星期二, 11月 11, 2014

文協合唱團第十五屆音樂會演繹花情紀念抗戰

大波士頓中華文化協會八日晚在尼登(Needham)鎮的聖公會教堂,舉辦第十五屆年度音樂會。將近三十名團員以花為主題,從鄉土小調唱到流行歌曲,一連十九首歌,首首唱得有韻味。
            文協合唱團團長吳萍萍表示,他們是一群愛唱歌的人,在指揮,伴奏的耐心合作中,一步步走到今日。本身是聲樂科班出身的指揮王麗文,近年來不但安排專業音樂老師從不同角度教他們如何發聲,如何找共鳴腔,還研究樂理,節奏,大幅度提升了他們這合唱團的歌唱水準。
            八日晚,文協合唱團團員,女的穿上新訂做的紫緞露肩禮服,男的穿西裝,打領結,人手一本紅色扉頁的歌本,在舞台上鋪陳出一幅悅目景象。
        他們當晚演唱了十九首歌曲,共分五個類別,包括鄉土小調,現代合唱曲,抗戰歌曲,藝術歌曲,通俗歌曲,幾乎全都是與花有關的歌。
            指揮王麗文指出,由於今年是抗戰七十七週年,他們特地安排了一節抗戰歌曲演唱,藉著“松花江上”,“杜鵑花”,“賣花”,“抗敵歌”等聊表心意。在演唱“賣花”這首歌時,他們還特地安排女團員們從會場入口穿越長廊,邊唱歌,邊派送艷紅玫瑰的“賣花”,邊走向舞台上,很製造氣氛。
            文協合唱團當晚選唱的其他歌曲,包括鄉土小調部分的月琴,思念的故鄉,頭擺的你,拼宵夜;現代合唱曲部分的長空下的獨白,茉莉花;藝術歌曲部分的春思曲,花非花,問世間情是何物;通俗歌曲部分的玫瑰玫瑰我愛你,春風吻上我的臉,歡樂今宵。
            指揮王麗文還在會中自己獨唱了三首歌,Les Rose D’Ispahan,玫瑰三願,Das Veilchen,展現她本人的聲樂專長。     
            當晚出席音樂會的聽眾,有不少人注意到,文協合唱團裏有不少夫妻擋。曾任團長的姜銓透露,包括他和嬌妻徐宗玲在內,共有現任團長吳萍萍,楊哲修;羅芬,任中立;胡世沛,吳渝等,至少四對夫妻檔團員。其中的羅芬,任中立這一對大概年紀最長,胡世沛這一對,可能資歷最深。
        根據音樂會節目冊的介紹,文協合唱團員大多來自台灣,在中國廣東開平出生,香港長大,曾經在香港廣播電台歌唱比賽中得過第一名,1975年在波士頓安良工商會半的歌唱比賽中也拿冠軍的譚玉秀,顯得十分特別。她在團員介紹中說明自己當年忙於家庭,工作,後來就退出了“歌壇”,二年前才因為鄭蘊慧的引介,重新加入文協合唱團。
音樂會結束時,文協合唱團應聽眾要求“恩可”,特地挑當年拿下校園歌曲金韻獎第一名的台語歌“拼宵夜”來唱,還把住在康可陣,當晚正好出席了的該曲作詞者之一,丁洪陶,邀到台上與團員合唱,為這場音樂會憑添一段軼話。
經文處副處長陳銘俊,波士頓華僑文教中心主任郭大文,波士頓僑領馬滌凡,當晚都應邀出席。

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            文協合唱團謝幕。(菊子攝)

            文協合唱團團長吳萍萍(右起),文協會長冼鳳明,“拼宵夜”作詞者之一丁洪陶,文協合唱團指揮王麗文在音樂會後互相恭喜演出成功。(菊子攝)

            姜詮(右),徐宗玲(左)是文協團員夫妻檔中的其中一對,演唱結束,獲贈鮮花。(菊子攝)

            譚玉秀(中)輟歌多年後,二年前才重回文協合唱團。音樂會後和講廣東話的好友姚蓮蒂暢敘。(菊子攝)

        羅芬(左起),陳玉瑛,譚玉秀(又二),羅靜春(右一)在演唱“賣花”一曲時,從觀眾席中走上舞台,還邊唱,邊賣花。(菊子攝)


            指揮王麗文(左)當晚得到最多獻花。(菊子攝)

