Last night, the "Gree Night: Long March Songs Symphony Chorus" hosted by the Shanghai European and American Scholars Association was staged at the Oriental Art Center. With the theme of promoting the spirit of the Long March, the event reviewed the magnificent epic of the Long March, understood the value of the spirit of the Long March, inspired people to continue the red blood and inherit the red gene in the new era and new journey, and constantly stimulated the pride of struggle and innovation and creativity.
This ** meeting is also the first event of the "Thousands and Ten Warm Heart Action" of the service members of the Shanghai European and American Returned Scholars Association, and nearly 2,000 audiences came to the scene to watch the performance. Li Xia, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Shanghai European and American Returned Scholars Association, attended the event.
*The second half of the meeting kicked off with the chorus "Far Thoughts" and "Grateful Heart", and with the melodious singing of the Happy Women's Choir, the audience's emotions were gradually driven. The chorus is accompanied by pianist and bass singer Wen Kezheng's wife, who is also the artistic director of the event. Wang Yu is 94 years old this year, "This time, I want more people to see that 99-year-old Cao Peng can go on stage, 94-year-old me can also be, art has no end." In fact, most of the people who participated in the performance, including Wang Qi, were retired seniors, who not only deeply understood the hardships of the 25,000-mile Long March of the revolutionary ancestors, but also adhered to their love and pursuit of art in their own way, and practiced the "Long March" in their artistic careers.
Bass singer Chen Huimin, soprano singer Zhao Lili, and baritone singer Shi Heng sang "The Great Wall Forever in My Heart", "My Affection Awaits You" and "On the Songhua River" respectively, with strong persuasive and infectious lyrics and affectionate singing, so that the audience's emotions are also advancing step by step. The first half ended with "I Love You China" and "Hometown" by mezzo-soprano Sun Zhenhua and tenor Zhang Meilin, and the heroic feelings in the song infected the entire theater.
The second half ushered in the highlight of the ** meeting - the symphonic chorus suite "Long March Songs". The work is composed of 10 parts: "Farewell", "* Line", "Zunyi Conference Shines", "Four Crossings of Chishui Surprise", "Flying Over the Dadu River", "Crossing the Snow Mountain and Meadow", "To Wuqi Town", "Wishing Victory", "Annunciation" and "General Division", vividly reproducing the classic historical scenes of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army on the way of the Long March, and reproducing the magnificent and difficult course of the Long March. More than 200 members from four choirs, including the Shanghai European and American Returned Scholars Association Choir, the Shanghai Lawyers Choir, the Shanghai Fudan University Alumni Association Smurfs Alumni Choir, and the Shanghai Oriental City Old Partners Choir, sang together with more than 200 members. Whether it is a young enthusiast born in the 90s or an elderly person who has passed the age of old, they all rely on their admiration for the spirit of the Long March, and they have run in and scrutinized the details as a whole in rehearsals again and again, and sang the praises of the great spirit of the Long March.
In the end, ** will come to an end in the chorus of "My Motherland and Me", and the applause of the whole performance will continue. (Xinmin Evening News reporter Wu Xuying).