CLARA TSANG CELLO RECITAL - SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME

Presented by Shen Shu Yi Foundation and Forever Red Project

Date: 11 May 2014 (Sunday 6:00pm)

Venue: 1/F, Hilltop Plaza, 49 Hollywood Road, Hong Kong

Performers

Clara Tsang, Cello 

Cherry Tsang, Piano

Ticket: HKD $380

(price includes complimentary food and drinks)

Ticket Order: 

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Program List: 
FAURÉ   Sicilienne, Op. 78

FAURÉ   Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1

FAURÉ   The Élégie, Op. 24

SCRIABIN   Romance for horn and piano

SCRIABIN   Etude Op. 8 No. 11 (Trans. Piatigorsky)
MASSENET   Méditation from Thaïs
GRIEG   Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36

DVOŘÁK   Songs my mother taught me, Op. 55 No. 4

All net proceeds will go to the Shen Shu Yi Foundation, which is dedicated to assist, help and inspire hope to students from Hong Kong's less privileged areas. Hope to see you there!

Songs My Mother Taught Me

Written in the year 1880, ‘Song My Mother Taught me’ is the fourth of seven songs from the Gypsy Songs, B. 104, Op.55 by Antonio Dvorak. A piece for voice and piano, it is set to the lyrics by German poet, Adolf Heyduk in both Czech and German. The lyrics go like this:

Songs my mother taught me, In the days long vanished;
Seldom from her eyelids were the teardrops banished.
Now I teach my children, each melodious measure.
Oft the tears are flowing, oft they flow from my memory's treasure.

Influenced by Bohemian Gypsy melodies, this song has achieved widespread fame. Conveying slight melancholy but also evoking feelings of optimism, this sentimental song speaks to universal feelings of love and affection towards our mother.