Classical music
Hoshina Hiroshi’s World — 40th Anniversary of the Nagoya Symphonic Band (保科洋的世界 — 名古屋首席管樂團創團40周年紀念台灣公演) brings the highly regarded orchestra and its conductor, Japanese national treasure Hoshina Hiroshi, to perform in Taiwan once again after a 10-year break. The concert also features piano soloist Kaori. The program includes Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, Hiroshi’s own Rise of the Firebird and a medley of Taiwanese songs.
■Today at 7:30pm
■Taipei City Government Family Theater (台北市政府親子劇場), 2F, Taipei City Hall, 1 Shifu Rd, Taipei City (台北市市府路1號2樓)
■Tickets are NT$800 to NT$1,800, available through ERA ticketing
Classical Fever: Lyrical Preludes (古典發燒夜 — 詩篇.序曲) is a concert by the Kaohsiung City Symphony Orchestra (高雄市交響樂團). The program includes Liszt’s Symphonic Poem No.3 “Les Preludes”, Hummel’s Introduction, Theme and Variations for Oboe and Orchestra , Op.10 and Brahms’ Symphony No.1 in C Minor, Op.68.
■Today at 7:30pm
■Kaohsiung City Concert Hall (高雄市音樂館演奏廳), 99 Hesi Rd, Kaohsiung City (高雄市河西路99號)
■Tickets are NT$250, available through ERA ticketing
Concerto of TFGWB 50th Anniversary (北一女中樂隊五十週年紀念音樂會 ) has the orchestra of alumni from Taiwan’s most prestigious girl’s high school, the Taipei First Girls’ High School, performing Sibelius’ Finlandia, Guilmant’s Symphonic Piece and Wagner’s Overture to Tannhauser, among other works.
■Tuesday at 7:30pm
■Novel Hall (新舞台), 3-1 Songshou Rd, Taipei City (台北市松壽路3-1號)
■Tickets are NT$200 to NT$500, available through NTCH ticketing
Soloists of Taiwan — Clarinet Recital by Yeh Min-ho (獨奏家系列 — 葉明和單簧管獨奏會) sees the up-and-coming musician performing with piano and percussion accompaniment. The program includes Devienne’s Sonata No. 2 in E-flat Major for Clarinet and Pian, Norbert Goddaer Clarinet Unlimited for Clarinet Solo and Debussy’s Premiere Rhapsody.
Tomorrow night the Comedy Club, near National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei, presents Twice as Funny, with stand-up comedians Dan “Gonzo” Machanik and Hartley Pool. Machanik, who got his start as a stand-up comic two decades ago at comedy shows in Aspen, Colorado, and New York, describes his act as “no-holds barred expatriate humor that takes audiences on a wild ride through the glimmering underbelly of the Asian experience.” Pool, who is known for his classic English humor, has performed in his native UK, Central and Eastern Europe and Singapore. Both Pool and Machanik are regular fixtures in Taiwan’s expat comedy scene. They promise plenty of new material and remind audiences to expect the unexpected.
Tonight’s show is in English and is not suitable for the easily offended.
■Twice as Funny, featuring Dan “Gonzo” Machanik and Hartley Pool at the Comedy Club, B1, 24 Taishun St, Taipei City (台北市泰順街24號B1). Visit english.comedy.com.tw for more information. For reservations, call (02) 2369-3730 or send an e-mail to social@comedyclub.tw
■Tomorrow night at 10pm; doors open at 9:30pm
■NT$300 entrance includes one drink; NT$80 beer specials throughout the evening
■Sunday at 7:30pm
■National Recital Hall, Taipei City
Tickets are NT$600, available through NTCH ticketing
Theater
Chilean-based theater group Teatro Cinema blends the vocabulary of film with a traditional approach to the stage to mount a story of revenge called Sin Sangre (Without Blood) as part of the 10th Taipei Arts Festival. Based on the novel Senza Sangue by Italian novelist Alessandro Baricco, the play begins with the revenge killing of a man and his family. His youngest daughter survives after one of the murderers lets her go free. Decades later, she exacts her own revenge on the killers.
■Zhongshan Hall (中山堂), 98 Yenping S Rd, Taipei City (台北市延平南路98號)
■Tonight and tomorrow at 7:30pm and Sunday at 2:30pm
■Tickets are NT$500 to NT$2,000, available through NTCH ticketing
King Lear by Contemporary Legend Theater (當代傳奇劇場) updates Shakespeare’s classic play and gives it a Beijing opera twist. Originally staged in 2000 and revised two years ago as part of Contemporary Theater Oriental Shakespeare, Wu Hsing-kuo’s (吳興國) interpretation presents all the characters in a one-man show.
■Tainan Municipal Cultural Center (台南市立文化中心), 332, Chunghua E Rd Sec 3, Tainan City (台南市中華東路三段332號)
■Tonight at 7:30pm
■Tickets are NT$400 to NT$1,500, available through NTCH ticketing
Happiness Part 1 & 2 (浮浪貢開花 Part 1 & 2) is a light and carefree Taiwanese musical by Golden Bough Theater (金枝演社) that tells the story of a young bohemian searching for happiness and the interesting places where it is found.
RSS