波士頓生命河靈糧堂在哈佛辦“讚美之泉”音樂會

「讚美之泉」音樂事工團隊上週末在哈佛大學紀念堂舉辦了兩場「這裡有榮耀」巡迴演出,與上千人一起唱歌,跳舞,敬拜,會場氣氛十分高昂。
波士頓生命河靈糧堂牧師周愛玲指出,這是「讚美之泉」音樂事工團隊第二次到波士頓,在該堂全力協辦中演出圓滿成功,令人欣慰。
上週末,晚上氣溫驟降,仍有許多人甚至遠從紐約、新澤西州、康州、新罕布夏州趕到會場。周愛玲表示,他們的心意,令人感動。
那兩個晚上,哈佛大學紀念堂人頭湧湧,全都高舉雙手的表示敬拜,大聲的說「哈利路亞!這裡有榮耀!」之外,還一首接一首的同唱詩歌,包括〈這裡有榮耀〉、〈我有喜樂〉、 〈何等恩典〉、〈極大的聲音〉、〈我們歡迎君王降臨〉等。在 「讚美之泉」的事工們帶領中,出席種人還一起舞動,分享見證故事,
周愛玲牧師表示,「讚美之泉」音樂事工是基督教華人敬拜團體中最受歡迎的一個團體,每年辦有六十場以上聚會,今年還在中國深圳舉辦了有五千人出席的敬拜讚美聚會,受歡迎的程度可見一斑!
生命河靈糧堂為讓大波士頓民眾有機會免費欣賞“讚美之泉“的演出,不但承擔了租借哈佛大學紀念教堂,音響、樂器、接待從南加州洛杉磯飛來的十三名團員演出的所有費用,還出動了五十多名教會同工為活動做義工。
周愛玲表示,當他們看到出席的每一個人都帶著容光煥發,笑意盎然的臉龐離去時,不禁打從心底高興起來,還期盼著「讚美之泉」明年再回來波士頓

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            生命河靈糧堂牧師周愛玲(左四)和部分義工合影。(圖由生命河靈糧堂提供)


            「讚美之泉」音樂事工團隊的「這裡有榮耀」演出,在哈佛大學紀念堂舉行。(圖由生命河靈糧堂提供)

英國維珍航空夢想號在波士頓首航 南車站改名杜卡吉斯交通中心

麻州州長辦公室昨(十)日宣佈兩大訊息,一為英國第二大的航空公司維珍(Virgin Atlantic),昨日在波士頓首航787-9壽星女夢想號,一為南波士頓車站改名“杜卡吉斯交通中心”。
            維珍航空公司的787-9壽星女夢想號,昨日從波士頓的羅根(Logan)機場飛往英國倫敦的希斯洛( Heathrow),讓波士頓獲得這新機種首航的榮耀
            搭乘這新飛機處女航者指出,夢想好的窗戶,比747777737等機種最大的差別之一是窗戶大了一半,機艙內濕度更宜人,安靜得可以聽到隔壁的人打呼。
            787並不算是全新的機種,早在2011年,日本的全日空就已採用787飛機,不過由於引擎容易過熱,有不少問題,去年就有一輛日本航空公司飛機在羅根機場著火了。全日空的五十架787飛機,因此全都暫時停飛了幾個月。
            787-9是尺寸大些的版本,維珍航空在未來四年要更換四十架飛機,打算全都換成夢想號。
            麻州州長派區克(Deval Patrick)昨日宣布,把1898年開始營運,1980年代曾經全面翻修的南車站,改名為“杜卡吉斯州長南站交通中心(Governor Michael S. Dukakis South Station Transportation Center)”,藉以向這位曾在1988年時,被民主黨提名參選美國總統的前州長致敬。

            南車站是麻州地鐵系統中最忙碌的車站,有紅線地鐵經過,有火車,通勤列車交匯,在上班日中,不包括Amtrak火車,以及私營巴士乘客,就已平均每天有二萬五千名乘客進出。

