A Night of Musical Theater
【Date&Time】
Feb. 26, 2025 (Wed.) 19:30
【Venue】
Auditorium 364, Teaching Building
School of Music, CUHK-Shenzhen
Admission Free.
Visitors are requested to scan
the QR code for registration.
【Reminder】
*Children under 1.2m are not admitted.
【Instructor】
Paulo BRITO
【Composers】
Second-year Postgraduate Students of Composition & Theory Division
Xi CHEN
Qianli DONG
Yubo JIA
Bing LI
Binyue LIU
Qingqing WEI
Xiaoxuan XU
Ruizhe ZHANG
Dan ZHU
【Performers】
Paulo BRITO
Xi CHEN
Yidan CHEN
Qianli DONG
Yunxi DUAN
Yihan FANG
Mo HAN
Chang LI
Langxi LI
Nuo LI
Yiying LI
Zhihan LI
Hairong LIN
Junxuan LUO
Jiaxu MIAO
Ziyi PENG
Yifan SHI
Yunlong SUN
Xiaotong WU
Xunwen MAI
Yoon Jung YANG
Jiawen YANG
Yang ZHOU
Siyue ZHANG
“A Night of Musical Theater”
Featuring New Works by Graduate Composers in “Creating Musical Theater” (AY24-25)
【Concert Program】
“Beautiful Girls” from Follies (1971)
Music & Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Tenor: Li Zhihan, Piano: Molly Han & Ensemble
Heal (2025, premiere)
Music & Lyrics: Chen Xi
Soprano: Peng Ziyi, Tenor & Piano: Chen Xi, Drum set: Li Langxi
Beautiful Spring (2025, premiere)
Music: Zhu Dan, Lyrics: traditional
Voice: Huang Xiteng, Piano: Paulo Brito
“Hello and Goodbye” – “Another Suitcase in Another Hall” from Evita (1978)
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics: Tim Rice
Mezzo-soprano: Chen Yidan, Soprano: Peng Ziyi, Piano: Zhou Yang, Drum set: Li Langxi
Diamonds and Decay (2025, premiere)
Music & Lyrics: Zhang Ruizhe
Tenor: Shi Yifan, Clarinet: Mai Xunwen, Piano: Paulo Brito
A Bo Bo (2025, premiere)
Music: Liu Binyue, Lyrics: Aluofuji
Voice: Jiaming XU, Piano: Li Nuo
Three Preludes for piano (1927), no. 2: Andante con moto e poco rubato
George Gershwin
Piano: Duan Yunxi
In a Hazy Moonlight (2025, premiere)
Music & Lyrics: Jia Yubo
Tenor: Sun Yunlong, Piano: Paulo Brito
—Intermission—
I’m a Small Town (2025, premiere)
Music: Wei Qingqing, Lyrics: Gu Cheng
Soprano: Zhang Siyue, Piano: Yang Jiawen
“You Could Drive a Person Crazy” from Company (1970)
Music & Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Sopranos: Luo Junxuan & Miao Jiaxu, Mezzo-soprano: Fang Yihan, Piano: Molly Han
Kokoroe (2025, premiere)
Music & Lyrics: Li Bing
Mezzo-soprano: Chen Yidan, Li Bing
Piano: Li Chang
“The Impossible Dream” from Man of La Mancha (1965)
Music: Mitch Leigh, Lyrics: Joe Darion
Tenor: Li Zhihan, Piano: Molly Han
Flotsam (2025, premiere)
Music: Xu Xiaoxuan, Lyrics: P.M. Hubbard
Soprano: Li Yiying, Piano: Paulo Brito
“Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” from Roberta (1933)
Music: Jerome Kern, Lyrics: Otto Harbach
Voice: Paulo Brito, Piano: Zhou Yang
Journey to the West Lake (2025, premiere)
Music: Dong Qianli (2025, premiere)
Soprano: Wu Xiaotong, Mezzo-soprano: Lin Hairong, Violin: Yoon Jung Yang, Piano: Dong Qianli
“Anything Goes” from Anything Goes (1934)
Music & Lyrics: Cole Porter
Voice: Paulo Brito, Piano: Zhou Yang & Ensemble
*This programme is subject to change