St. Florian Boys' Choir to Debut in GZ

Time: 2008-09-28, 29 20:00
Venue: Symphony Hall, Xinghai Concert Hall
Tickets: ￥380/280/180/100  ￥700 (380*2) ￥780 (280*3)
Tel: 020-8735 3869　8735 2222-886

Mag.Farnberger Franz, Conductor
St. Florian Boy's Choir, Performer

Dating back to 1071, the St. Florian Boys' Choir (St. Florianer Sängerknaben, or SFSK) is among the world's oldest and most eminent traditional choirs.

Over its prolonged history, the St. Florian has persisted in solely using boys aged 8 to 12. The sounds the choir produces resemble the sounds of nature, and continue to enchant audiences from generation to generation.

These days, while church music continues to make up the majority of the choir's program, a large number of modern adaptations have won the St. Florian worldwide plaudits, including light opera pieces such as The Bat and The Magic Flute. Masterpieces by Brahms, Schubert, Schumann and Kodaly are contained in the repertoire as well.

St. Florian's has been giving world tour performances for decades. In two months, it will make its debut in China. To convey its goodwill to local audiences, the choir will perform two Chinese folksongs, The Crescent Moon Rising and Beautiful Homeland. 

Program

Part Ⅰ: Sound from Heaven
Hallelujah from the "Messiah" Georg Friedrich Handel
Panis angelicus Cesar Franck
Tota pulchra es Maurice Durufle
Ave Maria Franz Schubert
Jesus bleibet meine Freude Johann Sebastian Bach

Part Ⅱ: "Sound of Music" by the Riverside of Danube
Chit Chat Polka Johann Strauss
Radetzky March Johann Strauss
Edelweiss Richard Rodgers
Austrian Yodeller and Schuhplattlers Traditional Austrian Songs and Dances
You Are My Heart's Delingt form opera The Land of Smiles Franz Lehar
The Blue Danube Johann Strauss

Part Ⅲ: Musical highlights of <The bat><The magic flute>
<The Magic Flute>
Das klinget so herrlich(Choir)
Der Vogelfanger bin ja (Papageno,The birdcatcher am I)
O zittre nich(Oh,tremble not) or Der Holle Rache (The vengeance of Hell)
(Queen of the Night)
O Isis und Osiris (Sarastro and choir)

<The Bat>
"So muss allein ich bleiben"(Rosalinde, Adele,Eisenstein)
"Ich lade gern mir Gaste ein"(Orlofsky and choir)
"Im Feuerstrom der Reben" (Orlofsky,Rosalinde and choir)
Csardas (Rosalinde)
"Bruderlein und Schwesterlein"(Falke and choir)

Part Ⅳ: Global Travel of Classic Music
The Crescent Moon Rising Chinese Folk
Beautiful Homeland - Rising Chinese Folk
Sakura Japanese Folk
Santa Lucia Italian Folk
Memory From "Cats" Andrew Lloyd Webber
Briar-Rose Franz Schubert
Auld Lang Syne Scotland Folk

(By Yang Quanquan, Stephen Roach)

Source: lifeofguangzhou.com

Editor: Jessie Hwang