Snow on the River 江雪 - Echoes of Ancient Tang Poems 唐诗的回响新年音乐会

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Poem LIU Zongyuan 柳宗元
Music Cynthia Wong (美国 USA)
Soprano Esther Maureen Kelly

千山鸟飞绝，
万径人踪灭。
孤舟蓑笠翁，
独钓寒江雪。
On thousand mountains no sign of birds,
On ten thousand paths no trace of man.
A boat and an old man with straw rain cape,
Fishes alone in cold river snow.

The concert "Echoes of Ancient Tang Poems" was jointly performed by iSING! Suzhou and the Philadelphia Orchestra, which premiered in Philadelphia on Jan 6 and was held in New York on Jan 7. Fifteen singers from 10 countries led by Liao Guomin, a conductor from Macau, interpreted newly composed songs based on well-known poems from the Tang Dynasty (618-907).