Concert “Mirror of Memory”

Tue 24 Oct 2017, 8 pm
The Grand Concert Hall
Vietnam National Academy of Music

From the organizer:

The Hanoi New Music Ensemble and “Dong Kinh Co Nhac” – the Ancient Music Group of Tonkin present MIRROR OF MEMORY.

Program

01. Nhạc Cổ “TIẾNG LÀNG” (Vietnamese Traditional Music “The Village’s Sound”)
Performed by: The Ancient Music Group of Tonkin

An opening piece that presents tradition Vietnamese music scenes of Cheo, Tuong and Communal temple music, to bring forward the full spectrum of Vietnamese traditional music

02. NGUYỄN MINH NHẬT
“Ca Trù” Prelude for piano solo
Performed by Dr. Nguyễn Minh Anh

This piano Prelude is an attempt to imitate vocal fluctuations and vibrato found in ca tru using the equal tuning of the piano that has only semitones as the smallest intervals. This is contradictory as the singer is able to flexibly use microtones, which are smaller the semitones on the piano. But will using flashes of cluster to create a blur effect work?

The piece carries familiar Ca tru figures from the melody in the voice, the lute patterns and drums as the base material or inspiration for musical ideas.

03. TÔN THẤT TIẾT
“Mirror of Memory” for String quartet
Performed by the Hanoi New Music Ensemble String quartet

“Mirror of Memory” by Ton That Tiet was written in 2011 and is dedicated to Jeff Von der Schmidt, Jan Karlin and the Southwest Chamber Music. The composer presented it to us in Paris as a surprise present thanking us for our work for new music in Vietnam. In three short movements, the quartet is quietly meditative, patient, sometimes active, but always returns to a sense of centered tranquility. Tiet writes that to understand his music one must study Buddhism, Taoism and Hinduism, a spiritual journey infused by Asian thought and Western instruments.

04. VŨ NHẬT TÂN
“Metal” for the Hanoi New Music Ensemble and Dong Kinh Co Nhac The Ancient Music Group of Tonkin
Dedicated to Stephen Lesser
Performed by the Hanoi New Music Ensemble and Dong Kinh Co Nhac The Ancient Music Group of Tonkin

“Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth” are the Five Natural Elements (or Five Movements) that constitute all things in ancient Asia philosophy. These Five Elements move back and forth in a Positive or Negative direction so that by its operation it produces life on earth.

“Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth” is also the name of a poem about the human, life and environment of the 20th century, written by Nguyen Duy, an important author of modern Vietnamese literature. “Metal” is a piece of music that was created in the philosophical thinking and thought of the poem.

Metal is the first element of the Five Movements. “Metal” is also the first piece to be written for both the Contemporary Music Group and Vietnamese Traditional Music Group. The work has the desire to open the door to the Movement of Sound and of Creative Thinking.

Conductor: Jeff Von der Schmidt
Artistic Adviser: Jan Karlin

The Artists

Hanoi New Music Ensemble:

Phạm Trường Sơn, violin
Vũ Thị Khánh Linh, violin
Khúc Văn Khoa, viola
Đào Tuyết Trinh, cello
Nguyễn Quốc Bảo, clarinet
Nguyễn Trọng Bằng, flute
Nguyễn Nhật Quang, bộ gõ
Trần Thu Thủy, hát

The Ancient Music Group of Tonkin:

– NSND Xuân Hoạch
– NSND Minh Gái
– NSND Thanh Hoài
– NSUT Thúy Ngần
– NSUT Tuấn Cường
– Hiền Thảo, hát
– NSUT Văn Chính
– NSUT Đức Mười
– Nghệ nhân Đàm Quang Minh
– Nghệ sĩ Hữu Đạt
– Nghệ sĩ Thế Quang
– Nghệ sĩ Nguyễn Hải Đăng
– Nhà thơ Nguyễn Duy, đọc thơ/poet

Free tickets
Please register via the phone numbers 0124 912 5212 / 090 323 0685 OR on door 30min before the concert

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