A Concert of Traditional and Contemporary Compositions for Chinese Yangqin Solo and Ensemble Music YANGQIN

A Concert of Traditional and Contemporary Compositions for Chinese Yangqin Solo and Ensemble Music YANGQIN SONORITIES & STYLES January 28, 2019 7pm Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre Free and Open to the Public confucius.umich.edu

YANGQIN SONORITIES 解骏 : 青年扬琴演奏家, 武汉音乐学院中乐系副教授, 硕士研究生导师 美国中田纳西州立大学中国音乐文化中心访问学者 曾荣获 2014 年中华人民共和国文化部颁发的 园丁奖 2011 年 长江之春作品大赛 青年音乐家专业组银奖以及 2010 年中华人民共和国教育部颁发的 优秀指导教师奖 他主持并参与了多项省部级科研课题和教学研究课题, 如 : 民族室内乐课程体系研究, 民族室内乐课程标准研究, 武汉音乐学院扬琴专业建校以来的发展历程研究 以及 国韵民族室内乐团实践创新研究 等, 同时, 还发表了数万字的论文和专著以及扬琴独奏 重奏等传统中国音乐作品 Xie Jun is a yangqin artist, associate professor and graduate advisor in the China National Music Department of Wuhan Conservatory of music. He is currently a visiting scholar at the Center for Chinese Music and Culture of the Middle Tennessee State University. He has received many awards including Gardener Award granted by the Ministry of Culture of China in 2014, Silver Award in the Yangtze River in Spring Composition Competition for Young Musicians in the Professional Group in 2011, and Excellent Advisor Award issued by the Ministry of Education of China in 2010. Professor Xie has been in charge of and participated in a number of national and provincial research programs for education and disciplinary subjects including Study on Curriculum Framework for National Chamber Music Courses, Research on Yangqin History since the Founding of Wuhan Conservatory of Music, and Innovative Analysis on the Practice of National Chamber Music.

& STYLES ~ Program 尹璐 : 青年古筝演奏家, 武汉音乐学院中乐系副教授, 硕士研究生导师 中国音乐家协会古筝学会理事 湖北楚天筝会副会长 秘书长 曾在国家级 省级专业赛事中获奖, 并多次成功举办个人专场音乐会, 录制出版 CD 山水筝韵 尹璐古筝演奏专辑 近年来, 主持完成多项湖北省教育厅 武汉音乐学院科研项目, 由其撰写的多篇学术论文被中文核心期刊收录 Yin Lu is a young zheng artist, associate professor and graduate advisor in the China National Music Department of Wuhan Conservatory of Music. She is a member of Zheng Society under China Musicians Association, Deputy Director and Secretary-General of Hubei Provincial Chutian Zheng Society. Being a notable prize winner in various music competitions on provincial and state level, she has successfully presetned numerous recitals and published her album Grace of Zheng, Power of Mountains and Rivers - A Collection of Zheng Pperformances by Yin Lu. Apart from undertaking provincial and college level research projects, she has published academic papers for many Chinese core journals.

YANGQIN SONORITIES 白丹 : 青年二胡演奏家 武汉音乐学院中乐系二胡专业教师, 湖北省民族管弦乐协会理事 多次成功举办个人独奏音乐会 教学汇报音乐会 ; 曾在奥地利国际音乐节 上海之春 金钟奖 黄海怀二胡奖等赛事中获奖 ; 多次在国家级 省级专业赛事中荣获 优秀指导教师奖 ; 指导的 东方炫音 中国器乐组合于 2017 入选文华奖展演, 同年获湖北省教育厅颁发的 优秀指导教师奖 ; 多次受邀赴法国 奥地利 德国 波兰 冰岛等国进行学术交流与演出 Bai Dan is a young erhu artist and teacher in the China National Music Department of Wuhan Conservatory of Music. She is a member of Hubei National Orchestra Society. Having made many successful solo recitals, she has received awards in Austrian music festival, China Golden Bell Award and Huang Haihuai Erhu competitions. The China instrumental ensemble Eastern Hyun Yin under her instruction was selected to participate in China Wenhua Award Performance in 2017, which offered her the honor of Excellent Academic Advisor.

