Long Yu, conductor
GSO Honorary Music Director for Life , “[The] most powerful figure in China’s classical music scene”—The New York Times
Zhu Huiling, mezzo-soprano
Mezzo-soprano active on Europe’s opera stages and winner of multiple international vocal competitions
Wang Yunpeng, baritone
Chinese baritone active in the international opera circuit as well as China’s own music scene
HIGHLIGHT
This concert pays tribute to composer Georges Bizet with three of his most famous works: Les Pêcheurs de perles, L’Arlésienne and Carmen.Rodion Shchedrin’s Carmen Suite for percussion and string orchestra, adapted from Bizet’s opera Carmen, has 13 segments that are innovative in terms of melody and rhythm, surprising listeners with unusual turns. Bizet’s first opera, Les Pêcheurs de perles, tells a love story set in Sri Lanka, fully demonstrating the extraordinary melodic creation and orchestration skills of a 25-year-old composer. Carmen is probably one of the most famous operatic works in the repertory today. And the incidental music to L’Arlésienne is well-loved on the concert stage.
PROGRAM
Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra 2024/2025 Season Closing Concert
Organizers: Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, Xinghai Concert Hall
2025.7.19（Sat.）20:00
Symphony Hall, Xinghai Concert Hall
Long Yu, conductor
Zhu Huiling, mezzo-soprano
Zhang Xueliang, tenor
Wang Yunpeng, baritone
Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra
Rodion Shchedrin
Carmen Suite
1.Introduction
2.Dance
3.First Intermezzo
4.Changing of the Guard
5.Carmen’s Entrance and Habanera
6.Scene
7.Second Intermezzo
8.Bolero
9.Torero
10.Torero and Carmen
11.Adagio
12.Fortune-Telling
13.Finale
—— Intermission——
Georges Bizet
Selections from The Pearl FIshers
1.Overture
2.Je crois entendre encore
Zhang Xueliang, tenor
3.De mon amie
Zhang Xueliang, tenor
4.Au fond du temple saint
Zhang Xueliang, tenor
Wang Yunpeng, baritone
Georges Bizet
Selections from Carmen
1.Overture
2.Song of the Toreador
Wang Yunpeng, baritone
3.Habanera
Zhu Huiling, mezzo-soprano
4.Third Intermezzo
5.Flower Song
Zhang Xueliang, tenor
6.Gypsy Song
Zhu Huiling, mezzo-soprano
7.C’est toi? C’est moi！
Zhu Huiling, mezzo-soprano
Zhang Xueliang, tenor
