Telling the story of Hanoi during the subsidy period through music

Baoquocte.vn. The music program about Hanoi Street Stories during the Subsidy Period will be premiered on the evening of October 14 at the Youth Theater, Hanoi.

Tái hiện lại Hà Nội những năm 1980 bằng âm nhạc

Long Bien Bridge - cultural symbol of Hanoi . (Photo: N. N)

With the desire to preserve and revive memories of a time, to further appreciate existing values, the Youth Theater performed a musical show called Street Stories during the Subsidy Period , recreating Hanoi in the 1980s through music.

The script "Chuyen pho thoi doi bien" by musician Tran Le Chien (Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Vietnam Music Magazine), directed by Meritorious Artist Le Anh Tuyet and the creative team of artists from the Youth Theater will tell the audience a story about the subsidy period through music, with the desire to preserve and revive the memories of a time, to love and cherish the existing contemporary values more.

The musical show Street Stories in the Subsidy Period tells the story of a four-generation family living in Hanoi's Old Quarter. The joys and sorrows, conflicts and even private happiness reflect a part of the lives of Hanoians in the 1980s.

Each person has a different personality, job and interests. Four generations like different music genres, different songs…; then conflicts arise in humorous, happy situations…

In the end, those small conflicts in life were healed by music, by everyone in the family, in that small alley, had the same love for music and it was music that erased all the conflicting boundaries in society.

After all, a wedding with fresh flowers, warm smiles in the jubilant atmosphere of music and passionate dances of young people shows that life is beautiful...

The program Street Stories during the Subsidy Period has the participation of Meritorious Artists: Duc Long, Anh Tuyet; singers: Ton Son, Tuan Nghia, Quoc Chi, Nam Anh, Quang Thien, Quang Trong, Thanh Nhan, Ha Uyen Linh, Mai Hang, Hong Giang...

The songs performed in the program include: Memories of the city of childhood , Milk flower by musician Hong Dang; Remembering Hanoi's autumn by musician Trinh Cong Son; Remembering Hanoi by musician Hoang Hiep; Sad city by musician Lam Phuong; Seven days of waiting , Dating story by musician Tran Thien Thanh; Like a love song , Oh beloved life by musician Nguyen Ngoc Thien; My little story by musician Thanh Tung; Little sun , Goodbye swallow by musician Tran Tien; You are like a ray of sunshine by musician Nguyen Duc Trung; Hanoi the works by musician Quoc Truong; River Babylon by band Boney M...

Meritorious Artist Nguyen Si Tien, Director of the Youth Theater, art director shared, "Chuyen pho thoi bien cap" tells an old story but in a warm way, because it carries aspirations and nostalgia for a time of intersection between old and new. The music of that time also had a blend of many different music genres, the works were carefully selected and included in the program in a new way of storytelling on the stage of the Youth Theater.

According to the director, Meritorious Artist Le Anh Tuyet, stemming from the love for Hanoi, from the nostalgia for the past, for a difficult, arduous time but full of loving memories, the program's production crew and the artists of the Youth Theater performed a special music program with the desire to bring the audience back to the old days through a small corner, a small story but told through music.

The program Street Stories during the Subsidy Period uses music to recreate Hanoi in the 1980s with many difficulties and shortages, but Hanoians lived together simply and sincerely.