The Four Seasons Concert

On the evening of October 22, at the City Children's House stage, Xuan Hoa ward, Ho Chi Minh City, La Music organized a special concert program The Four Seasons, performing immortal masterpieces by the world-famous Italian composer and violinist Antonio Vivaldi.

Vietnamese and French artists performed brilliant melodies from the classic opera "Carmen" by Georges Bizet. Photo: THUY BINH

The Four Seasons concert program has 12 artists, including 8 from the French National Orchestra (Orchestre National de France). There are 2 Vietnamese violinists participating in the performance: Nguyen Huu Nguyen and Nguyen Huu Khoi Nam, and 4 artists from La Music: Le Minh Hien, Pham Vu Thien Bao, Taihi Chin and Ho Nguyen.

The program was organized in two parts. The opening was a performance by two leading French cellists, Jérôme Lefranc and Emma Savouret, with Vivaldi's Sonata . This is a little-known piece of music and according to the organizers, the selection of this piece of music was to bring the audience something new from works that, although not famous, are rich in emotion.

Artist Taihi Chin performs a solo performance of autumn melodies in Antonio Vivaldi's concerto "The Four Seasons". Photo: THUY BINH

After the duet was an ensemble performance by 5 artists, performing together the cheerful, bustling melodies of Boccherini .

Next, 12 artists performed the brilliant melodies of Georges Bizet's classic opera Carmen . The familiar melodies of Les Dragons d'Alcala, Habanera, Seguidilla and Les Toréadors were also recreated fresh in the arrangement for strings, both graceful and powerful, expressing the vibrant, passionate vitality, imbued with the Spanish atmosphere.

Artist Nguyen Huu Khoi Nam performs a solo performance of winter melodies in the concerto "The Four Seasons", the most famous work by world-renowned composer and violinist Antonio Vivaldi. Photo: THUY BINH

Part 2 of the program brought to the audience a special performance of the concerto The Four Seasons - Four seasons, performed by four violinists taking turns playing solos: Le Minh Hien, Baik Kyungwon, Taihi Chin and Nguyen Huu Khoi Nam with the support of all Vietnamese and French artists, helping the musical space achieve uniqueness and difference when expressing the colors of each season in the musical picture of the four seasons of nature.

The Four Seasons is not only a meeting of classics, but also a journey in search of the essence of beauty, where passion for art meets and blends with the eternal purity of classical music.

THUY BINH

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/chuong-trinh-hoa-nhac-the-four-seasons-post819413.html