A church in Fujian Province on China’s southeast coast held an organ concert.
Fuzhou Huaxiang Church held an organ concert on the evening of March 15, which was hosted by Pastor Chen Ming.
Fuzhou Huaxiang Church installed the pipe organ, which is the oldest, largest, most complex, and most unique musical instrument, at a cost of 12 million RMB in 2017. The largest pipe organ in a Chinese church was officially performed in November 2018. Since then, the church has held organ performances during Sunday services, evangelistic rallies, and celebration services on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Chang Xiaoting, the organist for the Huaxiang Church concert, is the first Chinese organ performance doctor at the Royal Academy of Music. She received the honor at the age of 23 and became the youngest doctor in that area in the world.
In recent years, Dr. Chang has conducted organ concerts in Zhengzhou, Hangzhou, Singapore, the United Kingdom, France, and other places in Europe and has won many awards in major art competitions in China and abroad.
During the one-hour organ concert, Dr. Chang performed famous pieces composed by worldly-known composers such as Bach, Tchaikovsky, Pachelbel, Weber, and Elgar, as well as the hymn “Amazing Grace,” which is full of confession, gratitude, redemption, and rebirth. Prof. Ding Chaobin, director of the Fujian Symphony Orchestra, played the flute and Dr. Chang's organ together at the concert.
- Translated by Kristina Ran
中国东南沿海的福建省的一个大教堂举行管风琴音乐会。
3月15日晚上，福州花巷堂再次举行管风琴音乐会，由陈明牧师主持这场音乐会。
2017年福州基督教花巷堂在新堂装配中，装配了世界上最古老、体积最大、最复杂的、最独特的乐器之王——管风琴，造价1200万元。这个当时全国最大的管风琴于2018年11月正式启用，之后教堂每年的平安夜、圣诞夜的音乐崇拜、主日崇拜和福音布道晚会都使用这台管风琴。
管风琴演奏者常晓婷姐妹是英国皇家音乐学院首位华人管风琴演奏博士，她也是世界上最年轻的管风琴演奏博士(23岁获得该荣誉)。
常博士近年曾在国内郑州、杭州和新加坡、英国、法国以及欧洲多地举办管风琴音乐会，并多次斩获国内外各大艺术赛事奖项。
在一个多小时的管风琴音乐会上，常晓婷博士演奏了巴赫、柴可夫斯基、帕赫贝尔、韦伯、艾尔加等世界著名作曲家创作的名曲。演奏了充满忏悔、感恩、赎罪、重生的《奇异恩典》赞美诗。音乐会上，福建省歌舞剧院交响乐团长丁朝斌教授的长笛和常博士的管风琴默契演奏。
福州大教堂举办管风琴演奏会
A church in Fujian Province on China’s southeast coast held an organ concert.
Fuzhou Huaxiang Church held an organ concert on the evening of March 15, which was hosted by Pastor Chen Ming.
Fuzhou Huaxiang Church installed the pipe organ, which is the oldest, largest, most complex, and most unique musical instrument, at a cost of 12 million RMB in 2017. The largest pipe organ in a Chinese church was officially performed in November 2018. Since then, the church has held organ performances during Sunday services, evangelistic rallies, and celebration services on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Chang Xiaoting, the organist for the Huaxiang Church concert, is the first Chinese organ performance doctor at the Royal Academy of Music. She received the honor at the age of 23 and became the youngest doctor in that area in the world.
In recent years, Dr. Chang has conducted organ concerts in Zhengzhou, Hangzhou, Singapore, the United Kingdom, France, and other places in Europe and has won many awards in major art competitions in China and abroad.
During the one-hour organ concert, Dr. Chang performed famous pieces composed by worldly-known composers such as Bach, Tchaikovsky, Pachelbel, Weber, and Elgar, as well as the hymn “Amazing Grace,” which is full of confession, gratitude, redemption, and rebirth. Prof. Ding Chaobin, director of the Fujian Symphony Orchestra, played the flute and Dr. Chang's organ together at the concert.
- Translated by Kristina Ran
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