Source: CCTV.com

05-04-2008 09:38

After a silence of three years, the Norwegian band "Secret Garden" is back. They are on a five-city tour of China.

The band started the concert with "Wind dancer", a tune based on the Dorian scale.For Friday's concert in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, the stage had been turned into a forest to embrace the melodious music of the band.

Violinist Fionnuala Sherry was warmly applauded after saying "hello" in Chinese.

Fionnuala Sherry, violinist of Secret Garden, said, "Nihao! Thank you very much. It's a real pleasure for us to be back once more in China and to perform here in the people's congress hall for the very first time. What a privileged for us. Absolutely, we're very delighted to be able to get this performance here for you tonight, in this beautiful hall."

Secret Garden first performed in China in 1997, and this is their sixth visit. On Friday night, the audience was treated to classic tunes as well as pieces from Secret Garden's latest album. In the nearly two and half hour concert, the band performed 24 pieces, as well as two encores.