Music/Xiqu

The Guangdong Music Series presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department will feature the concert “Nanyin in Guangdong Music – The Legacy of Dr Ng Wing-mui” in February.

Dr Ng Wing-mui passed away in 2014. To pay tribute to her contributions to the Guangdong music tradition of South China, especially in regard to nanyin narrative singing, the concert will feature the famous star of Cantonese opera and nanyin artist, Yuen Siu-fai, and his two bravura pieces, “Burning Funerary Goods for His Love” and “King Chu Bidding Farewell to His Concubine”. Leung Hoi-lee, an up-and-coming artist in the art of nanyin singing, will perform “The Lone Wild Goose” and “The Third Watch from Nocturnal Lament” in tribute to the late mentor, mother-figure and esteemed veteran artist.

The programme will also include the Guangdong music ensemble pieces “On Phoenix Terrace”, “The Peacock in Its Full Glory”, “The Flowing Water and the Drifting Clouds” and “Yang Cuixi”.