HCMC – Arts Festival Autumn Melodies 2015

25 – 30 Aug 2015
HCMC Opera House

From the organizer:

Arts Festival “AUTUMN MELODIES” 2015 will be an important cultural and artistic event for Ho Chi Minh City and the National Musical Academy. For the first time, a great number of the greatest Vietnamese artists in symphony orchestra, chamber music, musicals, and ballet will gather and perform in Ho Chi Minh City. The Arts Festival this year also has the biggest number of international artists and Vietnamese talents from abroad.

Eleven performances and activities will be held for six days from the 25th to the 30th of August, 2015, introducing to the audience the world’s quintessence of arts and a few recent outstanding works of Vietnamese composers.

PROGRAM

Tue 25 Aug 2015

20h00: Opening program at HCMC Opera House

PART I:
– Trong Dai – “Đất nước đàn bầu”
Performers: Choir & Symphony orchestra
– Nguyen Van Thuong – “Tổ quốc tôi chưa đẹp thế bao giờ”
Performers: MA Do Quoc Hung, Pham Trang, Tran Duy Linh & and choir
– Charles Gounnod – “Mephistopheles serenade” from the opera “Faust”
Performers: MA Do Quoc Hung
– Nguyen Van Thuong – “Bài ca trên núi”
Performers: MA Hong Vy
– Vu Viet Anh – “Chân trời” for cello, oboe, piano and string orchestra
Cello: MA Nguyen Tan Anh
Oboe: Pham Khanh Toan
Piano: Joo Sun Young
– Giacomo Puccini – “Nessun dorma” from the opera “Turandot”
Performers: Pham Trang and the choir
– Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – “Ah guarda sorella” from the opera “Cosi fan tutte”
Performers: Pham Khanh Ngoc Duyen Huyen Pham
– Dmitri Shostakovich – Festive Overture
Performers: Symphony orchestra
Troupe & Orchestra
Conductor: Tran Nhat Minh

PART II: Contemporary Dance “Vọng phu biển”
Script: Nguyen Phuc Hai, Nguyen Phuc Hung
Music: Arvo Part, Giovanni Sollima
Choreography: Nguyen Phuc Hung, Nguyen Phuc Hai
Performed by HBSO ballet dancers

Wed 26 Aug 2015

16h00: Youth Melody program
Theme: “Symbolization and its influence in Baroque Music”
Interpretation and moderation: David Schwarz, Paul Leenhouts
Some artists of International Chamber Players
At HCMC Opera House

20h00: CONCERT with CHAMBER ORCHESTRA “BAROQUE CONCERT”
In cooperation with the University of North Texas – United States
At HCMC Opera House

PART I:
– George Philipp Telemann – Concerto in B-flat major, TWV 52: B1
– Giuseppe Valentini – Concerto for four violins in A minor, Op. 7 No. 11
– Johann Sebastian Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049
PART II:
– Giovanni Benedetto Platti – Concerto in A Major VI, BWV 1060
– Leonardo Leo – Concerto in D minor, L.60
– Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto “in due cori” in A major, RV 585
– Performers: International Chamber Players & Fantasmi Baroque Ensemble

Thu 27 Aug 2015

16h00: Concert with piano young talents
At HCMC Opera House
– F. Liszt – Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12
Performers: Nguyen Tuan Manh
– F.Schumann – Sonate No. 1, Op. 11, 2e mouvement
– M.Ravel – Tombeau de Couperin; Prelude, Menuet, Toccata
Performed by Gabriel Tran Phuong Nam
– P.I.Tchaikovsky – Dumka Op. 59
– Claude Debussy – L’isle joyeuse
Performers: Tran Yen Nhi
– F.Chopin – Scherzo No.2
Performers: Nguyen Dang Quang
– Nikolai Medtner – Sonata “Reminiscenza” in A minor, Op. 38, No. 1 from “Forgotten Melodies for piano”
Performers: Nguyen Duc Anh

Editor: Le Ho Hai

20h00: CONCERT with ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY BAND
In cooperation with Transposition project – Norway
At HCMC Opera House

