Three concerts will be held in March to celebrate City Hall's 50th anniversary and pay tribute to 20th Century composers and arrangers of instrumental and vocal works in Cantonese music.
Musical scores have been retrieved from the archives and rearranged for vocal performance by well known contemporary Cantonese opera artists. There will also be instrumental pieces to give a more comprehensive view of the genre over the past 100 years.
Performers include Wan Fei-yin, Ng Chin-fung, Yuen Siu-fai, Ng Mei-ying, Lee Lung, Nam Fung, Chan Wing-yee, Sun Kim-long, Koi Ming-fai, Lung Koon-tin and Chung Lai-yung.
The vocal works include
Why Have You Not Returned,
Romance of the Lovers’ Mirror, and
Romance of the Phoenix Tower.
The instrumental works include
Joyous Celebrations,
In Celebration of Good Times, and
The Toll of the Temple Bell.
The shows will be held at 7.30pm on March 8 at City Hall, and March 12 and 13 at the Cultural Centre.
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