Theater
Last and Next (上次、這次、下次), a performance of Chinese cross-talk at Novel Hall (新舞台), 3-1 Songshou Rd, Taipei (台北市松壽路3-1號).
● Tickets are NT$300 to NT$1,200 and are available through NTCH ticketing.
● Tonight at 7:30pm and tomorrow and Sunday at 2:30pm
101 Dalmatians by the Paper Windmill Theater (紙風車劇團), at the Taipei County Arts Center (台北縣藝文中心), 62 Zhuangjing Rd, Banqiao City, Taipei County (台北縣板橋市莊敬路62號).
● Tickets are NT$400 to NT$900 and can be obtained at the venue.
● Saturday at 2:30pm, and 7:30pm; Sunday at 10:30am and 2:30pm
Music
For Mothers, a concert for Mother's Day, by the Taipei Chamber Choir (台北室內合唱團), at the National Concert Hall, Taipei.
● Tickets are available free of charge from the NTCH box office.
● Tonight 7:30pm
Brahms: Double Concerto with the Taipei Symphony Orchestra (台北市立交響樂團), including Paganinini's Violin Concerto No. 1 and Pfitzner's Cello Concerto, at the National Concert Hall, Taipei.
● Tickets are NT$200 to NT$800 and are available through NTCH ticketing.
● Tomorrow 7:30pm
Shostakovich Symphony No. 8 performed by the NSO under Chien Wen-bin (簡文彬) and with cellist Natalia Gutman coming on stage to perform the Schumann Cello Concerto Op. 129, at the National Concert Hall, Taipei.
● Tickets are NT$300 to NT$1,500 and are available through NTCH ticketing.
● Sunday 2:30pm
The Songs of Mozart (莫札特歌曲之夜), a program of songs by Mozart displaying another side of his talent quite distinct from his choral works, at the National Recital Hall, Taipei.
● Tickets are NT$300 to NT$500 and are available through NTCH ticketing.
● Tomorrow 7:30pm
Tang Wan-chun Piano Recital (湯婉君鋼琴獨奏會), a rising star in Taiwan's classical music scene plays a program of Bach, Schumann, Bartok and Rachmaninoff at the National Recital Hall, Taipei.
● Tickets are NT$300 to NT$500 and are available through NTCH ticketing.
● Sunday 7:30pm
Phonon Percussion Ensemble (聲子樂擊室內樂團) performs a program of percussion music at the Sinjhuang City Cultural Center (新莊文化藝術中心), 133 Zhongping Rd, Sinjhuang City, Taipei County (台北縣新莊市中平路133號).
● Tickets are NT$200 to NT$500 and are available through ERA ticketing.
● Today 2:30pm
Brazilian Carnival (熱情、奔放、樂森巴音樂會) a program of Latin Music at the Family Theater (台北市立親子劇場), 2F, 1, Shifu Rd, Taipei (台北市市府路一號2樓).
● Tickets are NT$400 to NT$800 and are available through ERA ticketing.
● Tonight 7:30pm
Forum Music (十方樂集) celebrates its tenth anniversary with a program of percussion music at their home venue, Forum Auditorium (十方樂集音樂劇場), 4, Lane 187, Mintzu W Rd (台北市民族西路187巷4號).
Call (02) 2593-5811.
● Tickets are NT$300 and are available by contacting Forum Music at (02) 2593-5811.
● Today, tomorrow and Sunday at 7:30pm
Music Inspires Pictures, part of the Just Back from Germany series of concerts features music by German, Austrian and French musicians inspired by the paintings of Chen Luo-ke (陳羅克), at the German Cultural Center located at 12F, 20 Heping W Rd Sec 1, Taipei (台北市和平西路一段20號12樓).
More information at www.dk-taipei.org.tw or call (02) 2365-7294.
● Admission is free.
● Thursday 7:30pm
Events
2006 Guandu International Outdoor Sculpture Festival (第一屆關渡國際自然裝置藝術節), featuring the work of Jane Ingrame Allen entitled Nests for Humans, an outdoor installation of "human nests" in which people can think about man's relationship with birds and nature generally. More information at www.gd-park.org.tw or call (02) 2858-7417. At Guandu Nature Park (關渡自然公園), 55 Guandu Rd., Taipei (台北市關渡路55號). More information at www.gd-park.org.tw.
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