Time：20:00, November 6,
20:00, November 7
Place：The South Africa State Theatre
Time：20:00, November 11
18:00, November 12
Place：ARTSCAPE Theatre Center, Cape Town
Programs：
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
Take a 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
Chord and Tita
Folk Song of Tibet, Adapted by Hu Xiaoliu
Brief Introduction of Program:
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
(china.org.cn October 29, 2006)
