British boys to touch hearts with musical versatility
Trinity Boys Choir, among the busiest and most successful in the world, intends to touch people's hearts with a 110-minute mixture of genres and styles at the Zhuhai Huafa & CPAA Grand Theatre on July 27.
The choir will be in China for a ten-concert tour, starting in Guangzhou and finishing in Beijing. It has had a high professional profile and enormous popularity at home and abroad for almost 50 years. The boys are best known for renditions of Another Country (1984), Lord of the Flies (1990), and Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017).
Trinity Boys Choir
They have appeared on such prestigious English stages as Glyndebourne, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, English National Opera and various other houses abroad. They frequently participate in renowned festivals and international projects. The boys are especially well known for their contribution to Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream, which they have presented in over 150 professional performances, and they feature as well in both the Warner DVD and on the Virgin Classics CD of the opera.
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Repertoire
Queen:Bohemian Rhapsody
Sting:Fields of Gold
Richard Peat:All These Things
i. Lullaby
ii. Dance
ii. Dance
iv. Lament
v. Lullaby
Henry Purcell: Turn Then Thine Eyes
GF Handel: Where'er You Walk
John Rutter: A Flower Remembered
Eric Whitacre: The Seal Lullaby
John Rutter: Magical Kingdom
Andrew Simpson: Tomorrow
Simpson: Go, Catch a Falling Star
Astor Piazolla arr. Iscalada: Libertango
Interval
Lennon-McCartney arr. David De Warrenne: Eleanor Rigby
Simon & Garfunkel arr. De Warrenne: Bridge Over Troubled Water
Richard Rodney Bennett: The Bird's Lament
Londonderry Air arr. Swinson: Danny Boy
Simon & Garfunkel arr. Ehret: Scarborough Fair
Trad arr. de Warrenne: Lavender's Blue
Trad arr. de Warrenne: Dashing Away With the Smoothing Iron
Grayston Ives: On a Summer's Morn
i. The Turmut Hoer
ii. Cader Idris
iii. Ca' the Yowes
iv. Phil the Fluter's Ball
Showtime: 8 pm, Friday, July 27 (110 minutes including 15-minute intermission)
Venue: Zhuhai Huafa & CPAA Grand Theatre (Shizimen Central Business District)
Ticket Price:
680 yuan ($106)/480 yuan ($75.10) for VIP, 280 yuan ($43.80), 180 yuan ($28.20), 100 yuan ($15.60);
Booking Hotlines: 400-930-1218 / 0756-8338113 / 0756-8338123
Official website: www.zhgt.org
Note: Children below 1.2 m (3.9 ft) will not be allowed into the venue.
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