National Treasures
I. Fragranceof Flowers
1. Traditional Chinese OrchestralMusic “Wondering Around the Border” 7’ 50’\\’
Composer: Zhao Jiping, Zhao Lin
Conductor: Yu Fan
2. The Concerto for Erhu andOrchestra “Ode to Orchid” 8’ 15’\\’
Composer: Chen Si-ang
Erhu: Yang Wenna
3.Chinese Ensemble “The Red FlowerReflected in the Snow” 7’ 08’\\’
Composer: Wang Danhong
Satar: Adil Jan
4.Guzheng and Pipa “Blossoms on a MoonlitRiver in Spring” 6’ 02’\\’
AncientMusic
Arrangement: Qiu Dacheng
Guzheng: Lei Dianyun
Pipa: Luo Huifang
II. Beautyof Harmony
1.Chinese Ensemble “Moonlight Muse” 5’ 10’\\’
Composer: Wu Shaoxiong
Chinese South Xiao: Huang Kai
2.Chinese Ensemble “Dunhuang” 4’ 49’\\’
Composer: Jiang Ying
3.Jinghu and Orchestra “Deep in the Night” 7’ 25’\\’
Composer: Wu Hua
Jinghu: Bai Miao
JingErhu: Yang Wenna
LargeChinese Drum: Wang Jia-nan
4.Suona Ensemble “Watch the Yangge” 4’ 57’\\’
ShanxiFolksong
Arrangement: Jing Jianshu
Suona: Shan Weiwei, Liu Xizhan
III. WhisperingWind
1.The Concerto for Horse-Head Fiddle “Origins” 8’ 48’\\’
Composer: Tang Jianping
Horse-Head Fiddle: Hasibagen
2. Traditional Chamber Music “Daling Melody” 6’ 46’\\’
Composer: Wang Yunfei
Guzheng: Lei Dianyun
Korean long drum：Chen Sihan
3.Chinese Ensemble “The Frolic” 8’ 13’\\’
Composer: Zhao Dongsheng
4.Lu-Sheng and Orchestra “Train Arriving atDong Village” 6’ 29’\\’
Composer: Yin Yongren
Lu-Sheng（areed-pipe wind instrument）: Song Yang
IV. The Soulof Mountains
1. The Capriccio “Ambush From Ten Sides” 5’ 53’\\’
Ancient Music
Arrangement: Luo Huifang, Wang Jia-nan
Pipa: Luo Huifang
Percussion: Wang Jia-nan
2. Peking Opera PercussionsEnsemble “ Battle of Chang Ban” 7’ 04’\\’
Composer: Wu Hua
Peking Opera Percussion: Tong Shengyuan, DengLifu, Qiu Tianyu, and Guo Enxu.
3. Traditional Chinese OrchestralPiece “Hero of the Mountain” 12’ 54’\\’
--Excerpt from the fourth movement ofthe folk symphony Zhuang Poems
Composer: Liu Xijin
Conductor: Hong Xia
1. Traditional ChineseOrchestral Music “Wondering Around the Border”
Composer: Zhao Jiping, Zhao Lin
Conductor: Yu Fan
A strong ethic style that changes with thetheme and tone, first expressing the whip to urge on a horse, fragrant wildflowers, sounds of wild geese and jade flutes, the sun reflected in a rivercovered in a slight fog. While the essence of soldiers guarding the frontier,full of ambition, selflessness, and devotion can be felt throughout the piece.
2. The Concerto for Erhuand Orchestra “Ode to Orchid”
Composer: Chen Si-ang
Erhu: Yang Wenna
The name of the piece “Yuan Zhi Xiang Lan” inChinese originally refers to an orchid that grew by the Yuan and Xiang River.Chinese poet Qu Yuan throughout his compositions mentioned the orchid manytimes, for example, The Lament and Nine Songs, which expressed hisaspirations and pursuit to defy high-power. The melody reflects similarities tothe “Hunan Flower-Drum Opera” while using modern composing techniques toquietly describe the noble orchid with a soft lyric. The piece sang in the formof an Erhu Concerto representative of the people who sang the orchid carol. Thepiece features a lively and cheerful rhythm to describe the noble, elegant, yetgenerous orchid.
3. Chinese Ensemble “The RedFlower Reflected in the Snow”
Composer: Wang Danhong
Satar: Adil Jan
Composed and arranged from Why Are the Flowers So Red a famousUyghur song. The piece emphasized the significance of Uyghur music, like thered flowers, strong, unrestrained, exciting, at the same time beautiful andlively.
4. Guzheng and Pipa “Blossoms on a Moonlit River in Spring”
Arrangement: Qiu Dacheng
Guzheng: Lei Dianyun
Pipa: Luo Huifang
Blossomson a Spring Moonlit Night a simple yet elegant melody expressesprofound artistic conception. A beautiful lyrical piece, like a picture ofa perfect landscape, a quiet night in spring, a boat on the river, the moonrising from the East Mountain, each scene shown to us musically one by one thatembodies rich artistic expression.
1. Chinese Ensemble “MoonlightMuse”
Composer: Wu Shaoxiong
Chinese South Xiao: Huang Kai
Composed using techniques of Quanzhou’s“Nanyin” music that takes on the form of water. It expresses the nostalgia andthe great love of “Nanyin” music.
