East Asian Music Concert - "Sounds of East Asia" 27 August, 2022

Introduction

This concert was was part of the 2022 East Asian Music Summer School. The tutors and members of the London Youlan Qin Society played group and solo guqin pieces.

Programme

Guqin ensemble
关山月 Moon Over the Mountain Pass (Mei’an Qinpu, 1931)
By members of LYQS: Echo Hong, Elaine Yu, Jenny Zhao, Charles Tsua, Cheng Yu, Azalea Qin, He Shijun, Charlie Thomas, Patrizia Brown, Dennis Lee (xiao) 酒狂 Drunken Ecstasy (Shenqi Mipu, 1425)
By members of LYQS: Echo Hong, Elaine Yu, Jenny Zhao, Charles Tsua, Cheng Yu, He Shijun, Charlie Thomas, Patrizia Brown, Dennis Lee (xiao)
Shakuhachi (Japanese flute) solo – Kiku Day
Tsuru no Sugomori (Nesting Cranes) (Ōshūden) Traditional
Guqin solo – Zhu Wencheng
Ping Sha Luo Yan 平沙落雁 (Wild Geese Alighting on the Sandy Beach), Meian version
Janggu (Korean drumming) solo – Jihye Kim
Seol-Janggu
Erhu (2-stringed fiddle) solo – Shen Xin
Kong Shan Niao Yu 空山鸟语 (Birds Singing on a Desolate Mountain)
Hulusi (gourd pipe) solo Ying Wan
Yu Ge 渔歌 (The Fisherman’s Song) (by Yan Tieming 1977), with accompaniment
Guqin, xiao 箫 (Chinese end-blown flute) and yoga – Cheng Yu 程玉 (qin) Dennis Lee 李光泰 (xiao), Elaine Yu (sutra recital), Azalea Qin (singing bowl), Jenny Zhao (muyu – woodblock)
Puan Zhou 普庵咒 (Incantation of Puan)
Guzheng (Chinese 21-stringed zither) solo – Jason Lau
Gao Shan Liu Shui 高山流水 (High Mountains and Flowing Water)
Guqin solo – Charles Tsua
Qiu Shui 秋水 (Autumn Waters, 1876)
Pipa (4-stringed lute) solo – Cheng Yu
Yangchun Baixue 阳春白雪 (White Snow in Sunny Spring) (Traditional, suite style)
A medley from China, Japan and Korea – An East Asian Ensemble