第十一屆波士頓市長的聖誕年節半價票11/10起開售

藝術波士頓(ArtsBoston)和波士頓市長馬丁華殊(Martin Walsh),波士頓市府,以及大波士頓會議遊客局合作,為期八週的“2014市長的假日“,昨(十一月十)日起為民眾提供130多場表演活動的半價優待券。
查詢半價票及表演項目詳情,可上網 MayorsHoliday.com ,或到柯普利廣場(Copley Square),芬紐廳市場(Faneuil Hall Marketplace)的票亭(BosTix) 。
波士頓市在前任市長萬寧路(Thomas M. Menino)支持下,十年前開始這“市長的假日”傳統,今年更把廣受民眾喜愛的波士頓芭蕾舞團“胡桃鉗子(The Nutcracker),流行交響樂團的假日聖誕狂歡演奏,韓德爾海頓協會慶祝二百週年的”韓德爾的彌賽亞“,花旗表演藝術中心的爾灣柏林”白聖誕音樂劇“,藍人集團,廣受歡迎的百老匯劇”豐年祭之旅“等等,都以半價帶到民眾面前。
            波士頓市表示,把波士頓內在假日期間最受歡迎的十個藝術演出場地的營業額加起來,一年可以創造八百八十萬元以上的收入,那真正意味著為地方居民創造了工作機會及收入。波士頓市長馬丁華殊表示,何況誰不想在假日,節慶期間,有點浪漫感覺。
            藝術波士頓表示,2014年的“市長的假日”還包括三十多家地方上的餐館提供優待價,例如P.F. Chang’s,天滿647,熔鍋(Melting Pot)等。
            “市長的假日(mayorsholiday.com)”也是2015年第一夜入場鈕扣的獨家網上零售站,一枚十元。
        “市長的假日”活動支持者包括麻州互惠人壽保險公司,麻州文化協會,波士頓環球報,波士頓達康,魔術106.7FM電台,波士頓中央,芬紐廳市場等機構。

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            “市長的假日”海報。(圖由藝術波士頓提供)

MAYOR’S HOLIDAY -- LAUNCHING NOVEMBER 10, 2014 Thousands of Half-Priced Tickets to Over 130 Beloved Holiday Performances throughout Greater Boston Including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy, and Kids/Family Shows
Featuring THE NUTCRACKER, HOLIDAY POPS, BLUE MAN GROUP, WHITE CHRISTMAS THE MUSICAL, A CHRISTMAS CELTIC SOJOURN, THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL,
THE CHRISTMAS REVELS, and Dozens More!

[Boston, MA -- November 10, 2014] ArtsBoston, in partnership with Mayor Martin J. Walsh, the City of Boston, and the Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau, announce the eleventh annual Mayor’s Holiday, an eight-week celebration of the area’s performing arts featuring thousands of half-priced tickets to over 130 holiday shows throughout Boston and beyond. Tickets for Mayor’s Holiday 2014 go on sale November 10, 2014, at MayorsHoliday.com and at both BosTix booth locations at Copley Square and Faneuil Hall Marketplace.
Mayor Martin J. Walsh BosTix Booth/Copley Square
Continuing the decade-plus holiday tradition originally supported by former Mayor Thomas M. Menino, this year’s Mayor’s Holiday features favorites including Boston Ballet’s The Nutcracker, Holiday Pops, The Christmas Revels , Handel’s Messiah as part of Handel and Haydn Society’s bicentennial season, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas The Musical presented by Citi Performing Arts Center, Blue Man Group, A Christmas Celtic Sojourn with Brian O'Donovan, the Broadway hit The Trip to Bountiful (featuring Tony
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Award winner Cicely Tyson, Vanessa Williams, and Blair Underwood), New Repertory Theatre’s The Little Prince, José Mateo Ballet Theatre’s The Nutcracker, Anthony William’s Urban Nutcracker, Back Bay Ringers, and more. See below for the full list of Mayor’s Holiday performances.
“We know the arts factor into what makes Boston such a special place throughout the year, and this is especially true during the holiday season,” says ArtsBoston Executive Director Catherine Peterson. “Where else can you experience
Mayor’s Holiday makes it easy and affordable for friends and family to spend time together they’ll cherish all season long.”
“The City of Boston is proud of our fruitful partnership with ArtsBoston and the Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau, offering so much cultural access to our community,” says Mayor Martin J. Walsh. “Add up just the top 10 arts venues in the Boston area during the holidays, and they generate over $8.8 million annually beyond the cost of admission on restaurant dining, overnight accommodations, transportation, and parking. That’s real money translating into local jobs and sustainable income for our residents. Plus who doesn’t love to feel a little more magic, like the kind you can only get from a live performance, during the holiday season? ”
“Mayor’s Holiday reinforces our region as a ‘must do’ destination for tourists and visitors during the holidays,” says Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau President Pat Moscaritolo. “Taking time to enjoy the amazing array of local, live arts offerings, restaurants, and hotels allows you to share an experience that is totally unique to our region.”

Additional Mayor’s Holiday Offerings
Mayor’s Holiday 2014 also includes special offers to over thirty area restaurants, including P.F. Chang’s, Tremont 647, Brasserie Jo, Flora, and the Melting Pot. Further, Mayor’s Holiday is again the exclusive online retailer for First Night Boston 2015 admission buttons (only $10), available at mayorsholiday.com, as well as at both BosTix booths in Faneuil Hall Marketplace and Copley Square.
Additional Support for Mayor’s Holiday 2014
Mayor’s Holiday 2014 is supported in part by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual), Massachusetts Cultural Council, The Boston Globe, Boston.com, Magic 106.7 FM, Boston Central, and Faneuil Hall Marketplace.

