Asian Heritage Month Concert 2024
Toronto Korean Canadian Choir, conducted by Isaac Yisak Seo | Part II

"Spring in Home Town," a Korean Folk Song
"Korean Fantasy," composed by Ah Ik Tae
"Zadok the Priest" by G. F. Handel

1. Spring in Home Town

Spring in Home Town is a South Korean folk song about missing a beautiful home town. Slow tempo interprets, flowers and trees are ready to flourish once again after a long winter. It gains the tempo as children are happily playing and the glorious ending about how dearly we miss our home town.

2. Korean Fantasy

A fantasy based on the South Korean national anthem. Fragments of the Korean national anthem can be heard in the piece. The piece begins with a glorious opening, excitement from the independence day from Japanese colonialism. Beautiful mountains and land are ours once again.

3. Zadok the Priest

A British anthem that was composed by G. F Handel for the coronation of King George II in 1727. Celebrating the new king, and wishing God to save the king with the new king's long life. Soft 16th notes build the dynamic into a glorious opening, and quickly changes into the triplet rhythm to give a steady pulse. It was played on Coronation of The King Charles III in 2023.

Event co-organizers: Asian Heritage Month—Canadian Foundation for Asian Culture (Central Ontario) Inc.; Toronto Public Library; Asian Institute at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto; Richard Charles Lee Canada Hong Kong Library, University of Toronto; Chinese Canadian Photography Society of Toronto; WE Artists’ Group; Social Services Network; Cambridge Food and Wine Society

Asian Heritage Month Festival is partially funded by the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Asian Canadian Artists in Digital Age is funded by Canada Council for the Arts Digital Strategy Fund