Night of Concert and Ballet “Summer Harmony”

07 and 08 Jun 2017, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House

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Come to A Night of Concert and Ballet – Summer Harmony with the performance of:

Artistic Director: People’s Artist Pham Anh Phuong
Conductor: Dong Quang Vinh
and Singers, the Orchestra, the Choir, Dancers of the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet

This performance is not for children under 5 years old.

Program

Part I: Scenic cantata “CARMINA BURANA” by Carl Orff

VNOB’s Symphony Orchestra
VNOB’s Choir
Hanoi Voices Choir
Hanoi Freude Choir
Xuan Voce Choir

Conductor: Đồng Quang Vinh
Sopranos: Đào Tố Loan, Ngô Hương Diệp

Tenors: Trịnh Thanh Bình, Nguyễn Anh Vũ
Baritones: Vũ Mạnh Dũng, Nguyễn Huy Đức

“Carmina Burana” structure:
Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi (Fortune, Empress of the World)
1. O Fortuna (O Fortune) – choir
2. Fortune plango vulnera (I lament the wounds that Fortune deals) – choir
I. Primo vere (In Springtime)
3. Veris leta facies (The Joyous face of Spring) – small choir
4. Omnia sol temperat (All things are temted by the Sun) – baritone
5. Ecce gratum (Behold the welcome) – choir
Uf dem anger (On the Lawn)
6. Tanz (Dance) – orchestra
7. Floret silva nobilis (The forest flowers) – Small and large choruses
8. Chramer, gip die varwe mir (Monger, give me coloured paint) – choir (large and small) [German]
9. Reie (round dance) – orchestra, choir and small choir [German]
10. Were diu werlt alle min (If the whole world were but mine) – choir [German]
II. In Taberna (In the Tavern)
11. Estuans interius (Seething inside) – baritone
12. Olim lacus colueram (Once I swam in lakes) – tenor, choir (male)
13. Ego sum abbas (I am the abbot of Cockaigne) – baritone, choir (male)
14. In taberna quando sumus (When we are in the tavern) – choir (male)
III. Cour d’amours (The Court of Love)
15. Amor volat undique (Love flies everywhere) – soprano, children’s chorus
16. Dies, nox et omnia (Day, night and everything) – baritone
17. Stetit puella (There stood a girl) – soprano
18. Circa mea pectora (In my breast) – baritone, choir
19. Si puer cum puellula (If a boy with a girl) – choir (male)
20. Veni, veni, venias (Come, come, pray come) – double choir
21. In truitina (On the scales) – soprano
22. Tempus est iocundum (Time to jest) – soprano, baritone, children’s choir
23. Dulcissime (Sweetest boy) – soprano
Blanziflor et Helena (Blanziflor and Helena)
24. Ave formosissima (Hail to the most lovely) – choir
Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi (Fortune, Empress of the World)
25. O Fortuna (O Fortune) – choir

Interval

Part II: Contemporary Dance “Death and the Maiden”

Music: Franz Schubert
Choreography: Hans Henning Paar (Germany)

Choreographer’s narrative “Death and the Maiden” has a twist unlike traditional representation with the contrast between the dark figure of death and decay, and the female body as symbol of youth, beauty and hope. He has introduced a third figure, the lover. In the center of the piece lies the interaction of the trio, not a violent struggling between antagonists, death and the lover, trying to possess the girl. They are more like courting the same girl. Death is not threatening; it oscillates between being powerful and tender, beguiling and darkly comforting.

Watch an excerpt from choreographer Robert North’s version of “Death and the Maiden”:

Tickets

Ticket prices: 300.000, 400.000, 600.000 VND. All tickets available at Hanoi Opera House or can book online at ticketvn.com.

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