PART I:
– William Byrd – The Earl of Oxford March
Arrangement: Elgar Howarth
Michael Praetorius – “Renaissance Dances”
• Ballett du Roy
• Bransle Gentile
• Galliard
Instrumentation: Erik Eilertsen
– Claude Le Jeune – “Revecy VENIR de Printans”
Instrumentation: Hans Petter Stangnes
– George Friederich Handel – “The arrival of the Queen of Sheba”
Instrumentation: Paul Archibald
– Edvard Grieg – Funeral march in “Memory of Rikard Nordraak”
– George Bizet – “Carmen Suite”
• Aragonaise
• Habanera
• Danse Bohème
Instrumentation: Roger Harvey

PART II:
– Charles Theodore Pachebel – “Magnificat”
Instrumentation: Arthur Frackenpohl
– Oscar Lindberg – “Gammel Fabodpsalm”
Instrumentation: Truls Sanaker
– Stephen Foster – “Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair”
Instrumentation: Roger Harvey
– Traditional Reinlender fra Vågå
Instrumentation: Torstein Aagaard Nilsen
– Edvard Grieg – “Compared lokka me over den myra”
Instrumentation: Truls Sanaker
– Kurt Weill – Suite from “The Threepenny Opera”
Instrumentation: Erik Eilertsen
– Geronimo Giménez – “La Boda de Luis Alons”
Instrumentation: Steven Verhaert
Performers: Trumpet orchestra of Royal Norwegian Navy band
Trumpets: Erik Eilertsen, Reidar Akselsen Sommerseth, Odd Benny Solli, Tom Christensen
Horn: Terje Gravningsmyhr
Trombones: Hillestad Arild, Marius Hesby, Bjørn Bogetvedt, Terje Alexander Grondahl
Tuba: Arild Ovrum
Percussion: Knut Alefjaer

Fri 28 Aug 2015

20h00: Romantic night
with Bui Cong Duy, the artists from International Chamber Players and Vietnam National Academy of Music
Conductor: Honna Tetsuji
At HCMC Opera House

PART I:
– Dang Hong Anh – “Múa hội đêm rằm” (1992)

– Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) – String Octet E-flat major print, Op. 20 (1825),
I. Allegro moderato ma con fuoco (14 ‘)
Violin: Ania Bard-Schwarz, Le Minh Hien, Ngo Hoang Linh, Pham Truong Son
Viola: Susan Dubois, Do Huong Tra My
Cello: Grace Ho, Le Phan Nhu Quynh

– Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) – Piano Quartet print A distance (ca. 1876) (12 ‘)
Violin: Vu Viet Chuong
Viola: Susan Dubois
Cello: Grace Ho
Piano: Dao Trong Tuyen

– Johannes Brahms (1883-1897) – Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25 (1861)
IV. Rondo alla zingarese (9 ‘)
Piano: Tran Thai Linh
Violin: Nguyen Trong Binh
Viola: Daphne Gerling
Cello: Grace Ho

– Louis Spohr (1784-1859) – Double String Quartet No.1 in D minor (1823)
III. Larghetto (3’)
IV. Finale: Allegro molto (7’)
Violin: Maria Jose Romero Ramirez, Nguyen My Huong, Nguyen Cong Thang Dao Mai Anh
Viola: Daphne Gerling, Nguyen Thu Binh
Cello: Allen Whear, Nguyen Hong Anh

PART II:
– Nguyen Manh Duy Linh – Fragile for Violin, Cello & Piano
Violin: Bui Cong Duy
Cello: Grace Ho
Piano: Nguyen Manh Duy Linh

– Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) – Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor (1892)
Violin: Bui Cong Duy
Cello: Grace Ho
Piano: Nguyen Trinh Huong

– Franz Schubert (1797-1828) – Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 114 “The Trout” (1819)
IV. Theme and Variations
Violin: Cynthia Roberts
Viola: Susan Dubois
Cello: Allen Whear
Double Bass: Jeff Bradetich
Piano: Christoph Hammer

