Within the breath of local Chinese poetry and ethnic chamber music, Qi emerged.
Held in conjunction with the Mid-Autumn Festival, “Poetic Rhyme, Uplifting Qi 2020” bids farewell to the physical space of a theatre amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, and brings our multidisciplinary Nanyang-style of music online. The result is a wonderful and creative collection of multilingual podcast recordings of Singaporean Chinese poetry recitations, which include Chinese, English, Malay, Hokkien, Cantonese, Teochew and even Singlish. Intimate conversations between these lyrical verses and ethnic chamber melodies are bound to lead you onto a poetic journey of time and sounds, uplifting your spirit by touching your senses in this difficult epidemic period.
This collection features poems by 10 outstanding Singaporean poets across different generations, including Cultural Medallion recipient Prof Wong Yoon Wah, President of Singapore Association of Writers Denon Lim, Founder of Trendlit Andy Ang, and award-winning young poet Cheong Yun Yee. The 10 poems each represent a single stroke of the character Qi (氣), symbolising the varied facets of Qi - spiritedness, boldness of vision, majestic grandiose, awe-inspiring righteousness, vitality, and even the 24 solar terms. Curated by renowned scholar-poet, Prof Tan Chee Lay, these poems are recited by Nelson Chia and Mia Chee, Artistic Director and Company Director respectively of Nine Years Theatre, and veteran actor Tay Kong Hui. Music is conceptualised, composed and directed by musician Gildon Choo, and performed by his team.
“Poetic Rhyme, Uplifting Qi” is predominantly performed in Mandarin, with 2 poems in dialect, and is part of The Arts House's Poetry with Music series.
在一呼一吸之间， “氣”随着本地华文新诗与华族室内音乐交织而生 。
面 对新冠瘟疫，2020 年中秋的《诗韵悦氣》暂别旧国会大厦艺术之家
的 实体剧场，将新加坡多元且深刻的南洋人文诗乐带至线上平台，继续为大家打气。线上录音通过本土华文（甚至华语、英语、马来语、福建、广东、潮洲等方言，基至Singlish）诗词的朗诵吟咏，以及华族室内各乐器之间的默契对话，引领观众踏上诗意的光阴与美音之旅，让充满正能量的气韵打动你的感官并平抚疫情中的情绪 。
本中秋录音将呈献10位优秀新华诗人的“氣韵”诗作，包括新加坡文化奖得主王润华教授、作家协会会长林得楠、新文潮文学社创始人孤星子、得奖青年诗人钟韵宜博士等。这10首诗歌各代表 “氣”字的10个笔画，有气韵有气魄还有先象万千，是节气也是元气，更是浩然正气，乃新加坡重要诗人学者陈志锐教授精心策划，并由九年剧场艺术总监谢燊杰、剧团总监徐山淇与资深演员郑光辉朗诵，再加上杰出青年音乐制作人朱伟康，及其团队的演奏与配乐，精采可期。
《 诗韵》属于艺术之家"唱诵诗乐"系列活动 。