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NEW
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than 100 classical music artists will travel to the U.S. and
take one of the world’s greatest stages—Avery Fisher Hall
at Lincoln Center—to honor the forgotten heroes of “the
Forgotten War” on Thursday, August 26 at 7:30 pm. The
Korean Women’s Chorus of Germany, many of whom are
Korean War survivors, soprano Kyoung-ran Kim, tenor
Dong-Ho Shin, The Bohemian Singers and South
Korea’s first countertenor Sae-jin Kim are among the
performers in The Voice of Korea: The Korean
War-Memorial Concert. As 2010 is the 60th
anniversary of the Korean War, the event is designed to pay
tribute to the American soldiers who risked their lives to
guarantee the freedoms of South Koreans. Congressman and
Korean War veteran Charles B. Rangel will join forces
with Yonghwa Ha, chairman of the Korean American
Association of Greater New York, for remarks about
U.S.-Korean relations. The event, which will be attended by
South Korean Ambassador to the United Nations In-kook
Park and South Korean Consul General Young-mok
Kim, is sponsored by the Korea Foundation and produced
by PMG Korea.
Sixty-five members of the Korean Women’s Chorus of Germany,
led by choral director Yong-sun Cheong, will perform. Having
witnessed the Korean War firsthand, many of the group’s
members travelled to Germany to serve as nurses after the
fighting ceased. To pass the time in off-hours they would
meet to reminisce and sing Korean folk songs and arias—some
traveling up to eight hours for rehearsal. As their singing
skills improved they began performing at various events. In
2007, the group was officially founded.
Kyoung-ran Kim and Sae-jin Kim will each be
accompanied by The New York Symphony Orchestra under
the baton of Dong-ki Shin. Tenor Dong-ho Shin,
pianist Carissa Kim and Korean oboist
Seongbin Bae will also perform, with Bae offering a
Korean traditional song. The Bohemian Singers, an 11-person
all-male group, will sing traditional operatic fare as well
as folk songs from America, Korea and around the globe.
“Sadly, even in Korea, the Korean War is becoming a distant
memory to many and few events hosted by the Korean people
have paid tribute to the American soldier,” said Peter Park,
CEO and President of PMG Korea, producer of the event. “In
honor of the 60th anniversary of the war, we have
tried our best to match the American soldiers’ world-class
efforts by hosting an event with world-class artists at one
of the premier concert venues in the world, Avery Fisher
Hall at Lincoln Center.” PMG Korea produced a similar thank
you concert in Korea in October 2009 and invited U.S.
veterans and current U.S. troops to attend.
American veterans of all wars will be invited to attend the
concert for free. To purchase tickets, which cost $70, $50,
and $20, please log onto
www.lincolncenter.org. For more information, please
email
pakospark@gmail.com.
PROGRAM
Tae-jun Park
“Thinking of a Friend”
F.P.
Schubert
“Heidenroeslein”
Yong-sun
Cheong “The Song of Home”
New York Symphony Orchestra
Dong-ki
Shin, Conductor
The Korean
Women's Chorus of Germany
Yong-sun
Cheong, choral director
G.F. Handel
“Ah,
mio cor!” from Alcina
New York Symphony Orchestra
Dong-ki
Shin, Conductor
Kyoung-ran Kim, soprano
Wolfgang A.
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 C
major K 467
New York Symphony Orchestra
Dong-ki
Shin, Conductor
Carissa
Kim, piano
G.F. Handel
“Lascia ch'io pianga” from Rinaldo
New York Symphony Orchestra
Dong-ki
Shin, Conductor
Sae-jin
Kim, counter tenor
Korean Folk
Song “A Ballad of Bird”
Korean Folk
Song “A Young Lady from
Ulsan”
Yang-sun
Cheong “Rise and Shine”
New York Symphony Orchestra
Dong-ki
Shin, Conductor
The Korean
Women's Chorus of Germany
Seong-sook
Choi, soprano
Yong-sun
Cheong, choral director
INTERMISSION
Korean
Traditional Song “Sang-ryung Mountain”
Seongbin
Bae, Korean Oboe
G. Bizet
“Au fond du temple saint” from opera Les
Pecheurs De Perles
G. Puccini
“0
mio babbino caro” from Gianni Schicchi
G. Verdi
“Brindisi” from La Traviata
Stephen
Foster
“Beautiful Dreamer”
Irish Folk
Song “Danny
Boy”*
Zambian Folk Song “Bonse Aba”
Hebrew Folk Song “Hava
Nageela”
Bohemian
Singers
*
Eun-kyoung Ahn, Korean Oboe
Soo-hwyun Gum “A Swing”
G. Donizetti “Una
furtiva lagrima” from L'Elisir d'amore
Dong-Ho
Shin, tenor
Chang-sik
Song “We”
Myung-sun
Yoon “Whoops”
Traditional Korean Ballad “Kyongbok
Gung Taryeong”
American
Traditional Song “When The Saints Go
Marching In”
(arr. Denys Hood)
Edwin R.
Hawkins (arr. O. Brown) “Oh Happy Day!”
Bohemian
Singers
G.
Puccini
“Nessun Dorma” from Turandot
Bohemian
Singers
Dong-ho
Shin, tenor
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