Singing of Goose and Song of Snow 咏鹅咏雪 - Echoes of Ancient Tang Poems 唐诗的回响新年音乐会.

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Poem
LUO Binwang 骆宾王
ZHANG Dayou 张打油

Music
Chen Tongyan 陈童言 (China)
Soprano Holly Flack

Ensemble
Deborah Solange Martínez
Paula Malagón
Esther Maureen Kelly
Milica Jovičič
Juliet Petrus
Melisa Bonetti
Raquel Suarez Groen
(Esther Maureen Kelly and Juliet Petrus recite the poem in English before singing)

鹅，鹅，鹅，
曲项向天歌。
白毛浮绿水，
红掌拨清波。
Goose – Goose – Goose,
Necks arched, they sing to the sky,
White feather floating on green water,
Crimson webs paddling clear ripples.

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).