Meeting 8 March 2025

Introduction

This was the 134th meeting of the London Youlan Qin Society, and was held in person at SOAS.

Programme

Yu Lou Chun Xiao 玉楼春晓 (Spring dawn at the Jade Tower ) – Cheng Yu (qin), Dennis Lee (xiao)
Yi Guren 忆故人 (Memories of an Old Friend) – Xie Xinyi
Chang Xiangsi 长相思 (Everlasting Longing) – He Shijun
Damu Damu 达姆达姆 (Algerian folksong) – Maggie Xia (ruan) solo
Pao Xiu Luo Lan 袍修羅蘭*風 – Wang Ruidi
Fenghuang Yu Fei 凤凰于飞 (The Phoenix in Flight) – Weng Yuqing (guzheng)
Meihua San Nong 梅花三弄 (Three Variations on the Plum Blossom) – Chia-yin Hong
Ping Sha Luo Yan 平沙落雁 (Wild Geese Descending on the Sandbank) – Chia-yin Hong
Changting Yuanman 长亭怨慢 (Lament at Changting Pavilion) (Composer: 姜夔 Jiang Kui) – Dennis Lee and Li Han
Shi Mian Maifu 十面埋伏 (Ambushed from All Sides ) (pipa solo) – Huizhong Zhang
Guanshan Yue 塞上曲 (Moon over the Mountain Pass) – Sze Ning Chng
Yueren Ge 越人歌 (Song of the Yue Boatmen) – Charlie Thomas
Li Sao 离骚 (Encountering Sorrow) – Jenny Zhao
Yangbian Cui Ma Yun Liang Mang 扬鞭催马运粮忙 (Whip the Horses to Transport Grain)（dizi solo) – Lulu
Ping Sha Luo Yan 平沙落雁 (Wild Geese Descending on the Sandbank) – Zhao Jinyang
Improvisation – Zhao Jinyang (guest: qin) and Dennis Lee (xiao)
Sunan Xiaoqu 苏南小曲 (Folk Song from Southern Jiangsu) (erhu solo) – Natalie Shen
He Ming Jiugao 鹤鸣九皋 (Cranes Calling in the Nine Marshes) – Elaine Yu
Zui Yu Chang Wan 醉鱼唱晚 (Evening Song of the Drunken Fishermen) – Moli
Excerpt from the Kun opera "The Peony Pavilion") – Wang Wei and Cheng Yu
Whisper of the Gayageum (gayageum solo) – Seoyoung Park
Jiu Kuang 酒狂 (Drunken Ecstasy) – Chia-yin Hong (qin), Seoyoung Park (gayageum)
Wo Long Yin 卧龙吟 (The Sleeping Dragon) – Chia-yin Hong (qin), Natalie Shen (erhu), Maggie Xia (zhongruan), Lulu (dizi)
Improvisation: Of Spring Scents and Cadences – Zhao Jinyang (qin), Cheng Yu (pipa), Lulu (dizi), Dennis Lee (xun)