Classic melodies to regale HCM City

Some of the most beautiful and delicate melodies written by the most prominent classical and romantic composers like Chopin, Schumann, Donizetti, Wieniavsky, and Erno Dohnanyi will be performed at a concert at the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House on December 19.
Some of the most beautiful and delicate melodies written by the mostprominent classical and romantic composers like Chopin, Schumann,Donizetti, Wieniavsky, and Erno Dohnanyi will be performed at a concertat the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House on December 19.

Among themost popular pieces at the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera(HBSO)'s Chamber Music Concert will be the Wind Quintet No 1 in B-flatMajor by the Italian composer Giuseppe Maria Cambini.

Inspired by the structure of the Sinfonia Concertante, Cambini wrote the work for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon.

Arelease from the HBSO says: "The work is light-hearted and classical inspirit, but its form points firmly forward; it bridges the past and thefuture, fusing classical style with a romantic sound world."

It will be performed by the HBSO Wind Quintet.

Twoother highlights of the night will be Leo Delibes's Flower duetperformed by Mer. A. Tran Hong Vy and Pham Duyen Huyen and GaetanoDonizetti's Una furtiva lagrima for tenor and chamber group performed byPham Trang.

HBSO's promising young oboist Pham Khanh Toan willpresent Alessandro Marcello's Concerto for Oboe and Piano in D minor,which is thought to be the most performed work of its kind.

Otherfamous works by romantic composers like F. Liszt, R. Schumann, H.Wieniawski will be performed by popular HBSO artists like violinistsTang Thanh Nam and Nguyen Truc Thuyen, cellist Mer.A Nguyen Tan Anh,violist Bui Anh Son, and guest pianist Joo Eun Young.

Tickets costing 400,000 VND, 350,000 VND, and 200,000 VND, and 150,000 VND for students, are available at the venue.-VNA

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