With an average age of 73, the Suji Silver Choir will present its 16th annual concert at 7 p.m. on the 6th at Poeun Art Hall in Yongin.
For May — Korea’s Family Month — the choir has chosen filial piety as its theme. The program features pieces selected to honor the season of appreciation marked by Children’s Day, Parents’ Day and Teachers’ Day, offering moments to celebrate love and gratitude.
The concert is organized under the broad title Life Is Beautiful and is divided into three chapters: Life — Longing, Life — Its Value and Life — Its Joy.
In the opening chapter, Life — Longing, the choir will perform "Life," "Mother" and "Azalea Flower," expressing longing for the mothers who give and sustain life.
The Life — Its Value segment reflects on life’s radiant moments. The ensemble will sing "The Most Beautiful Song" and "Parla piu piano." In the chapter’s final piece, "Hymne À L'amour," soprano Son Ha-yun will take the solo and alto member Kim Hong-sun will provide the narration.
The program closes with Life — Its Joy. Through "Only When Autumn Comes," "For You, I…," and "Home Sweet Home! (My Happy Home)," the choir celebrates the comforting strength found in togetherness — you and me, us, family.
Well-crafted guest performances are interspersed between chapters. The New Phil Ensemble — violinists Choi Woon and Kim Na-eun, violist Pavel Larmolenko, cellist Kim In-sil and trumpeter Kim Kyu-rim — will perform Mozart’s Serenade in G major (movements 2 and 4). Vocal trio La Classe, consisting of baritone Oh Yoo-seok, tenor Yoon Seung-hwan and bass Lee Se-young, will perform "Friends of Yeongil Bay," "Il mondo" and "Unknown Life."
Founded in 2008 to help older adults lead active, fulfilling lives in an aging society, the Suji Silver Choir now has 62 members — 43 women and 19 men — and stages an annual concert.
Choir director Lee Hyung-chul said, “I hope this concert offers a small echo of filial piety and love that stays with the audience.” He added, “We have reserved about 1,000 of the hall’s roughly 1,500 seats in advance for attendees and plan to give them a memorable musical gift.”
The concert is free and open to everyone.
