Viet Nam News
HCM CITY— Ho Chi Minh Television (HTV), in co-operation with its partners, will broadcast a special music programme this week to mark the 71st annual War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day on July 27.
The 90-minute show, Khat Vong Mua Xuan (Aspiration of Spring), will feature revolutionary and patriotic songs by composer Pham Minh Tuan, former deputy director of the HCM City Music Conservatory.
The show will include dozens of young and veteran singers, dancers and musicians from professional art troupes, including the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) and Ngay Moi ( New Day) Choir.
Meritorious Artist Ta Minh Tam and opera singer Anh Bang will be featured.
There will be performances in praise of the country, its history and traditional culture.
Featured songs will be those recognised as canons of revolutionary music, including Bai Ca Nguoi Nu Tu Ve (Song of Female Guerrilla) written in 1958, Bai Ca Khong Quen (Forever Song) in 1981 and Dat Nuoc (Country) in 1984.
Veteran singer Tam will sing along with artists of HBSO the new version of Dat Nuoc, a work on patriotism composed by Tuan with lyrics by poet Ta Huu Yen.
Pop songs about youth and love, such as Khat Vong (Aspiration) and Loi Nho Vao Doi (Pathway to Life), will be performed by young singers Tieu Chau Nhu Quynh and Yen Nhien, with support from the Sen Viet Dance Group.
The event’s highlights include Mua Xuan Tu Nhung Gieng Dau (Spring on Offshore-Oil Rigs), a popular song about the country’s development and workers released in 1984.
Tuan wrote the song after a fact-finding tour in 1981 to Vietsovpetro, a joint Vietnamese-Russian oil and gas enterprise in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province.
He joined the National Liberation Front of South Viet Nam in 1960.
He studied at the Viet Nam Music School and HCM City Music Conservatory, and was deputy general chairman of the Viet Nam Musicians’ Association.
Tuan has composed more than 100 songs, and dozens of music works for theatre and films.
He has released six albums featuring patriotic music, and has worked as a music lecturer for the HCM City Music Conservatory and art schools.
The show, Khat Vong Mua Xuan, will air at 9pm on July 27 on HTV 9 channel. — VNS