About ArtsBoston
ArtsBoston is a champion for Greater Boston’s arts and cultural institutions and a collaborative partner for public, private, and nonprofit leaders who seek to engage more deeply with the region’s arts and cultural sector. It gathers, analyzes, and disseminates data that provides a window into the significance of arts and cultural organizations to the region. It also helps those organizations build their audiences and work more productively and effectively. In the nearly 40 years since its founding, it has become a more powerful voice for the sector and a positive force for the region. It remains committed to its original mission: to enrich the lives of citizenry by connecting people of every age and background with
Keith Lockhart conduct Holiday Pops in the world famous Symphony
Hall, or share in George Frideric Handel’s masterpiece Messiah by Handel and Haydn Society, the
organization that originally premiered the piece in America in 1818?
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the arts and cultural organizations that call Greater Boston home. ArtsBoston has an active membership of over 170 performing and visual arts organizations throughout Greater Boston.

Mayor’s Holiday 2014 Full List of Performances (alphabetical by arts organization)
Show Title
1964
Measure for Measure
Phèdre
The Light Princess
The Donkey Show
O.P.C
Ruby Wax: Sane New World
The Old Man and the Old Moon
The Trip to Bountiful
A Candlelight Christmas
Christmas Memories - Boston
Christmas Memories - Danvers
Christmas Memories - Waltham
Capturing Music: Writing and Singing Music in the Middle Ages Christmas in 15th-century France & Burgundy
Blue Man Group
The Nutcracker
Handel’s Messiah
Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610
New Year's Celebration
Daniel: A Medieval Masterpiece Revisited
The Velveteen Rabbit
Celebrating Richard Strauss
Arts Organization
A Far Cry
Actors' Shakespeare Project Actors' Shakespeare Project American Repertory Theater American Repertory Theater American Repertory Theater American Repertory Theater ArtsEmerson
ArtsEmerson
Back Bay Chorale
Back Bay Ringers
Back Bay Ringers
Back Bay Ringers
Blue Heron
Blue Heron
Blue Man Group
Boston Ballet
Boston Baroque
Boston Baroque
Boston Baroque
Boston Camerata
Boston Children's Theatre Boston Civic Symphony
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Little Murders
Piano Masters Series: David Korevaar
String Masters Series: Andrew Mark and Max Levinson The Italian Girl in Algiers
BEMF Chamber Opera Series:

Pergolesi's La serva padrona & Livietta e Tracollo The Tallis Scholars
Noel
Focusing the Abstract

Sibelius & Brahms
Chosen Child
Boston Pops - Holiday Pops
Boston Pops - Home Alone
New Year’s Eve Concert - Boston Pops Swing Orchestra
An Evening of One Acts
Holiday Pops
San Francisco Symphony
Tania Pérez-Salas Compañia de Danza
What Makes It Great? with Rob Kapilow and Voices Boston:

Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols Candlelight Christmas at Old South
Family Holiday Concert
Irving Berlin’s White Christmas The Musical Brahman/i: A One-Hijra Stand-Up Comedy Show Shiv

The Chronicles of Kalki
Mendelssohn/Wolf Chamber, Year I, Concert II
Holiday Sing
Handel Messiah
A Christmas Carol
Boston Pops Holiday Concert
Pat Metheny Unity Group
Awake and Sing!
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Afternoon Delight
Vanity Project
Les Délices: Myths & Allegories
The Nutcracker - Boston
The Nutcracker - Duxbury
The Nutcracker - Cambridge
Judy Garland Live In Concert
A Latin Holiday Voyage: A Concert for Peace in Venezuela Andy Gross
Chris Distefano
Finesse Mitchell
Jake Johannsen
Julian McCullough
Juston McKinney
Boston Conservatory Boston Conservatory Boston Conservatory Boston Conservatory
Boston Early Music Festival Boston Early Music Festival Boston Gay Men's Chorus Boston Musica Viva
Boston Philharmonic
Boston Playwrights' Theatre Boston Symphony Orchestra Boston Symphony Orchestra Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston University College of Fine Arts Cambridge Symphony Orchestra Celebrity Series of Boston Celebrity Series of Boston
Celebrity Series of Boston Chorus pro Musica
Chorus pro Musica
Citi Performing Arts Center Company One Theatre Company One Theatre Company One Theatre Emmanuel Music

