The first half – “Singing the same song – in old and new style” – paired compositions that set the same or similar texts to music, highlighting the stylistic contrasts between eras.
Cantate domino by Claudio Monteverdi, John Rutter and Johann Sebastian Bach Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 190
Sing we and chant it by Thomas Morley and Bob Chilcott
Various songs of praise: Cantique de Jean Racine by Gabriel Fauré, Ihr Heiligen, lobsinget dem Herrn by Johann Hermann Schein, Exsultate jubilate by Karl Jenkins.
The second half – “Singing the songs of life” – explored music as a mirror of human experience. All the opera songs featured characters who are actually singing a song in the excerpt scene. As for the two middle pieces by Ravel and Parry, their authors simply entitled them “song”.
Jacques Offenbach, "Barcarolle" from Contes d'Hoffman, Giuseppe Verdi, "Va pensiero" from Nabucco, W.A. Mozart, "Isis und Osiris" from Magic flute, Maurice Ravel, "Trois beaux oiseaux du paradis" from 3 chansons, C.H.H. Parry, "Never weather-beaten sail" from Songs of Farewell, Georges Bizet, "Chanson bohême" from Carmen, Giuseppe Verdi, "Brindisi" from La Traviata, Johann Strauss Jr, "Ein souper heut uns winkt" from Die Fledermaus.
Conductor Chen Nuo
Organist Wang Yiqi
Cherish Music Chamber Orchestra
Solo singers Judith Scherer, Wang Pingwen, Xiao Xiao, Britta Rudel, Katja Schmidt-Wistoff, Jo Cadilhon, Jia Xiaodong, Li Yuan, Cheng Lilan, Shen Xinli
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