Happy Chinese New Year - National Art Troupes Performance Season in Macao:
“China National Symphony Orchestra Forbidden City String Quartet Chamber Music Concert”
Organizers:
Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People’s Republic of China
Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture of the Macao Special Administrative Region Government
Co-organizers:
Department of Publicity and Culture of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macao SAR
Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region
Education and Youth Development Bureau of Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region
Coordination:
Federation of Associations of Cultural Sectors of Macau
Macao Association of Chinese Culture and Arts Development
Troupe:
China National Symphony Orchestra
Executive Unit:
China Arts and Entertainment Group Ltd.
Exclusive Financial Cooperation Institution:
BOC Macau
Ticketing:
Tickets are on sale from 10:00 am on 7 October through the Macau Ticketing Network. Outlet ticketing, telephone and online booking are available simultaneously.
50% discount:
Holders of Senior Citizen Card and Disability Assessment Registration Card can enjoy 50% discount on ticket purchases. Each cardholder can only use one discounted ticket per performance. Cardholders are required to present the relevant documents for admission, otherwise the full ticket fare will be charged.
30% discount:
Holders of Macao Resident Identity Card, Macao Teacher Card and full-time Student Card can enjoy 30% discount on ticket purchases. Each cardholder can only use one discounted ticket per performance. Cardholders are required to present the relevant documents for admission, otherwise the full ticket fare will be charged.
20% discount:
Holders of a BOC Credit Card or BOC Card and CCM Friends can enjoy a 20% discount on the tickets.
NOTICE:
- Audience members can enter the venue 15 minutes prior to the performance;
- The organiser reserves the right to determine at what time and in what manner latecomers are admitted, and to reject the admission of latecomers or audience members who leave in midway;
- All mobile phones, beeping and lighting devices should be switched off throughout the performances;
- Smoking, eating, drinking or the possession of plastic bags and/or objects considered dangerous is prohibited in the performance venues;
- Unauthorized recording, filming, photographing are prohibited;
- The organiser reserves the right to change the programme and/or the cast of performers at any time;
- In case of severe weather conditions, please visit the Cultural Affairs Bureau’s website, the respective page on Facebook for latest updates;
- The Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR Government reserves the right of interpretation and final decision of any disputes on these terms.
COUNTER SALES, HOTLINES AND WEBSITES:
Macau Ticketing Network:
- Location:
71-B, Av. do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida, G/F
108, Rua de Francisco Xavier Pereira, Palácio Bldg, G/F (Next to Café de Coral)
176-186, Av. Artur Tamagnini Barbosa, D. Julieta Bldg, G/F
267, Av. Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, Lei Man Bldg, G/F, Taipa
Macao Cultural Centre, Av. Xian Xing Hai, G/F
- Hotline: (853) 2855 5555
- Website: macauticket.com
ENQUIRIES
Telephone: (853) 8399 6375 (during office hours)
Website: www.icm.gov.mo
Around the 24th anniversary of Macao's return to China, the China National Symphony Orchestra (CNSO) staged “The Rhyme of China, the Music of Hometown” - Concert of Chamber Music and “Forbidden City String Quartet Chamber Music Concert” at the Macao Cultural Center where masterpieces of performances with high artistic beauty and repercussive responses were presented interpreting and individualizing Chinese and foreign classical music works, to Macao locals and where classical works authored in Greater Bay Area such as "The Bay" and "Song of the Seven Children" were put up in the performances, and patriotic melodies such as “My Motherland and Me” and "I Love You, China" were played conveying the deep friendship between the compatriots in the mainland and Macao, sending blessings to the great moment of Macao's return.
Programme:
Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat Major, Op. 67
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Zang Dongsheng: "Everlasting Friendship"
Zhou Dafeng: "Dance of Tea-Picking"
Mao Yuan, Liu Tieshan: "Dance of the Yao Nationality"
Ding Zhiruo: "Skillful Girls"
He Zhanhao, Chen Gang: "The Butterfly Lovers" (Arr. by Forbidden City String Quartet)
Zhang Jiecheng: "The Joy of Salihah"
Music by Qin Yongcheng, Arr. by Huang Kairan: "My Motherland and Me"
*The organiser reserves the right to change the programme and/or the cast of performers at any time*