse
320 South Mission Drive,
San Gabriel, CA 91776
http://hanyiinc.com/identity/
Musicians Symphony Orchestra of Los Angeles to present a concerto
for Guzheng and Orchestra on Saturday October 24th at the San
Gabriel Mission Playhouse.
Identity is a concerto for the guzheng and orchestra that relays
what countless families went through as they were torn apart at the end
of the Chinese civil war in 1949. A Chinese Nationalist Army Officer
reluctantly leaves his wife and 5-day old baby girl behind to lead his
troops in the withdrawal to Taiwan. After 43 years of separation, the
Officer realizes he will never live to see them again. He asks the son he
brought with him to Taiwan to promise he will take the Officer's ashes
and the Zhongshan zhuang, a very special shirt his wife made him
when they first met, back home to China. The Officer wants his wife to
know he loved her until his death and he wants his soul returned to the
China he loved and the country to which he belongs.
Guzheng - Su Chang
Conductor - Case Scaglione
Composer - Michael Gordon Shapiro, Victor Cheng
World Premiere 環球首演
Saturday, October 24, 2009
8:00PM
San Gabriel Mission Playhouse
320 South Mission Drive,
San Gabriel, CA 91776
http://hanyiinc.com/identity/