Music

Programme
“There is poetry in music, and music in poetry.” Literary giant Professor Yu Kwang-chung was born in Nanjing in 1928. He taught at the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at the Chinese University of Hong Kong from 1974 to 1985 before moving to Kaohsiung. Encompassing poetry, prose, criticism and translation, his publications number more than 50 titles. His works have long been hailed as poignant expressions of emotions and convey a strong sense of musicality. Several of his poems and essays are included in language text books, and more have been set to music by composers in the Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

This programme is a wonderful meeting of poetic verses and musical notes. Vocal works written by composers inspired by Professor Yu’s poems in the last 30 years or more will be interlaced with the inspirational words of the poet himself. Be transported to and immersed in the world of the Muse.

Programme
Narration – Why Do I Write
Chen Mao-shuen Titita
Lo Da-yu / Phoebus Lee Nostalgia in Four Rhymes
Narration – Memories as Long as the Railway Tracks
Tang Lok-yin The Sunflowers
Chin Shi-wen / Arr. Dennis Wu Nostalgia in Four Rhymes
Narration – The Kowloon-Canton Railway
Julie Kuok What is the Rain Saying through the Night
Yang Hsien / Arr. Leung Chi-hin Nostalgia in Four Rhymes
Narration – From Mother to Extramarital Relationships (Excerpt)
Hui Cheung-wai The Night Watchman
Chao Daijian / Arr. Lesley Chan Nostalgia
Narration – From Mother to Extramarital Relationships (Excerpt)
Ma Shui-lung Titita
Jenny Chou / Arr. David Quah The Answer
David Quah The Blind Fortune-teller
Narration – From Mother to Extramarital Relationships (Excerpt)
Richard Tsang Mang
Tai Ching-chuan / Arr. David Quah Firefly
Narration – Elegy of a Boatman
Victor Chan Strange was the World
Richard Tsang And When I Die