5^th September, 2010

Introduction

Music

1. Bi  Jian Liu Quan 碧 涧流泉 (A Stream Flowing in a Green Valley), played by Ashley Guan ^*
   
2. Xian Weng Cao 孤 馆遇神 (Meeting Ghosts in a Deserted House), played by Michel Lee ^*
   
3. Zui Yu Chang Wan 醉渔场晚 (Drunken Fishermen Singing in the Evening) played by Julian Joseph ^*
   
4. Wo Long Yin 卧龙吟 (Crouching Dragon) Played by Chak Hum ^*
   
5. Bi Jian Liu Quan 碧 涧流 泉 (A Spring Flowing in a Green Valley), played by Ashley Guan ^%
6. Midare 乱れ (Chaos),  played by Ayako Hotta-Lister (koto)
   This is a danmono (a type of instrumental piece consisting of a number of sections, each of 52 measures) composed in the 17th century by Yatsuhashi Kengyo. Its title is derived from the fact that its sections have a slightly different number of measures. A danmono begins slowly, builds up, and finishes slowly.
   
7. Yu Gao 夕 顔 (Evening Glory), played by Ayako Hotta-Lister (koto)
   Yugao is the name of a lady in the  novel Tale of Genji, written by Japanese court lady 1002 years ago. A morning glory flowers in the morning and is dead by lunchtime; an evening glory flowers in the evening but dies by the end of the evening. It symbolises a woman's life. The music describes the death of Yugao in the arms of her lover, Prince Genji. 
   
8. Gu Guan Yu Shen 孤 馆遇神 (Meeting Ghosts in a Deserted House), played by Julian Joseph ^%