Chamber Music Salon – Enchanting Melodies #1 (2026)

Theme: REPRESENTATIVE COMPOSERS OF VIETNAMESE MUSIC IN THE 20TH CENTURY with Composer NGÔ THỤY MIÊN & CLASSICAL MUSIC

With the artists:
PHẠM NGUYÊN BẢO (Pianist)
CỔ TẤN THU HƯƠNG (Pianist)
HỒNG QUANG (Baritone)
QUỲNH ANH (Soprano)
KIM NGÂN (Soprano)
NS DƯƠNG THỤ (Music talk)

• Time: Saturday, 07.3.2026 (19:00 guest reception, 20:00 program begins)
• Venue: Trung Nguyên Legend Coffee, 603 Trần Hưng Đạo Street, Cầu Ông Lãnh Ward, HCMC

Programme

PART 1: INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
Pianist: PHẠM NGUYÊN BẢO

Works:

1. F. Liszt / Liebestraum
2. Glinka - Balakriev / The Lark
3. Beethoven / Sonata in d minor no.17 op.31, no.2, 3rd movement “The Tempest”

PART 2: COMPOSER NGÔ THUỴ MIÊN – AUTHOR & WORKS

QUỲNH ANH (Soprano)
Áo lụa Hà Đông (poem by Nguyên Sa)
Tháng sáu trời mưa

QUỲNH ANH & HỒNG QUANG
Bài tình ca cho em

HỒNG QUANG (Baritone)
Chiều nay không có em

KIM NGÂN (Soprano)
Mùa thu cho em
Từ giọng hát em

KIM NGÂN & HỒNG QUANG
Niệm khúc cuối

PART 3: CLASSICAL MUSIC

QUỲNH ANH (Soprano)
Arturo Buzzi – Peccia / Mal d'amore
Leo Delibes / Romance Les filles De cadix

HỒNG QUANG (Baritone)
Bart Howard / Fly me to the moon
Ambroise Thomas / Aria “Ò vin dissipe la tristessev”
Excerpt from the opera “Hamlet”

KIM NGÂN (Soprano)
Sergei Rachmaninov / Romance Здесь Хорошо (How Beautiful it is here)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov / Aria of the Shemakhan Queen (Hymn to the Sun) – Excerpt from the opera “The Golden Cockere”

CỔ TẤN THU HƯƠNG – Piano accompaniment.

ATTENDANCE GUIDELINES

• This program is part of the Cà Phê Thứ Bảy series, a project founded and directed by musician Dương Thụ, organized in collaboration with Trung Nguyên Legend Coffee Group on a non-profit basis.
• The program does not sell tickets. Before entering the event, guests are kindly requested to order and pay for drinks from the café’s menu. This revenue helps cover venue, staffing, electricity, water, and other operational costs to maintain the activities of Cà phê thứ Bảy.
• For programs that include musical performances, guests are encouraged to contribute a minimum of 50,000 VND to the artists’ program development fund.
• Motorbike parking is available free of charge in front of the café.
• The venue does not provide car parking. Guests may park cars at 168 Pasteur (depending on availability at the time), with parking fees paid directly to the parking service.