49th Orchestral Season

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STRINGS OF JIANGNAN – XU HUI HUQIN RECITAL

Date and Time
4/10/2025 (Sat) 8:00pm
5/10/2025 (Sun) 3:00pm
Venue
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
Ticket Fee
$400, $300, $250, $200
Conductor
Sun Peng
Performed by
Huqin: Xu Hui
Dizi: Lin Yu-hsien
Pipa: Zhang Ying
This concert features renowned huqin virtuoso Xu Hui, presenting a repertoire of classics that trace the evolution of the instrument across a century. The programme showcases compositions by prominent Chinese composers of the modern era, highlighting not only the pristine timbre of the Eco-Erhu but also showcasing a variety of performance styles for the bass erhu, banhu and jinghu. With masterful technique and profound expression, Xu Hui invites the audience to enter a poetic and evocative musical world.

Programmes

Eco-Erhu Solo    Meditation during Confinement in Sickness    Liu Tianhua


Eco-Bass Erhu and Orchestra    Reflection of the Moon on the Water    Hua Yanjun     Arr. and Orch. by Peng Xiuwen


Eco-Erhu, Pipa and Orchestra    Tathāgata’s Dream III: Fire - The Maiden Called “Rainbow Dress”    Liu Wenjin


Eco-Erhu and Orchestra     The True Hearted    Zhao Jiping


Eco-Jinghu and Orchestra     Righteous Courage that Soars to Heaven (Excerpt from the modern Peking Opera Taking Tiger Mountain by Stratagem)     Arr. by Xia Feiyun


Soprano Banhu and Orchestra     The Porters (Excerpt from Morning Star Lilies Forever The fifth movement)     Wang Danhong


Eco-Erhu, Dizi, Pipa and Orchestra     Splendorous Jiangnan     Wang Danhong


Eco-Erhu and Orchestra     Song of Everlasting Regret     Alexis Alrich


The concert runs approximately 90 minutes with intermission.