& STYLES ~ Artists 黎芸 : 青年琵琶演奏家, 武汉音乐学院中乐系教师 曾获 Certificate PIVD INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 国际大赛 专业青年组金奖 ; 中国 敦煌杯 首届全国青少年琵琶大赛专业青年 A 组金奖 ; 辽源之春 国际琵琶大赛专业青年 A 组银奖 ; 并在第八届中国音乐 金钟奖 台北市民族器乐大赛 等重大赛事中斩获佳绩 ; 先后在中央音乐学院 武汉音乐学院举办了 黎芸独奏音乐会 黎芸琵琶师生音乐会, 并出版发行 芸尚舞 琵琶独奏专辑 Li Yun is a young pipa artist and teacher in the China National Music Department of Wuhan Conservatory of Music. She won the gold medal in the Certificate PIVD International Competition for the professional youth group, the gold medal in China Dunhuang Cup for the First National Youth Pipa Competition in the professional group, and the silver medal in Liaoyuan Spring International Pipa Competition for the professional group. She has also performed in competitions like the 8th China Music Golden Bell Award and Taipei Municipal National Instrumental Music. She has recently released her pipa solo album Graceful Dance.

YANGQIN SONORITIES 华卉 : 青年中阮演奏家, 武汉音乐学院中乐系教师, 曾多次荣获国内外专业大赛金奖,2017 年湖北省教育厅授予其的优秀指导教师奖 ; 曾多次出访冰岛 荷兰 美国等地进行交流演出, 并出版发行 鹏翼展, 卉英萃 阮音乐会专辑 Hua Hui is a zhongruan artist and teacher in the China National Music Department of Wuhan Conservatory of Music. She has won gold medals in many professional competitions at home and abroad. Most notably, she received the Excellent Advisor Award granted by the Hubei Provincial Department of Education in 2017. She has performed in many countries including Iceland, Holland, and America. She has recently issued a ruan concert album entitled Spread My Wings. 曹雨薇 : 武汉音乐学院中乐系本科三年级学生, 扬琴专业 Cao Yuwei is a junior in Yangqin performance at China National Music Department of Wuhan Conservatory of Music.

& STYLES ~ Artists 熊威威 : 青年古筝演奏家, 艺术硕士, 湖北省音乐家协会古筝委员会副秘书长 自幼习筝,2004 年考入武汉音乐学院民乐系,2009 年考入武汉音乐学院研究生部,2011 年获艺术硕士学位 参与 古筝主科教学曲目清理与汇编 中日韩筝乐艺术研究 等多项省教育厅 武汉音乐学院教学研究课题和创新团队计划 ; 撰写 潮州筝派与客家筝派 出水莲 比较研究 浅谈唐朝以来筝在中日间的发展 等论文 曾多次以古筝演奏家 编钟和打击乐演奏家身份参与在琴台音乐厅等国内知名音乐厅的演出 Weiwei Xiong is a zheng artist with an MFA degree from Wuhan Conservatory of Music. He is currently serving as the Vice Secretary-General of Zheng Society under Hubei Musicians Association. He started playing the zheng since a very young age and was admitted to the China National Music Department of Wuhan Conservatory of Music for undergraduate studies in 2004. He continued his music study and got his MFA degree in 2011. He participated in multiple provincial and college-level teaching research projects and innovative team programs such as Screening and Compilation of Zheng Course Instruction Repertoire and Study of Zheng Music Art in China, Japan and Korea. His publication includes A Comparative Study of Lotus in Blossom between the Chaozhou Style and the Hakka Style, and A Tentative Analysis of the Development of Zheng between China and Japan.

YANGQIN SONORITIES 1. 将军令 General s Command Traditional Chinese Instrumental Music Arrangement by Li Xiaoyuan and Xiang Zuhua Yangqin by Xie Jun & Cao Wei; Drums and percussion by Xiong Weiwei A representative piece of the Sichuan yangqin repertory and performance style, this martial piece describes four military scenes: drum call to arms; general s command for action; march to the battle scene; and the battle. 四川扬琴是中国四大扬琴流派之一, 这是一首著名的四川扬琴牌子曲 乐曲表现了古代将士驰骋疆场, 威武雄壮的情景 曲调激昂粗犷, 气势磅礴 全曲运用了叙事的手法, 共分为四个部分 :1. 击鼓,2. 升帐,3. 出征,4. 决战 2. 晨曦 Daybreak Composition for ruan by Cymbaly Arrangement for yangqin and ruan by Xie Jun Yangqin by Xie Jun; Ruan by Hua Hui; Zheng by Yin Lu This composition portrays the composer s feelings of tranquility at daybreak one morning, when he purged worldly concerns out of his mind. 表现作者在一个早上的心情 ; 看到神圣的大地, 呼吸着清新的空气, 他把世事忘于脑后 3. 秧歌 Rice Field Songs Traditional Music from Northeastern China Yangqin by Xie Jun Based on rice field songs (yangge) from Northeastern China, this composition is a representative piece of the Northeastern School of yangqin music and performance. It projects a festive scene with tremolo and slide performance techniques. 东北扬琴是中国四大扬琴流派之一, 这首以东北秧歌为素材创作的扬琴独奏曲, 同时也是东北扬琴地方风格的代表作品, 大量运用了颤竹和滑颤的技巧, 全曲热烈 欢腾, 呈现了一派节日的气氛 4. 蝶之翼 Falling Feathers Composition for yangqin by Xie Jun and Cao Guanyu Yangqin by Xie Jun; Percussion by Xiong Weiwei This composition tells the composers emotional reactions to a sorrowful scene: solitary weeds, weeping willows, floating wings of a butterfly, and a fallen bird s feathers. This piece is presented with a variety of sounds and yangqin

