Time:20:00, November 11, 2006

18:00, November 12, 2006

Venue:ARTSCAPE Theatre Centre, Cape Town

 

Programme:

The First Sura:Timeless Music

Festival Prelude (Adapted by Tang Qingshi, Music by Li Huanzhi, Pipa lead: Wang Jingru)

World-famous Tunes(Adapted by Tang Qingshi)

Mother's Daughter(Soprano solo: He Yuan)

Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai(Music by: Tang Qingshi, Erhu lead: Chen Xin)

Face off (Performed by Li Xue)

 

The Second Sura :Classical Music and Dance

Night Banquet of Shu Palace(Music by Tang Qingshi)

When a Butterfly Loves a Flower(Music by Feng Qiaohuai ,Choreography by Pan Qi, Zheng Solo: Shi Yunqian, Dance:Luo Shasha)

On a Moonlit River in Spring (Music by Duan Zexing)

 

Break

 

The Third Sura:Exotic Atmosphere

Siboney (Folk Song of Cuba, Adapted by Feng Qiaohuai )

Brightsome Eyes(Adapted by Hu Xiaoliu, Ruan solo: Tang Wenting)

Africa Impression(Adapted by Tang Qingshi)

Beautiful Africa(Yangqin lead: Kong Yu)

 

The Fourth Sura:Colorful Chinese Westward

A Farwell Song from Yi Minority(Music by Wang Huiran, Pipa solo: Wang Jingru)

Grapes Harvest(Music by Zhou Wei, Erhu Solo: Dong Wen)

Gada Meilin(Choreography by Shi Wei, Performed by Hao Yiming)

Kangding Ballad (Music by Lin Yaping, Lead: Dong Wen & Zuo Xiaoyan)

String and Stepdance (Folk Song of Tibet, Adapted by Hu Xiaoliu)

 

Brief Introduction of the Programme:

Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai:

It is a traditional Chinese instrumental music and dance duet. It is also named Butterfly Lovers and describes a beautiful, sad and sweet, touching love story.

Face off:

This is a tour de force of Sichuan drama art , which has been in circulation through the ages and is famous home and abroad. Performers can change ten different patterns of mask within a few minutes.

Night Banquet in Shu Palace

This music composed based on the stone carving of 24 performers excavated in Qian Shu Yong Ling Mausoleum. There are 24 performers in the carving. Except the two dancing in the middle, the rest 22 are playing various musical instruments. This is a precious music and dancing picture. It is up to date the only complete relic which displays the composition of a royal band in Tang and Qian Shu Dynasty.

South Africa Impression & Beautiful Africa

These two pieces are especially composed for this South African Tour. They are picked out from famous local songs of South Africa and rearranged according to the specialties of Chinese traditional musical instruments in the hope to combine the cultures of China and South Africa through music.

Grapes Harvest:

This tune combines Erhu with dancing to embody the charms of girls in West China, and takes people to the broad expanses of West China through the beautiful rhythm.

Kangding Ballad

This is a very famous traditional love song in Kangding. People get together on Pau Ma (Horse Racing) Mountain every year where horse racing is a local festival. Young men use the opportunity to court their girl friends and sing songs ...

 

Brief Introduction of the Female Music Band under Sichuan Provincial Dancing and Singing Ensemble

The Female Music Band under Sichuan Dancing and Singing Ensemble was organized in 2001. It consists of 15 professional female players. All the members are versatile, not only good at playing music but also at singing, dancing and performing. For many times it has performed at numerous important occasions. In the year of 2004, it visited Russia with a great success. In August of t 2005, this band performed at "China, honor of guest country, Geneva Festival 2005".

 

Organizers:

The State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China

Department of Arts and Culture of the Republic of South Africa

Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of South Africa

Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Cape Town