50 years of national reunification: Special chamber symphony art program 'Song of Reunification'

Comrade Nguyen Trong Nghia (white shirt), Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission and delegates attending the Program.

Comrade Nguyen Trong Nghia, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda and Education Commission; Senior Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army; Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, Deputy Minister of National Defense; Senior Lieutenant General Vo Minh Luong, Deputy Minister of National Defense; Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, Heroes of the People's Armed Forces and a large number of officers, soldiers of the armed forces and people of Ho Chi Minh City attended the Program.

The special symphonic and chamber music program “Song of Unification” includes the opening part with the Overture “Country on the Shore of Waves - Footprints Ahead”, recreating Vietnam from the dawn of the nation’s founding, the struggles to preserve sovereignty, President Ho Chi Minh’s journey to find a way to save the country and the development in the new era. The main content of the program includes 3 chapters.

The opening part with the Overture "Country on the Shore - Footprints Ahead" opens the Program.

Chapter 1 with the theme “The South goes first and comes last” includes works such as “Returning to the Motherland” (Nguyen Van Thuong); “Grateful to Ms. Vo Thi Sau” (Nguyen Duc Toan), “Battalion 307” (Nguyen Huu Tri)… reflecting the historical space of the period of national liberation struggle until 1954, expressing patriotism, fighting spirit and indomitable spirit of the nation…

Artist Do To Hoa performs the work "Grateful to Ms. Vo Thi Sau".

Chapter 2 has the theme “Song of the Battlefield” with songs that have been around for years such as “Footsteps on the Truong Son Range” (Vu Trong Hoi), “On the top of Truong Son we sing” (Huy Du), “Bringing rice to mother plowing” (Han Ngoc Bich), “Song of Hanoi” (Vu Thanh)… praising the steadfast spirit of our army and people, the bravery of the soldiers, the love for the home front, the desire for peace, recalling the tragic and heroic period of our army and people from 1954-1975.

Chapter 3 with the theme “Victory Monument” includes the works “Ben Tre Posture” (Nguyen Van Ty), “Dak Rong River in Spring” (To Hai); Medley “Spring in the War Zone - Greetings to the Liberation Army, Celebrating the Great Spring Victory” (Xuan Hong - Hoang Van), “You are the Faith of Certain Victory” (Chu Minh), “Song of Unification” (Vo Van Di)… depicting heroic images in the resistance war against the US, national pride in the moment of victory as well as expressing the history, strength and aspirations of Vietnam through the stages of national unification, innovation, international integration and steady development into the new era.

The program "Song of Unification" with the participation of the Army Symphony Orchestra; artists from the University of Military Culture and Arts, the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army and the Choir of the Ho Chi Minh City Opera and Ballet Theater.

Artists of the Army Symphony Orchestra perform at the Program.

The artists participating in the performance include many prominent faces such as People's Artist Duong Minh Duc; Meritorious Artists: Vu Thang Loi, Pham Khanh Ngoc, Van Mai... The orchestra is conducted by Colonel, People's Artist Nguyen Xuan Bac and Meritorious Artist Tran Vuong Thach.

The work "Battalion 307" excited the whole audience.

The special chamber symphony art program “Song of Unification” aims to deeply propagate the significance, stature and great historical value of the Great Spring Victory of 1975, a golden milestone of the Vietnamese nation; affirm the Victory of April 30, 1975 as a great achievement in the cause of national liberation led by our Party and President Ho Chi Minh; honor and pay deep gratitude to the generations of fathers and brothers who did not spare their blood and bones, dedicating their whole lives to the cause of national liberation.

From there, it arouses and promotes the tradition of patriotism, revolutionary heroism, and the will to fight and win of our people in the cause of building and defending the Fatherland. At the same time, it affirms the eternal value of the Victory of April 30, 1975, enhances the responsibility of today's generation in preserving and promoting the heroic tradition of the nation, turning pride into motivation, joining hands to build and defend the Fatherland in the era of national development.

News and photos: Xuan Khu (Vietnam News Agency)

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