滿地可的唐人街: 攝影图片 / Montréal's Chinatown: Some Photographs

這是在五月十七日与合唱團往滿地可演唱時, 在唐人亍 Chinatown 攝影的几張照片。據我所知, 加拿大以溫哥華和多倫多的唐人亍最大, 滿地可我相信是居第三位。由於法語在魁北克省佔重要地位, 故此很多唐人亍的商人都懂說中丶英丶法三樣語言, 而法律对招牌告廣亦有語言規限。

根據「維基百科」: 加拿大統計局報告在2001年, 蒙特利爾有52110華僑華人，占人口總數的1.5%。 ... 滿地可市區人口大部分說法語或者英法雙語。其中大滿市區法語裔人口佔67.8%，英法以外語裔18.4%，英語裔13.8%。英語裔和其它語裔大部分集中在蒙特利爾島上。

在加拿大全國, 魁北克省是最充滿歐洲風味的一個省份, 如攝影图片所示, 滿地可唐人亍亦是一個充滿中國歷史和文化的地方, 各位網友如果來加東探訪, 一定不要錯過這個值得旅遊的好去处。

Related Information: Photo of downtown Montreal from Wikipedia

References:

* "Montreal" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal

* 【滿地可 / 蒙特利爾)】 http://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E8%92%99%E7%89%B9%E5%88%A9%E5%B0%94&variant=zh-hk

瑤族舞曲: 安省海外華人青年交響樂團 / Dance of the Yao People: Overseas Chinese Youth Symphony Orchestra (Ontario) OCYSO

The Music

The piece entitled "Dance of the Yao People 瑤族舞曲" posted on my YouTube account ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I1NC2JNkdU ) was conducted by Mr. Chuen Tam 譚全指揮 and performed by the Overseas Chinese Youth Symphony Orchestra (Ontario) OCYSO 安省海外華人青年交響樂團 on May 16, 2009 at the Dominion Chalmers United Church in Ottawa. The performance was part of a three-city (Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal) concert tour to celebrate the 10th anniversary of OCYSO.

Here are some info about the piece of music, according to Wikipedia:

"Dance of the Yao People" was originally composed in 1952 for western instruments by Liu Tieshan 劉鐵山 and Mao Yuan 茅沅 who had been inspired by the long drum dance 瑶族長鼓舞歌, a form of traditional festival music of the Yao people of southern and southwest China. The original music was premiered in Beijing in 1953.

Subsequently, the music have been arranged by other Chinese conductors and composers so that it can be played by traditional Chinese instruments. The work is in several sections, some slow and some fast. It begins in 2/4 meter at a slow tempo, moves to 3/4 meter, then returns to 2/4 meter in a faster tempo for the finale.

In the late 20th century, the song was used as the basis for several pop songs, in both China and the United States. The first 18 notes of the 1998 song "When You Believe," as recorded by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, are based on "Dance of the Yao People," although the Chinese composers of the original work were not credited.

攝影圖片 Photographs:

These pics of the Overseas Chinese Youth Symphony Orchestra (Ontario) OCYSO 安省海外華人青年交響樂團 were taken during their performances in Ottawa on May 16 and Montreal on May 17, 2009.

Related Links:

* 安省海外華人青年交響樂團: 音樂總監,指揮譚全先生 / Overseas Chinese Youth Symphony Orchestra (OCYSO): Maestro Chuen Tam, Music Director and Conductor http://lotusandcedar.blogspot.com/2009/05/ontario-chinese-youth-symphony.html

References:

* "Dance of the Yao People" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_of_the_Yao_people

* 【瑤族舞曲】http://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E7%91%A4%E6%97%8F%E8%88%9E%E6%9B%B2&variant=zh-hk

* "..... The Yao People 瑤族 is one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. The population of the Yao people is approximately 3.1 million; most of them are in China (2,640,000) and Vietnam (470,000)...." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_people

安省海外華人青年交響樂團: 音樂總監,指揮譚全先生 / Overseas Chinese Youth Symphony Orchestra (OCYSO): Maestro Chuen Tam, Music Director and Conductor

On May 17, 2009, I went to Montréal to participate in the third performance of the Overseas Chinese Youth Symphony Orchestra (Ontario) 安省海外華人青年交響樂團 OCYSO's three-city tour to celebrate its 10th anniversary. After an exciting afternoon performance at the Monument National Théâtre, local dignitaries, event organizers, as well as members of the OCYSO and the Ottawa Chinese You-in Chorus 悠音合唱團, went to a local restaurant to celebrate success.

Unbeknown to Mr. Chuen Tam 譚全, Music Director and Conductor of OCYSO, his friends had also planned a surprise birthday celebration for him at the banquet. Just as the main course was finished, a mini brass "band" showed up with trumpets blasting. Being caught by surprise, Mr. Tam was greatly moved when he was presented with a painted portrait of himself and a personal message from the Prime Minister of Canada, the Right Honourable Stephen Harper. He was roundly praised and applauded by dignitaries and friends alike for his tireless efforts and undivided dedication to promote classical music in Hong Kong / Canada and to groom the next generation of Chinese-Canadian musicians.

*** Please also see video clip of the celebration posted on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kXYGt7mQ0A ***

(Update: Please see my next blog article on "The Dance of the Yao People" performed by OCYSO http://lotusandcedar.blogspot.com/2009/05/dance-of-yao-people-ontario-chinese.html , with link to my YouTube video)

My other blog articles on classical music:

* YouTube: Nabucco "Va' pensiero, sull'ali dorate" / YouTube:《拿布果》“飞吧！思想，乘着金色的翅膀！”
http://lotusandcedar.blogspot.com/2008/10/youtube-nabucco-pensiero-sull-dorate.html

* Nabucco "Va' pensiero, sull'ali dorate" / 《拿布果》“飞吧！思想，乘着金色的翅膀！” http://lotusandcedar.blogspot.com/2008/10/nabucco-va-pensiero-sullali-dorate.html

* 【室內音樂: 安吉拉赫威特 丹尼爾穆勒斯科特 / Chamber Music with Angela Hewitt and Daniel Müller-Schott】 http://lotusandcedar.blogspot.com/2007/07/chamber-music-with-angela-hewitt-and.html

* 【室內音樂: 大鍵琴〔鋼琴的前身〕/ Chamber Music: Harpsichord】 http://lotusandcedar.blogspot.com/2007/07/chamber-music-harpsichord.html

References / Related Links:

* OCYSO's 10th Anniversary Concert Program in Montréal May 17, 2009: "Sino-Montréal 蒙城華人報網上版" http://www.sinomontreal.ca/bbs/showthread.php?t=639777 )

* Bibliography of Mr. Chuen Tam 譚全: A short description can be found inside the program booklet of OCYSO's 10th Anniversary Celebration Concert Tour (Toronto / May 2; Ottawa / May 16; Montréal / May 17, 2009)