Percussion Concert “Drumming the World”

12th July 2019

Artistic Director: Wang Jianhua

Paigu: Li Chang

We have specially invited the Macao Chinese Orchestra’s old friend Professor Wang Jianhua, percussionist and doctoral advisor at the Central Conservatory of Music, to personally direct this concert. In collaboration with the percussion section of the Macao Chinese Orchestra, he will present an original “feast” of Chinese percussion music to the audience. The driven, freedom-yearning Havoc in Heaven has its premiere in Macao; the exploratory, striving Camel Bells in the Desert and Melody of Drums, a Chinese drum classic representing the essence, energy and spirit of Chinese percussion music, will create drumming sounds that resonate through Macao!

Programme Highlights:

Repertoire	Solo	Composition / Arrangement
Peking Opera Percussion Havoc in Heaven (Macao Premiere)	-	Arr.: Wang Jianhua
Paigu and Percussion Camel Bells in the Desert	Paigu: Li Chang	Comp.: Zhang Lie
Wind and Percussion Music General’s Command	-	Folk Music
Melody of Drums Composed for a group of Chinese drums	-	Comp.: Tan Dun and Li Zhengui