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Royal Chapel Choir to bring sound of Scandinavia to Hanoi stage
Hanoi (VNA) - The Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir will dazzle the Hanoi Opera House audience on May 11 with several Danish folk songs from the 19th century.
The 45 choir members will present some of the most beautiful pieces from
the choir's history.
The programme will begin with a Danish evening song about reigning peace
in the country and town called Evening, by composer Niels La Cour. The choir
and the Vietnam National Academy of Music Choir will also jointly present
Trong Com, a Vietnamese folk song.
The production will range from Scandinavian songs and folk tunes for
spring and summer to pieces developed by Denmark 's most famous composers
such as Carl Nielsen and Niels W Gade, as well as contemporary Danish
composer Michael Bojesen.
A famous piece by great musician Joseph Haydn will be dedicated to the
memory of Haydn's death 200 years ago. Another portion of the performance
will feature the choir and a full orchestra collaborating on a piece
composed in 1728 by great German musician Georg Frideric Handel.
This is the second time Vietnamese audiences will have the chance to enjoy
one of Europe 's strongest choir traditions, following the Vienna Boys
Choir last year.
The Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir was founded in 1924 and has become one
of the strongest choirs in Europe and is Scandinavia 's only representative
of this art form.
Its duties include performing at state occasions and during royal visits
abroad under the Patronage of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort of
Denmark.
Ebbe Munk has been the choir's chief conductor since 1991. After
graduating from the University of Copenhagen , he continued his studies
as a conductor in Dresden , Munich , Budapest and in the US .
He has toured much of the world with the choir, holding concerts at
leading international festivals as well as in famous concert halls such as
the Sydney Opera House, the Notre Dame Cathedral and the Beijing Concert
Hall.
In 2002, Munk received a Danish Music Awards Grammy for the Buxtehude's
Cantatas recording with his Chapel choir.
During the visit to Vietnam , Munk will rehearse several repertoires with
singers from the Vietnam National Academy of Music, including pieces by
Mendelssohn and Handel, and the renaissance piece Ave Maria by Spanish Tomas
da Victoria .
"The performance will be an excellent opportunity for exchanges between
Vietnam and Denmark with regard to choir tradition and practices in
particular, and cultural exchanges in general," said Danish Ambassador Peter
Lysholt Hansen.
The concert starts at 8pm on May 11 at the Hanoi Opera House. Free tickets
are available at the Embassy of Denmark.-Enditem
The 45 choir members will present some of the most beautiful pieces from
the choir's history.
The programme will begin with a Danish evening song about reigning peace
in the country and town called Evening, by composer Niels La Cour. The choir
and the Vietnam National Academy of Music Choir will also jointly present
Trong Com, a Vietnamese folk song.
The production will range from Scandinavian songs and folk tunes for
spring and summer to pieces developed by Denmark 's most famous composers
such as Carl Nielsen and Niels W Gade, as well as contemporary Danish
composer Michael Bojesen.
A famous piece by great musician Joseph Haydn will be dedicated to the
memory of Haydn's death 200 years ago. Another portion of the performance
will feature the choir and a full orchestra collaborating on a piece
composed in 1728 by great German musician Georg Frideric Handel.
This is the second time Vietnamese audiences will have the chance to enjoy
one of Europe 's strongest choir traditions, following the Vienna Boys
Choir last year.
The Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir was founded in 1924 and has become one
of the strongest choirs in Europe and is Scandinavia 's only representative
of this art form.
Its duties include performing at state occasions and during royal visits
abroad under the Patronage of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort of
Denmark.
Ebbe Munk has been the choir's chief conductor since 1991. After
graduating from the University of Copenhagen , he continued his studies
as a conductor in Dresden , Munich , Budapest and in the US .
He has toured much of the world with the choir, holding concerts at
leading international festivals as well as in famous concert halls such as
the Sydney Opera House, the Notre Dame Cathedral and the Beijing Concert
Hall.
In 2002, Munk received a Danish Music Awards Grammy for the Buxtehude's
Cantatas recording with his Chapel choir.
During the visit to Vietnam , Munk will rehearse several repertoires with
singers from the Vietnam National Academy of Music, including pieces by
Mendelssohn and Handel, and the renaissance piece Ave Maria by Spanish Tomas
da Victoria .
"The performance will be an excellent opportunity for exchanges between
Vietnam and Denmark with regard to choir tradition and practices in
particular, and cultural exchanges in general," said Danish Ambassador Peter
Lysholt Hansen.
The concert starts at 8pm on May 11 at the Hanoi Opera House. Free tickets
are available at the Embassy of Denmark.-Enditem
