Famous Orchestral Music "A Bumper Harvest in Chongsan Plain"
Pyongyang, August 8 (KCNA) -- The National Symphony Orchestra, an art troupe of national treasure in the DPRK, greets its 80th founding anniversary (August 8, 1946).
Everyone in the country loves and enjoys the works of the National Symphony Orchestra including orchestral music "A Bumper Harvest in the Chongsan Plain", "Blue Sky over My Country", "The Girl on the Swing" and "Mungyong Pass".
In particular, "A Bumper Harvest in the Chongsan Plain" has widely been known among the people as a typical masterpiece of orchestral music.
The National Symphony Orchestra successfully represented the famous song (words by Kim Sang O and music by Kim Ok Song) produced in 1960, a year of high yield in the history of agricultural development of the country, as a typical work of Korean-style orchestra under the guidance of Chairman
The prelude to the music gives the audience a feeling of looking at the field with bumper crop. It vividly represents the stirring life on the socialist land through vibrant tune and the cheerful and optimistic melody of the folk song.
The audience enthusiastically sent loud applauses to saenap solo reminiscent of the panoramic view of the distribution place where the peasant dance is going on and to total ensemble
This year, too, many people enjoyed the concert given by the National Symphony Orchestra at the Moranbong Theatre on the occasion of May Day, the international holiday of the working people all over the world. They said that they seem to see the bumper harvest in the Chongsan plain through the orchestral music "A Bumper Harvest in the Chongsan Plain" and they sang the song with great excitement.
"A Bumper Harvest in the Chongsan Plain" given by the National Symphony Orchestra, a typical masterpiece of Korean music, is also evoking admiration among overseas Koreans and foreigners for its peculiar sound of mixed orchestra of the Juche type. -0-