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Chinese Music Concert - "The Sound of Silk and Bamboo" 30 August, 2019



Introduction

This concert was was part of the 2019 Guqin and Chinese Music Summer Schools. The programme included both traditional and more modern pieces. Members of the London Youlan Qin Society played group and solo guqin pieces.

Programme

  1. Guqin ensemble
    关山月 Moon Over the Mountain Pass (Mei’an Qinpu, 1931)
    酒狂 Drunken Ecstasy (Shenqi Mipu, 1425)
    By members of LYQS: Cheng Yu, Julian Joseph, Charles Tsua, Gu Yunpei, Elaine Yu，Dennis Lee (xiao flute), Echo Hong, Marnix Wells (English lyrics recital) and Jenny Zhao (Chinese lyrics recital)
  2. Erhu (2-stringed fiddle) solo – Chen Dacan 陈大灿
    沂蒙山 Song of Yimeng ( Arranged by Chen Dacan)
  3. Guqin solo – Charles Tsua 徐永裕
    孔子读易 Confucius Reading the Book of Changes (Tianwenge Qinpu, 1876)
  4. Pipa (4-stringed lute) solo – Cai Yina 蔡一娜
    丝路飞天 Flying Apsaras of the Silk Road (Zhao Cong, 2010 )
  5. Xiao (flute) and qin song – Cheng Yu 程玉 (qin) and Dennis Lee 李光泰 (xiao)
    潇湘水云 Clouds over the Xiao and Xiang Rivers, xiao solo 箫独奏
    送别 Farewell (qin song & xiao)
  6. Guqin solo – Julian Joseph
    7. 醉鱼唱晚 Evening Song of the Drunken Fishermen (Tianwenge Qinpu, 1876)
  7. Dizi (bamboo flute) solo – Liu Menglin 刘梦林
    春到湘江 Spring Arrives at the Xiang River (by Ning Baosheng, 976)
  8. Guqin solo – Cheng Yu 程玉
    流水 Flowing Water (Based on Shenqi Mipu, 1425)
  9. Hulusi (gourd pipe) solo Liu Menglin 刘梦林
    月光下的凤尾竹 Fernleaf Bamboo under the Moonlight (by Shi Guangnan, 1983)
  10. Guqin solos – Gu Yunpei 顾芸培
    乌夜啼 Night Call of the Raven (Shenqi Mipu 1425, Yao Gongbai transcription, 1981)
  11. Silk and Bamboo Ensemble (pipa, erhu, guzheng, xiao, dizi)
    平湖秋月 Autumn Moon Over the Still Lake (Cantonese Music)
    瑶族舞曲 Dance of the Yao People (adapted from folk music of southeast China)





The London Youlan Qin Society would like to thank Stuart Robson for taking these photos.