The Friendship Concert was held at the local "Three Saints" church, and the hosts were represented by an Austrian choir. The choir consisted of old, middle-aged and young people, the oldest being over 60 years old. The conductor of the choir humorously said to his Chinese friends, "The popularity of music in Austria is like mahjong in China!
Hubei Children's Radio Choir sings in Austria
Local time on the evening of July 11, 2008, at the friendly concert held in Graz, Austria, the children of Hubei Children's Radio Choir, who made their debut at the Fifth World Choir Competition, won the audience's unanimous praise for their clean and innocent voices and lively and lovely performances, and the unceasing applause made the children of the choir return to the stage twice. Return to the stage. The children sang five songs in one ****, namely "Shouting Bashan - Shouting Qingjiang", "Selling Peanuts", "Echo", "Children, don't be afraid! . These four songs are all mandatory songs for this competition. But due to the children's excellent performance, and was temporarily requested by the organizing committee to sing an additional song "Let the world be full of love".
At this time, the children of the choir had completely relaxed their nervousness, and devoted themselves to the wonderful music. Under the conductor of the choir's teacher, Ms. Wang Lin, the children sang with all their hearts, and conveyed their feelings with love, and their joyful songs echoed in the night sky of Graz. Hubei composer Zhou Manli's "Shouting Bashan - Shouting Qingjiang" seemed to bring the audience to the mysterious and beautiful Tujia cottage in Hubei, while Wuhan musician Wan Fei's children's song "Don't be afraid, child! which was written by Wuhan musician Wan Fei specifically for the Sichuan earthquake, moved the audience to tears. At the end of the concert, the Vienna Choir, Hungarian Junior Choir and other teams performing on the same stage, as well as the audience watching the performance have asked to take pictures with the members of the Hubei Children's Radio Choir. At this moment, the rhythm of the string of notes of the five-line score is like a beautiful ribbon, connecting the world's people and the Hubei Children's Radio Choir between the precious friendship and emotion, in the music hall, the children also harvested the joy and dreams.
Hubei Children's Radio Chorus, affiliated with Hubei People's Radio and Television General Women and Children's Radio, was founded in 2005, with more than 80 members and an average age of 10 years old, and is the only team from Hubei Province to participate in this year's World Chorus Competition, and is the youngest chorus in the average age group among the more than four hundred and seventy teams participating in the competition. In order to have an excellent performance in this competition, the members of the choir gave up almost all the holidays under the leadership of Tian Qing and Wang Lin, the conductor and teacher, and devoted themselves to the pre-competition training. During the training period, the choir also received an invitation from the organizing committee, which will hold a fund-raising concert for the Sichuan Wenchuan Earthquake and invited Hubei Children's Radio Choir to sing "Children, Don't Be Afraid! The organizing committee also asked the choir to provide a high quality copy of the song "Children, Don't Be Afraid! The organizing committee also asked the choir to provide a high-definition MTV version of the song with English subtitles, which will be broadcast on a large electronic screen in Graz, Austria, during the competition to show solidarity with the children in the disaster area in Sichuan.
No matter what you do, you just work hard. Today, the hard work of the choir has finally been rewarded with a warm and sincere applause from the audience of Austria, the capital of music. This is the highest affirmation and praise for all the members of the choir and teachers as well as the leadership of the Hubei Radio and Television Station, this applause is also cheering and blessing for the choir - blessing the choir in the next official competition can play steadily and achieve excellent results, for China's glory! The applause also cheered and blessed the choir - wishing them stable performance and excellent results in the next official competitions, for China!