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Meeting 12 November, 2011



Introduction

This, the 55th meeting of the London Youlan Qin Society, was held in the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.

Music

The following music was played:

  1. Xian Pei Ying Feng 仙佩迎风 (Immortal Jades Welcoming a Breeze), played by Julian Joseph
  2. Yu Qiao Wen Da 渔樵问答 (Dialogue of the Fisherman and the Woodcutter), played by Charles Tsua
  3. Jiu Kuang 酒狂 (Drunken Ecstasy), played by Ashley Guan
  4. Guan Shan Yue 关山月 (Moon Over the Mountain Pass), played by Cheng Yu (qin) and Dennis Lee (xiao)
  5. Liang Xiao Yin 良宵引 (Prelude for a Pleasant Evening), played by Rafael Caro Repetto
  6. Yangguan San Die 阳关三叠 (Three Variations on the Yang Pass), played by Tang Lijiang
  7. Ao Ai 欸乃 (The Creak of an Oar), played by Wang Jian
  8. Qiu Chuang Feng Yu Xi 秋窗风雨夕 (Wind and Rain outside the Window on an Autumn Evening), a poem from the 1791 novel Hong Lou Meng 红楼梦 (A Dream of Red Mansions) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹, recited by Jiang Conglin, accompanied by Dennis Lee (xiao)
  9. Liang Xiao 良宵 (A Pleasant Evening), played by Dennis Lee (xiao)

After everybody had played one piece, Cheng Yu gave us some tuition. We studied two pieces, Guan Shan Yue and Jiu Kuang. These are pieces most of us had played before, so we could concentrate on improving our playing. Everyone who took part felt this was helpful.

The LYQS was delighted to welcome two new members who joined during this meeting: Dr Hua Ping from Southampton University and the Chair of the Southamptom Chinese Community Association, and Mr Rafael Caro Repetto - originally from Spain and currently an MMus Student in Ethnomusicology at SOAS, University of London, who studied Chinese for 4 years in China and learned the guqin from Dai Wei of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.


The London Youlan Qin Society would like to thank the Department of Music at SOAS for allowing us to hold our meeting there, and Seán Kelly for taking the photographs.