This listing is for Ilha Formosa (DVD+CD) (Taiwan Version) Region 3.
Product Title: Ilha Formosa (DVD+CD) (Taiwan Version)
Release Date: 2009-09-01
Language: Original Soundtrack
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese
Country of Origin: Taiwan
Picture Format: NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 1.78 : 1
Sound Information: DTS Digital Surround, Dolby Digital 5.1
Disc Format(s): DVD
Region Code: 3 - South East Asia (including Hong Kong, S. Korea and Taiwan)
Duration: 42 (mins)
Publisher: Mo Shi (TW)
Other Information: DVD+CD
Ilha Formosa: Requiem for Formosa's Martyrs (also Ilha Formosa Requiem or Formosa Requiem) (2001) is a composition by Taiwanese composer Tyzen Hsiao for solo soprano, solo baritone, chorus and orchestra. The composition is based on a 1994 poem in Taiwanese Hokkien by Lee Min-yung [zh]. Ilha Formosa ("Beautiful Island") is the name given to the island on the maps made by Portuguese mariners in the Age of Discovery, today known as Taiwan. The heart of the requiem is the second movement in which the male and female soloists in lyrical phrases remember those who suffered in the White Terror and throughout Taiwan's history. In the andante first movement, the island's most ancient voices offer their wisdom and admonish newcomers to give themselves completely to their new home. The third movement, in march tempo, encourages survivors of suffering to rise above their pain. The finale envisions an island that fulfills everything contained in the name Formosa.
Formosa Dreaming (2007). 1 DVD. Concert given 9 September 2007 by Apo Ching-Hsin Hsu conducting the National Taiwan Normal University Symphony Orchestra and Formosa Festival Chorus. Soprano: Meng-Chieh Hsieh. Alto: Yu Lee. Tenor: Ying-Tung Hsieh. Bass: Yu-Hsin Chang. Venue: San Gabriel Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles. Repertoire by Hsiao includes Ilha Formosa: Requiem for Formosa's Martyrs and songs "The Most Beautiful Flower", "Brother Andon Goes to Market", "The Grasshopper and the Rooster", and "Eternal Home". Also features works by Fan-Long Ko. Tyzen Hsiao Music Association with National Taiwan Normal University.
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