– Antoni Stolpe (1851-1872) – Piano Sextet in E minor (ca. 1867)
I. Allegro moderato
Violin: Ania Bard-Schwarz, Ngo Hoang Linh
Viola: Daphne Gerling
Cello: Gudrun Raschen
Double Bass: Jeff Bradetich
Piano: Nguyen Huy Phuong

– Max Bruch (1838-1920) – String Octet in B-flat major, Op. Posth (1920)
I. Allegro moderato
Violin: Vu Viet Chuong, Nguyen My Huong, Maria Jose Romero Ramirez, Nguyen Cong Thang, Ngo Hoang Linh, Le Minh Hien, Pham Truong Son, Dao Mai Anh
Viola: Susan Dubois, Nguyen Thu Binh, Daphne Gerling, Tran Kim Giang
Cello: Grace Ho, Bui Ha Mien
Double Bass: Jeff Bradetich, Gudrun Raschen

Sat 29 Aug 2015

08h00: YOUTH MELODY PROGRAM
Outdoor CONCERT with Trumpet orchestra of Royal Norwegian Navy Band
(Pop, Jazz, Contemporary Music)

8.00 on 29 Aug 2015 in front of HCMC Opera House, 7 Lam Son Square, District 1.
Free tickets at the Student Support Center in HCMC and HBSO ticket office.

10h00: YOUTH MELODY PROGRAM: Contemporary music with Professor David Schwarz from the US
Theme: “The form and aesthetics of contemporary music”
At Conservatory of HCMC, 112 Nguyen Du, District 1

Contemporary music during the latter half of 20th century by: Olivier Messian, John Cage, Pierre Schaffer, Karl Husa, Leonard Bernstein, John Adams, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Arthur gánon, Susan Philipsz, Ed Osborn, Helmut Lachenmann.

Editor: Nguyen Manh Duy Linh
Interpretation & moderation: David Schwarz, Nguyen Manh Duy Linh

16h00: Trumpet concert – Contemporary percussion
With Royal Norwegian Navy Band
in front of HCMC Opera House

20h00: The contemporary dance contemporary “Mái Nhà”
in front of HCMC Opera House
Script: Bui Ngoc Quan
Choreography: Bui Ngoc Quan, Nguyen Phuc Hai, Nguyen Phuc Hung
Performed by HBSO ballet dancers

Sun 20 Aug 2015

20h00: CLOSING PROGRAM: BACH & BRAHMS NIGHT MUSIC
in front of HCMC Opera House

PART I:
– Johannes Brahms – Violin Concerto in D Major
Violin: Stephane Tran Ngoc

PART II:
– Ludwig Van Beethoven – Leonore Overture
– Johann Sebastian Bach – Toccata and Fugue in D minor (Arranged for orchestra by Leopold Stokowski)

Performers: HBSO Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Le Phi Phi

TICKETS

20:00 Tuesday, 25 Aug: ticket price: 80,000 – 550,000 VND
16:00, Wednesday, 26 Aug: Free tickets at Student Support Center in HCMC and HBSO ticket office
20:00, Wednesday, 26 Aug: ticket price: 150,000 – 800,000 VND
16:00, Thursday, 27 Aug: ticket price: 80,000 – 400,000 VND
20:00, Thursday, 27 Aug: ticket price: 150,000 – 800,000 VND
20:00 Friday, 28 Aug: ticket price: 80,000 – 550,000 VND
10:00, Saturday, 29 Aug: Free tickets at Student Support Center in HCMC and HBSO ticket office
16:00 Saturday, 29 Aug: ticket price: 80,000 – 400,000 VND
20:00, Saturday, 29 Aug: ticket price: 80,000 – 550,000 VND
20:00 Sunday, 30 Aug: ticket price: 150,000 – 800,000 VND

Booking and delivery: 08 38237419, Ms. Huong: 0989874517, Ms. Huong Ly: 0908057972
At HCMC Opera House, 7 Lam Son Square

Translated by Hanoi Grapevine