Chorus
Two Chinese choirs, Taipei Male Singers from Taiwan and 1872 Chorus from Shenzhen, will gather at Mountain View Theater to perform chorus. Programs will include folk songs from the hometowns of both choirs, a selection from the bel-canto and Lieder repertoire, newly composed songs for classical Chinese literature as well as classic pop songs.
Taipei Male Singers was founded in 1997. Since then, the choir has been invited to many international choral festivals and has won several awards. The latest recordings won the Best Performance Award at 2011 Golden Melody Award in Taiwan.
A social welfare organization formed by employees of China Merchants Group and local music lovers, 1872 Chorus was founded in 2003 and has now become one of the signature artistic groups of Nanshan District’s cultural scene.
Time: 8 p.m., Oct. 11 (Taipei Male Singers and 1872 Chorus), Oct. 12 (Taipei Male Singers)
Tickets: 280 yuan
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Barry Douglas
Piano recital
Pianist Barry Douglas will present Tchaikovsky’s “The Seasons” and Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition.”
“The Seasons” is a set of 12 short character pieces for solo piano, each of which is characteristic of a different month of the year. “Pictures at an Exhibition” is a suite of 10 pieces composed for piano. The suite is Mussorgsky’s most famous piano composition and has become a showpiece for virtuoso pianists.
Gramophone once said of Douglas’ rendition that “There have been more viscerally thrilling ‘Pictures’ than this from Horowitz and Richter down, but few with such musical and textual integrity.”
Douglas has established a major international career since winning the Gold Medal at the 1986 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition, the first non-Russian pianist to be honored with the award since Van Cliburn in 1958.
Time: 7 p.m., Oct. 13
Tickets: 380-480 yuan
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Venue: Mountain View Theater, 3/F, Sea World Culture and Arts Center, Nanshan District (南山区海上世界文化艺术中心三楼境山剧场)
Metro: Line 2 to Sea World Station (海上世界站), Exit A