49th Orchestral Season

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September 2025
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Echoes of the Silk Road, A Millennium of Music and Dance

Date and Time
21/9/2025(Sun)8:30pm
Venue
Dunhuang Grand Theatre
Conductor
Chew Hee Chiat
Performed by
Xinjiang Ethnic Instrumental Music Performance:Xinjiang Art Theater Traditional Orchestra Ensemble
(Alimu Sikandaner (Tash), Ayiguli Abulimiti (Ghijak, Satar), Maierhaba Nuemaimaiti (Tembur), Mirixiatijiang Maimaitiyiming (Rawap)
Pipa:Zhang Ying
Guan:Ma Wai Him
Guan:Qin Jitao
Programmes

The Silk Road Jiang Ying          Xinjiang 

Ethnic Instrumental Music Performance: Xinjiang Art Theater Traditional Orchestra Ensemble: Alimu Sikandaner (Tash), Ayiguli Abulimiti (Ghijak, Satar), Maierhaba Nuemaimaiti (Tembur), Mirixiatijiang Maimaitiyiming (Rawap)


Symphonic Picture          Flying Apsaras          Xu Jingxin, Chen Dawei    


Guanzi Concerto The Silk Road Fantasia Suite (Excerpts) Zhao Jiping

Guan: Ma Wai Him

The second movement: The Lilt of the Ancient Roads

The third movement: The Music of Liangzhou

The fourth movement: The Dream of Loulan

The fifth movement: The Dance of Qiuci


Concerto for Pipa and Chinese Orchestra          A Fantasy of Flying Apsaras         Kong Zhixuan

Pipa: Zhang Ying  


The Ancient Music of Qiuci Suite          Zhou Ji

1. Introduction

2. Female Dance: Lighting the Lanterns

3. Male Dance: Demonstration of Agility

4. Guan Solo: A Desert Capriccio 

Guan: Qi Jitao

5. Percussion Ensemble: Dance of the Peace Lions

6. Sumozhe Festival  

Xinjiang Ethnic Instrumental Music Performance: Xinjiang Art Theater Traditional Orchestra Ensemble: Alimu Sikandaner (Tash), Ayiguli Abulimiti (Ghijak, Satar), Maierhaba Nuemaimaiti (Tembur), Mirixiatijiang Maimaitiyiming (Rawap)