A Classical Music Journey on a Midsummer Night Returning After 3 Years

‘Songpa-gu Youth Symphony Orchestra’ Regular Concert Held on August 4 at Hanseong Baekje Museum... A Musical Gift for Residents with ‘A Journey with Mendelssohn’

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Songpa-gu (Mayor Seogang Seok) has prepared a ‘Classical Music Journey on a Midsummer Night’ for its residents.

This event was the ‘Songpa-gu Youth Symphony Orchestra’ regular concert held for the first time in three years, which took place on August 4th at 7 p.m. at the Hanseong Baekje Hall in the Hanseong Baekje Museum.

The Songpa-gu Youth Symphony Orchestra is a Songpa-gu municipal arts group composed of 46 youths aged 12 to 19 residing in Songpa-gu. Since its founding in 2000, under the direction of conductor Jung Deok Park, it has taken the lead in providing various cultural enjoyment opportunities to residents through regular concerts, permanent performances at the Seokchon Lake Atelier, and participation in local cultural festivals.

This regular concert was themed ‘A Journey with Mendelssohn’ and featured ▲Mendelssohn’s Fingal’s Cave ▲Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1, 3rd movement ▲Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, 3rd movement ▲Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4, Italy.

The first piece, ‘Fingal’s Cave,’ is a work that best reveals Mendelssohn’s compositional style, allowing the audience to experience through music the impressions he felt while traveling to various countries. It gave the impression of looking at a landscape painting capturing the ever-changing sea.

The second piece, ‘Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1,’ was filled with the romantic sentiment characteristic of the representative Romantic composer Bruch. The third piece, ‘Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto,’ featured a Russian folk dance style, blending lyricism, passion, sighs, and hope, providing the audience with diverse enjoyment.

The concert finale, ‘Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4, Italy,’ showcased cheerful, peaceful, lively, and explosive melodies from the first to the fourth movement, comforting the hearts of residents weary from COVID-19.

Seogang Seok, Mayor of Songpa-gu, said, “I hope this time listening to the Songpa-gu Youth Symphony Orchestra’s performance, returning after three years, provided warm comfort and emotion amid difficult crises,” and added, “We will continue to promote diverse cultural programs that residents can easily access in their daily lives to create Songpa, a city where culture and arts breathe.”

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