& STYLES ~ Program performance techniques, ranging from a single tone played with a single hammer stroke to rapidly flowing passages played by rolling strokes. 一棵孤草, 一枝败柳, 一片折翅的天空飞过的鸟羽, 甚至一只不知从哪里飘落的蝶之翼, 引发了作者忧伤的情绪, 这忧伤来得那样快那样淡, 那样莫名其妙, 那样不可琢磨, 稍不留意的一瞬, 它就像春天的河水一样涨溢出来, 储满了你的眼眶 作者充分运用了扬琴的点状音色与逐渐密集的点而构成的线性技法间统一与对比, 表现乐曲的意境 5. 雨打芭蕉 Raindrops on Banana Leaves Traditional Cantonese instrumental music Yangqin by Xie Jun This composition is a representative work from the Cantonese School of yangqin music and performance, one of the instrument s four major traditions in China. Featuring short phrases of call and response and contrasting rhythms, it projects a rainy day in the summer time in Southern China, when raindrops fall on banana leaves, making refreshing sounds. 广东扬琴是中国四大扬琴流派之一, 这首乐曲是广东扬琴的传统曲目, 乐曲句幅短小 节奏顿挫 并比排列的乐句互相催递, 短促的断奏, 犹似雨打芭蕉淅沥之声, 极富南国情趣 乐曲风格朴实清新, 描写了初夏时节, 雨打芭蕉淅沥之声, 表现出人们的欣喜之情, 体现了广东音乐清新流畅活泼的风格 6. 二胡与扬琴 秋词 Autumn Lyrics Composition by Hu Zhiping Yangqin by Xie Jun; Erhu by Bai Dan Composed in 1990 by Hu Zhiping, an erhu master and Director of the Wuhan conservatory of Music, this work projects Chinese philosophy and feelings in autumn scenes that many Tang poets have described. Liu Yuxi, for examples, wrote, Since ancient times, people often feel lonely in autumn, but I would say autumn days are better than spring mornings. That s when the sky is blue and cranes would fly above the clouds, bringing my dreamy thoughts to the heaven. 此曲是著名二胡演奏家 民族音乐理论家 武汉音乐学院院长胡志平教授于 1990 年初创作 秋词 是一首写意作品, 乐曲创作及其演奏技法的运用, 表现出一种对中国传统文化神韵的追求 乐曲的意境犹如唐朝诗人刘禹锡的七言绝句 : 自古逢秋悲寂寥, 我言秋日胜春朝 晴天一鹤排云上, 便引诗情上碧霄

