China News Service, Xi'an, March 24 (Reporter Zhang Yichen) On the evening of the 23rd, the large-scale symphonic chorus "Tao Te Ching" premiered at the Xi'an Concert Hall. This philosophical work more than 2,000 years ago was performed for the first time in the form of "symphony + solo + chorus" Presentation, using music as a carrier allows Chinese voices to achieve a breakthrough and attempt on the way to express themselves to the world.
The picture shows the performance scene of the large-scale symphony chorus "Tao Te Ching". Photo courtesy of Xi'an Concert Hall
This work is based on the "Tao Te Ching" and was created by composer Sun Chang over a period of two years. He compiled a manuscript of about 100,000 words. This large-scale symphonic work based on the roots of Chinese philosophy uses "Western traditional orchestral music + In the form of "chorus", the instrumentation is added with hand discs, alto/bass flutes and traditional Chinese musical instruments such as bells, in order to purely express the philosophy born in the pre-Qin era with a "simple and classical" listening experience, and find a suitable solution for Chinese philosophy. musical language.
The famous conductor and music educator Zhang Guoyong served as the artistic consultant of the XSO Xi'an Symphony Orchestra for the first time. That night, under Zhang Guoyong's baton, four singers, Song Qian, Cai Jingwen, Wang Chuan and Grandmaster, joined hands with the XSO Xi'an Symphony Orchestra and the XSOC Xi'an Symphony Orchestra Chorus to perform The succession and transition of music integrates the beauty of phonology and rhetoric of classics and works, and uses music to immerse the audience in Laozi's philosophical world and spiritual world.
The picture shows the performance scene of the large-scale symphony chorus "Tao Te Ching". Photo courtesy of Xi'an Concert Hall
The concert director Chen Xinyi's overall arrangement of the stage and the visual presentation of new media artist Feng Jiangzhou created an ethereal and distant artistic conception with unique oriental aesthetics, creating a dual auditory and visual feast for the audience. . The ginkgo tree at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain broke through the ceiling of the concert hall and continued to grow... The actors on the stage were dressed in plain gauze robes, white makeup, and Laozi masks. Blue sky and loess, human beings are connected with heaven and earth, just as it is said in the Tao Te Ching, "The big sound is like a sound, but the elephant is invisible."
"This work has a total of 82 paragraphs, and the relationship between these paragraphs is very close and there are many connections. How to make the music have a very good integrity is not easy." Sun Chang said.
When the last note fell, the concert performed by 177 actors officially came to an end, but the stage presentation of this large-scale original work will continue. (over)