Taichu-shū Monogatari A Musical Journey
09/18(Fri)19:30
Continuing its decade-long Formosa Gramophone Project, the Taiwan Youth Wind Orchestra revisits the cityscape of Taichu Prefecture through music. Works inspired by Huang Tu-shui’s Sweet Dew and Yen Shui-long’s public art meet the 1940 Taichu Shrine Hymn, bringing architecture, art, faith, and memory into dialogue. Tetsuya Watanabe’s newly commissioned Memories of the Sacred Grove receives its world premiere in Taichung, transforming an archival melody, field research, and urban memory into a nine-minute symphonic wind work. The concert invites audiences to rediscover an earlier Taichung through sound—and carry a piece of its story home.
Taichu-shū Monogatari A Musical Journey
Music
Approx. 90 minutes with a 15-minute intermission
350/600/900/1200/1500
※Presenter:Taiwan Youth Wind Orchestra
※Co-Presenter:Cultural Affairs Bureau, Taichung City Government
※Advisor:Ministry of Culture
※Suggested for ages 5 and above