"To popularize classic music and spread the gospel", a gospel concert was conducted in a centennial church in China’s southern-coastal Guangdong Province.
In the concert held in Guangzhou Shamian Church with the concept of musical authenticity for the first time, Jiamu Baroque Ancient Orchestra performed all the pieces of church music with the Baroque ancient instruments on July 24, according to Guangdong CC&TSPM.
During the concert hosted by Rev. Hou Dian of the church, Liu Liansheng from the orchestra talked about the style, instrument, and composition concept of each piece, as well as the relationship between the piece and the Christian faith. The selected music pieces were mainly from J.S. Bach, Philipp Telemann, Antonio Vivaldi, Dieterich Buxtehude, and Georg Friedrich Handel, involving various genres such as sonatas, variations, and opera excerpts. Combined with solo and various ensembles, the concert presented the solemn and sacred style, flexible forms, and pleasant acoustics of church music.
In recent years, the church hosted concerts to keep believers cool in the hot summer, "improving the musical quality of believers by explaining the background of Christian music works".
- Translated by Abigail Wu
2022年7月24日下午，佳慕巴洛克古乐团在沙面堂举办了福音音乐会。这是沙面堂第一场以“本真主义”音乐理念而举办的巴洛克音乐会，所有曲目均由巴洛克古乐器演奏,据广东省基督教两会。
音乐会由沙面堂侯典牧师主礼，佳慕巴洛克古乐团刘连生老师不仅讲解了每首乐曲的风格、乐器与作曲理念，并阐述了曲目与基督教信仰的关联。选曲以J.S 巴赫、菲利普·泰勒曼、安东尼奥·维瓦尔第、布克斯胡德、亨德尔为主，涉及奏鸣曲、变奏曲、歌剧选段等多种体裁、以独奏、多种重奏结合，呈现出教堂音乐庄重神圣的风格、灵活多变的形式与悦人的音响效果，。
近年来，广东省基督教沙面堂都会在炎热的夏季举办纳凉音乐会，"普及古典音乐知识，并籍基督宗教音乐作品的背景讲解，提升信徒音乐素质，传扬基督福音。"
https://www.gospeltimes.cn/article/index/id/63827
佳慕巴洛克古乐团在沙面堂举办福音音乐会
"To popularize classic music and spread the gospel", a gospel concert was conducted in a centennial church in China’s southern-coastal Guangdong Province.
In the concert held in Guangzhou Shamian Church with the concept of musical authenticity for the first time, Jiamu Baroque Ancient Orchestra performed all the pieces of church music with the Baroque ancient instruments on July 24, according to Guangdong CC&TSPM.
During the concert hosted by Rev. Hou Dian of the church, Liu Liansheng from the orchestra talked about the style, instrument, and composition concept of each piece, as well as the relationship between the piece and the Christian faith. The selected music pieces were mainly from J.S. Bach, Philipp Telemann, Antonio Vivaldi, Dieterich Buxtehude, and Georg Friedrich Handel, involving various genres such as sonatas, variations, and opera excerpts. Combined with solo and various ensembles, the concert presented the solemn and sacred style, flexible forms, and pleasant acoustics of church music.
In recent years, the church hosted concerts to keep believers cool in the hot summer, "improving the musical quality of believers by explaining the background of Christian music works".
- Translated by Abigail Wu
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