'Song of Unification' recreates the heroic and tragic period of the nation

The art program Song of Unity bears the mark of history, patriotism and national pride.

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On the evening of April 21, the chamber symphony program Song of Unification, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the country's reunification (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025), took place at the Southern Military Theater (HCMC). The program was directed by the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army and organized by the Military University of Culture and Arts.

Attending the Unification Song music night were Mr. Nguyen Trong Nghia, Head of the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission; Senior Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet, Director of the General Political Department of the Vietnam People's Army; Ms. Truong My Hoa, former Vice President; General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, Senior Lieutenant General Vo Minh Luong, Deputy Minister of National Defense... along with many guests and a large audience.

The program features performances by People's Artist Duong Minh Duc, Meritorious Artist Vu Thang Loi, Meritorious Artist Pham Khanh Ngoc, Pham Thu Ha, Meritorious Artist Van Mai, Meritorious Artist Dinh Hoai Xuan, Do To Hoa, Luong Nguyet Anh, Le Xuan Hao..., under the direction of People's Artist Nguyen Xuan Bac and Meritorious Artist Tran Vuong Thach.

The program opened with the medley Country by the Waves - Footprints in the Front performed by singer Xuan Hao, the Choir of the Ho Chi Minh City Ballet, Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) and the Army Symphony Orchestra.

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Special collaborations in 'Unification Song'

The program consists of 18 performances, divided into 3 chapters, highlighting each historical period of the country. In chapter 1 - The South goes first and then comes the songs Returning to Motherland, Gratitude to Ms. Vo Thi Sau, Battalion 307, Ho on the banks of Hien Luong, Each step makes us love our Fatherland more . The content of the works clearly reflects the historical space of a period of the struggle for national liberation, continuing to arouse patriotism and revolutionary spirit for the next generations.

The performance Battalion 307 was performed by People's Artist Duong Minh Duc, Minh Hai, Trinh Phuong, Duong Duc, and Viet Hoa.

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Meritorious Artist Vu Thang Loi and singer Pham Thu Ha harmonize through the song Each step makes us love our Fatherland more.

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Chapter 2 with the theme of Battle Songs includes songs about the period after the 1954 Geneva Agreement, when Vietnam was divided into two regions. The North advanced to build socialism, becoming a great rear base, providing human and material support to the South to continue the national democratic revolution, fighting to unify the country.

During those years, music was not only lyrics, but also the power to encourage soldiers to go to battle, the heroic song of patriotism. Songs resounded from the battlefield with melodies praising soldiers, about the love of the people in the rear, about the desire for peace such as Stepping on the Truong Son Range, On the Top of Truong Son We Sing, Your Love, My Homeland Quang Binh, Two Sisters - Bringing Rice to Mother Plowing, Hanoi Song... Those melodies are the echoes from the past to the present, reminding future generations to remember a tragic and heroic period of our army and people.

People's Artist Nguyen Xuan Bac and Meritorious Artist Tran Vuong Thach conducted the orchestra, combining with singers to bring impressive performances.

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The great victory of the spring of 1975 marked a new golden page in the history of the Vietnamese people when the country was unified. This victory was the crystallization of many years of steadfast fighting, of the indomitable will and belief in victory of the entire nation. This was not only a military victory but also an immortal heroic epic of the nation, opening a period of peace, independence and development, for the country to firmly enter a new era.

That is also the theme of chapter 3 of Victory Monument, bringing a series of songs Ben Tre Standing Posture, Dak Rong River, Spring Returns, the medley Spring in the War Zone - Greetings to the Liberation Army, Celebrating the Spring of Great Victory, You Are the Faith in Certain Victory, Unification Song... depicting the pride of the country in the great moment of the nation.

The image of beloved Uncle Ho - the great leader of the nation appears in the work He is the belief in certain victory, through the performance of Trinh Phuong and the HBSO Choir.

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Meritorious Artist Pham Khanh Ngoc made the audience clap non-stop with the medley Spring in the war zone - Hello liberation army, hello spring of great victory.

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The program ended with the medley Songs from the city named after Him - The country rises up

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Throughout the Unification Song program, the songs are musical narratives, recreating the glorious feats of our army and people through two long marches, so that each Vietnamese child loves freedom and independence even more, and together they firmly step into the era of national growth.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/bai-ca-thong-nhat-tai-hien-thoi-ky-bi-trang-hao-hung-cua-dan-toc-185250422004424337.htm