2.Chinese Ensemble “Dunhuang”
Composer: Jiang Ying
Duanhuang composed using characteristics of Chinese instruments combined withboth Western and Indian musical style tells us the ancient story of the silkroad, the convergence of ancient China, the four great inventions, the legendof the Dunhang culture, a musical history that recaps the communication betweenChinese and Western civilizations on the Silk Road.
3. Jinghu and Orchestra “Deep inthe Night”
Composer: Wu Hua
Jinghu: Bai Miao
Jing Erhu: Yang Wenna
Large Chinese Drum: Wang Jia-nan
Based on the passage The Wind Blows Over the Lotus Leaves in the Peking Opera Sifan Goes Down the Mountain, this workgrew into its current form after being changed and arranged countless times bygenerations of opera musicians. The title of the piece is derived from thefirst three characters of the first line of the opera. The Wind Blows Over the Lotus Leaves tellsthe story of a young nun lamenting her lonely and miserable life in a Buddhistmonastery. Using various methods from folk music, such as embellishing,cutting, streamlining, and paraphrasing, the composer of Deep in the Night transforms the originally mournful melody into apowerful, passionate piece of music. In the Peking Opera pieces Beat the Drums to Offend Cao Cao and Farewell My Concubine, itaccompanies multiple scenes, including Mi Heng Beats the Drum and Yu Ji swings the sword. Combining thestrengths of different performances, this arrangement features an extendedstructure, which includes a prologue followed by Adagio, Moderato and Allegrosections.
4. Suona Ensemble “Watch the Yangge”
ShanxiFolksong
Arrangement: Jing Jianshu
Suona: Shan Weiwei, Liu Xizhan
Watchthe Yangge is a folk song from Qitai County in ShanxiProvince and is one of the most representative works of the “Yangge”, Applyingthe versatility of the suona, Jing Jianshu vividly describes how two sistersfrom a village brave the pouring rain to see a “Yangge”performance.The piece conveys the passion that villagers in Northern China have and theirpositive outlook on life.
1. The Concerto for Horse-Head Fiddle “Origins”
Composer: Tang Jianping
Horse-Head Fiddle: Hasibagen
Thispiece is a composition reflecting on origins, which can be said to begin in thespirit and natural world. It is separated into four parts that is constructedfrom two diatonic scales and two chords that continuously play on each other asthe music develops. Using Mongolian ethnic musical style, instruments, Khoomei(traditional Mongolian singing), and “Horse Head Fiddle’” to express a desolatebeauty and peaceful atmosphere.
2. Traditional ChamberMusic “Daling Melody”
Composer: Wang Yunfei
Guzheng: Lei Dianyun
Korean long drum：Chen Sihan
“Daling”inspired by Korean folk songs, the DalingMelody features a combination of folk songs interpreted by traditional folkinstruments. The expansive vibrato and dance rhythm of the piece is typicalmusical expressions representative of the Korean minority in China. It givesthe piece its own unique touch, at the same time; it expresses the composer'slove and respect for the minority music.
3. Chinese Ensemble “The Frolic”
Composer: Zhao Dongsheng
Created from a Yunnan folk song a southernprovince of China. The piece is divided into three parts withthree different musical expressions, pleasant mood, picturesque scenery, andlonging for happiness. Musical solos throughout the piece are used to highlightthe national instruments “language.” At the climax of the piece both thenational instruments and the vocals join in for a robust and refreshing finale.
4. Lu-Sheng and Orchestra “TrainArriving at Dong Village”
Composer: Yin Yongren
Lu-Sheng（areed-pipe wind instrument）: SongYang
Lu-sheng is a traditional instrument of theMiao, Dong and Shui, China’s southwest ethnic minorities. By making full use of the Lu-Sheng’s various techniques and soundimitations, the music paints a picture of the people’s joyful and happy lifewhile waiting for a train to arrive in the Dong village.
IV. TheSoul of Mountains
1. The Capriccio “Ambush From Ten Sides”
Ancient Music
Arrangement: Luo Huifang, Wang Jia-nan
Pipa: Luo Huifang
Percussion: Wang Jia-nan
Arranged from Ambush From Ten Sides and an episode from the movie House of Flying Daggers. The combination of Pipa and ethnic percussions mixed with modernelements creates a brand new image of this piece that is filled with tendernessand passion, yet solemn and desolate.
2. Peking OperaPercussions Ensemble “ Battle of ChangBan”
Composer: Wu Hua
Peking Opera Percussion: Tong Shengyuan, DengLifu, Qiu Tianyu, Guo Enxu
Composed using “Four Percussions” mainly usedin the Peking Opera and accompanied with Chinese traditional wind andpercussion instruments. The piece tells a story about Chinese hero Zhao Zilongfrom one of the four great Chinese novels ThreeKingdoms. Using the six different plots throughout the novel (Dragon fromthe Fire, Full of Courage, Warrior, Nice Zilong, Saving the Emperor, Kickingthe Cao Camp), an image of a hero is formed. This is the first piece to usePeking Opera percussions as a medium to describe a story and hero.
3. Traditional ChineseOrchestral Piece “Hero of the Mountain”
--Excerpt from the fourth movement ofthe folk symphony Zhuang Poems
Composer: Liu Xijin
Conductor: Hong Xia
Guangxi,surrounded by vast and imposing mountain ranges, is the land of heroes. Thesilent peaks resemble rank-and-file soldiers protecting the southern border ofthe homeland. The mighty mountain formations exude power and vitality. A newgeneration of Zhuang children is interpreting the immortal epics that shineupon Guangxi like the fiery rising sun.
