Local, int’l soloists to perform in chamber music concert
The Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will present a concert of chamber music and arias composed by the world’s great composers at the Opera House on April 16.
A quintet consisting of flutist Nguyễn Nhất Chi Lan, oboist Pham Khanh Toan, clarinetist Vo Minh Dong, bassoonist A Tach, and horn player Dai Nghia will perform in the “Chamber Music” concert at the HCM City Opera House on April 16. (Photo courtesy of HBSO)
HCM City (VNS/VNA) - The Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestraand Opera (HBSO) will present a concert of chamber music and arias composed bythe world’s great composers at the Opera House on April 16.
The “Chamber Music” concert will open with Trio for Flute, Clarinet and Pianoby acclaimed American musician and composer Russell Peterson.
The composition will be played by flutist Hoang Yen, clarinetist Anh Quan andpianist Thuy San.
Two compositions, Pavane, op. 50 by French composer Gabriel Fauré and Entranceof the Queen of Sheba by German-born English composer George Frideric Handel,will be performed by a harp ensemble consisting of Dan Vy, Nguyen Dan and ThuyDuong.
The programme will also include Suite for Woodwind Quintet, op. 57 by Frenchcomposer Charles-Edouard Lefebvre, featuring flutist Nguyen Nhat Chi Lan,oboist Pham Khanh Toan, clarinetist Vo Minh Dong, bassoonist A Tach, and hornplayer Dai Nghia.
Brass Quintet Op 65 by Dutch composer Jan Koetsier will feature trumpeters HuyAn and Duy Bang, horn player Dai Nghia, trombonist Anh Quan, and tuba playerMiho Takashima.
Franz Schubert’s Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock), D. 965will be performed by soprano Pham Khanh Ngoc, clarinetist Anh Quân, and pianistJu Sun Young from the Republic of Korea.
After the intermission will be excerpts from Goldberg Variations, a compositionby Johann Sebastian Bach, featuring HBSO’s string orchestra.
The concert will present two arias from operas Serse by Handel, and Tito Manlioby Venetian composer Antonio Vivaldi, with performance of baritone Dao Mac.
The evening’s final piece Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor by Johann SebastianBach will be played by two violinists Tang Thanh Nam and Meritorious Artist DuongMinh Chinh.
Conductor Tran Nhat Minh, a graduate of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory,will lead the concert./.
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A quintet consisting of flutist Nguyễn Nhất Chi Lan, oboist Pham Khanh Toan, clarinetist Vo Minh Dong, bassoonist A Tach, and horn player Dai Nghia will perform in the “Chamber Music” concert at the HCM City Opera House on April 16. (Photo courtesy of HBSO) 
