Orchestra, choir and solo voices bring the Long March Song Cycle to the concert stage.
Eight orchestral and vocal selections precede the ten-part Long March Song Cycle. The ten-part cycle traces farewell, struggle and reunion through solo singing and choral scenes.
Also billed (names transliterated or translated; official Latin spellings unconfirmed): Zhao Jian (conductor); Wang Yizhuo, Jia Tingting, Gao Feiyang, Guo Qianhan, Liu Xiaowei, Zhu Siying and Dai Shun (singers); Beijing Friendship Choir; Shengmi Orchestra.
Casting may change on the day.
Full programme
- Lü Qiming - Ode to the Red Flag
- Lu Zaiyi - Motherland, My Kind Mother (Lyrics: Zhang Hongxi)
- Liu Weiguang - Love for the Republic
- Wang Shiguang - Song of the Yangtze River (Lyrics: Hu Hongwei)
- Fu Gengchen - Azaleas (Lyrics: Lu Zhuguo)
- Cao Jin - The Motherland Will Not Forget (Lyrics: Zhang Yuetan)
- Qian Lei - As Wished (Lyrics: Tang Tian)
- The Long March - Seven-Character Regulated Verse
- Chen Geng; Sheng Mao; Tang He; Yu Qiu - The Long March Song Cycle: Farewell; Breaking Through the Blockade; The Zunyi Conference Shines; Four Crossings of the Chishui River with Surprise Manoeuvres; Flying Across the Dadu River; Across Snowy Mountains and Grasslands; Arrival at Wuqi Town; Celebrating Victory; Good News; The Great Reunion (Lyrics: Xiao Hua)