A hopeful note during the suffering and fear, the power of music and the human spirit. Prayers and humility added in this overreaching technology gone wrong, so awfully threatening us and our planet.
"All tickets were sold out and Japanese audiences came to attend their concerts despite the disaster, Mehta said, adding that it’s worthwhile doing those performances.
From his past conducting experience in many countries such as Germany, Israel and Lebanon, the maestro deeply believes that music can bring people together.
"Music has the healing power and we musicians should do more,” he said.
The first-half program of Taiwan’s concerts will open with the overtures of Verdi’s operas: “I Vespri Siciliani,” “Luisa Miller,” and “La Forza del Destino.” The second half features the original version of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 in D major, “Titan.”
To express their sympathy for the earthquake and tsunami-destroyed victims in Japan, the orchestra members under Mehta’s baton will play the Air on the G String – the second movement from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068.
The two concerts will be held at the Tainan Municipal Cultural Center tonight and at the National Concert Hall in Taipei tomorrow night. Tickets are now available at http://www.ticket.com.tw/
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