7. 弹词三六 Tanci sanliu Traditional silk and bamboo instrumental music from Jiangnan, China Yangqin by Xie Jun This traditional composition represents music and performance style of silk and bamboo instrumental music (Jiangnan sizhu) from central and coastal China, and other related genres. Tanci is a form of narrative singing, while sanliu (three six) refers to a famous folk tune of the region. This piece showcases yangqin performance techniques and sounds, such as double tones, tremolo, and trills. 江南丝竹扬琴是中国扬琴的四大流派之一, 扬琴演奏技法上多使用双音 衬音 座音 轮音 颤音 弹词三六 是一首广为流传的著名江南民间乐曲, 曲调流畅优美, 节奏活泼明快, 韵味清新隽永, 具有浓郁的江南风格 8. 狂想曲 Rhapsody Composition for yangqin by Wang Danhong Yangqin by Xie Jun; Percussion by Xiong Weiwei Composed in 2011 by Wang Danhong, this piece expands yangqin s musical world and affords it new venues for musical expression. The piece employs non-traditional Chinese elements, including the formal rhapsody structure, nontraditional harmonies, and popular music rhythms. 该作品是作曲家王丹红女士于 2011 年创作的一首扬琴作品 其音乐轻松明快, 充满动感, 采用了狂想曲的结构形式, 并利用非传统和声及流行音乐的 节奏型, 将扬琴这一传统古老的民族乐器注入了新的表现活力, 使之展现出一个绚丽浪漫并富有动态的音乐空间 9. 水调歌头中秋 Mid-autumn Prelude to Water Melody Ethnic chamber music and percussion music Composition by Cao Guanyu Yangqin by Xie Jun; Erhu by Bai Dan; Ruan by Hua Hui; Pipa by Li Yun; Zheng by Yin Lu; Percussion by Xiong Weiwei & Cao Yuwei Composed for the concert tonight, this piece was inspired by Prelude to Water Melody: Bright Moon, When Would You Appear?, a famous ci poem by Su Shi (1037-1101), one of the most admired poets of China. The scale used in the composition is derived from the 25 centuries old Zeng State Scale, theoretical information about which was carved on the Marquis Yi of the Zeng State Chimebells excavated in 1978 in Suizhou, Hubei Province, China. The ancient scale divides the twelve semitones of an octave into three symmetrical parts, two of which were used to create an eight-tone scale for this composition. Projecting Asian music characteristics, this work expresses the composer s best wishes for her family, students, and overseas Chinese all over the world. Ms. Cao Guanyu, the composer, is currently a visiting scholar at the School of Music and Dance, the University of Missouri in Kansas.

这首作品完成于 2019 年 1 月, 为此次专场音乐会而创作 乐曲意境取自于中国宋代文人苏轼写于公元 1047 的宋词 水调歌头明月几时有, 作品的音阶材料来自于中国古老的 辅曾十二律, 它被记录在中国随州出土距今 2400 多年前的曾侯乙编钟上, 该音律将十二个半音分成三个对称的部分, 此曲选择其中的两个部分组成八音阶来创作 在乐曲结构上, 采取了具有东方音乐特色开放性的 延展性的结构方式 作者写这首作品的时候正在美国密苏里州立大学堪萨斯分校音乐与舞蹈学院做访问学者, 通过这首作品表达对国内亲人的思念与对万千海外游子的美好祝福! 10. 天山之春 Spring at the Heavenly Mountain Composition for string quintet by Hu Dengtiao Yangqin by Xie Jun; Erhu by Bai Dan; Liuqin by Hua Hui; Pipa by Li Yun; Zheng by Yin Lu Derived from Uyghur melodies from Southwestern China, and originally composed for the pipa (lute), this ensemble version for erhu, liuqin (lute), yangqin, pipa, and zheng (zither) demonstrates a new genre of Chinese instrumental music. With a combination of traditional and modern performance techniques, the piece projects pastoral scenes at the foot of the Heavenly Mountain in China s southwestern region. 丝弦五重奏是由著名作曲家胡登跳先生创立的一种民族室内乐演奏形式, 由二胡 ( 高胡 ) 柳琴 ( 阮 ) 扬琴 琵琶 古筝等五种乐器组成 该曲根据琵琶独奏曲改编而成, 描绘了春到天山时, 明媚喜人的秀丽风光, 和各族人民在天山脚下载歌载舞的欢乐场面 11. 欢乐的夜晚 A Merry Evening Composition by Hu Dengtiao Yangqin by Xie Jun; Erhu by Bai Dan; Ruan by Hua Hui; Pipa by Li Yun; Zheng by Yin Lu This is another composition of new Chinese ensemble music by Hu Dengtiao. It projects an evening party filled with songs, dances, and operas. Their festive sounds are echoed by sounds played with new and traditional performance techniques, ranging from plucking of erhu strings, playing of gongs that accompany lion dances, and declamatory singing in Chinese operas. 作者巧妙地利用了各种乐器特殊的演奏技法, 逼真地模仿了民间歌舞和戏曲的锣鼓点 在乐曲中, 可以听到二胡的拨弦 筝的回滑音 琵琶的泛音 煞弦和绞弦等特殊效果, 可以听到富有民族风格的曲调 模拟的戏曲打击乐以及类似戏曲中的 紧打慢唱 乐曲生动地表现了各个节目和人们欢畅喜悦的心情