Handel and Haydn Society Handel and Haydn Society Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts Huntington Theatre Company Huntington Theatre Company Improv Asylum
Improv Asylum
Isabella Steward Gardner Museum José Mateo Ballet Theatre
José Mateo Ballet Theatre
José Mateo Ballet Theatre
Judy Garland Show
La Donna Musicale
Laugh Boston
Laugh Boston
Laugh Boston
Laugh Boston
Laugh Boston
Laugh Boston
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Yannis Pappas
Holiday Fanfare!
Kids' Holiday Pops!
The Sleeprunner
The Tale of the Allergist's Wife 13 Things About Ed Carpolotti The Best Brothers

Viva Vivaldi! Holiday Concert - Andover Viva Vivaldi! Holiday Concert - Brookline The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) Handel: The Messiah
Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing St. Petersburg Symphony An American Christmas ComedySportz Boston
The Great War at 100: Great Britain in Song and Verse - Brookline The Great War at 100: Great Britain in Song and Verse - Melrose The Little Prince
A Sea Symphony

Bat Boy: The Musical The Muse of Midwinter:
Carols and an anthem from England - Boston The Muse of Midwinter:
Carols and an anthem from England - Cambridge The Muse of Midwinter:
Carols and an anthem from England - Somerville Beauty and the Beast
Cinderella
Mr. Punch's Christmas Carol

Raccoon Tales
The Joshua Show
The Story of King Midas
The Velveteen Rabbit
The Yankee Peddler: Stories and Songs from Old New England
An Evening with Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters
Elvis & The Beatles: The Greatest Concert That Never Was Jukebox Heroes Live!
Sing-A-Long Mary Poppins
Sing-A-Long Sound of Music
Ultrasonic Rock Orchestra performs Jesus Christ Superstar
The Christmas Revels
Jane Monheit: Hello Bluebird, Celebrating the Life of Judy Garland Sergey Schepkin, piano
Arturo Sandoval
Guitar Night: Bucky Pizzarelli, Gene Bertoncini, and Ed Laub
René Marie sings Eartha Kitt
Shear Madness
A Future Perfect
Laugh Boston
Lexington Symphony Lexington Symphony Luminarium Dance Company Lyric Stage Company of Boston Merrimack Repertory Theatre Merrimack Repertory Theatre Mistral
Mistral
Moonbox Productions
Music Worcester
Music Worcester
Music Worcester
Musica Sacra
New England Fun
New England Light Opera
New England Light Opera
New Repertory Theatre Newton Choral Society Harvard University
Oriana Consort
Oriana Consort
Oriana Consort Puppet Showplace Puppet Showplace Puppet Showplace Puppet Showplace Puppet Showplace Puppet Showplace Puppet Showplace Puppet Showplace Regent Theatre Regent Theatre Regent Theatre Regent Theatre Regent Theatre Regent Theatre Revels
Theater Theater Theater Theater Theater Theater Theater Theater
Rockport Music
Rockport Music
Scullers Jazz Club
Scullers Jazz Club
Scullers Jazz Club
Shear Madness
SpeakEasy Stage Company
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Necessary Monsters Late Night Catechism:
Sister's Christmas Catechism, The Mystery of the Magi's Gold Tomaseen Foley's A Celtic Christmas
Faith Joyously Affirmed!: A Holiday Prelude
Meet Me in St. Louis

Urban Nutcracker
Virginia Woolf's Orlando
Overtures, A Clock, Sonata, & Rhapsody
Meet Me in St. Louis
A Christmas Celtic Sojourn with Brian O'Donovan - Boston
A Christmas Celtic Sojourn with Brian O'Donovan - Worcester Alice
4 Girls 4: A Christmas Together
Blind Boys of Alabama: Holiday Tour
George Lopez
Chamber Series II - Young Artist: Rebecca Printz
Ronald K. Brown\Evidence, A Dance Company
Fall Jazz at the Firehouse: Featuring the Nick Grondin Group Holiday Jazz at the Firehouse

*Half-price ticket quantities are limited, and allotments change daily.
SpeakEasy Stage Company
Spectacle Management Spectacle Management Spectrum Singers
Stoneham Theatre
Tony Williams Dance Center Wellesley Summer Theatre Wellesley Symphony Orchestra
Weston Friendly Society of the Performing Arts WGBH
WGBH
Wheelock Family Theatre Wilbur Theatre
Wilbur Theatre
Wilbur Theatre
Winsor Music
World Music/CRASHarts ZUMIX
ZUMIX
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