sabato 29 novembre 2014
venerdì 28 novembre 2014
Chinese Suzhou Pingtan Ballad-Dream of Red Chamber-night vis
Daiyu is ill and Baoyu visits her at
night.
隆冬寒露结成冰
Cold dews in midwinter freeze into ice
月色迷蒙欲断魂
The moon is hazy in the dim night
一阵阵溯风吹入骨
Northern winds are bone-chilling
乌洞洞的大观园里冷清清
The Prospect Garden in the darkness are cold and desolate
贾宝玉一路花街步
giovedì 27 novembre 2014
mercoledì 26 novembre 2014
martedì 25 novembre 2014
lunedì 24 novembre 2014
giovedì 20 novembre 2014
domenica 16 novembre 2014
The Peony Pavilion - video Metropolitan Museum (English Subtitles)
Program Information
Presented November 30, 2012
Tan Dun, director
With the aim of animating Metropolitan Museum galleries in new ways, Met Museum Presents offers one of five performances of the sixteenth-century Kunqu opera masterpiece The Peony Pavilion, in a seventy-minute version developed and directed by celebrated composer Tan Dun with choreography by Huang Doudou, one of China's most prominent dancers, in the Met's Astor Court, the courtyard modeled on a seventeenth-century garden.
The performance is organized in conjunction with the
exhibition Chinese Gardens: Palace Pavilions, Scholars' Studios,
Rustic Retreats, on view August 18, 2012–January 6, 2013, which
explores the rich interactions between pictorial and garden arts in
China across more than one thousand years, featuring more than
seventy paintings and contemporary photographs as well as ceramics,
carved bamboo, lacquerware, metalwork, and textiles drawn from the
Museum's collections.
The Peony Pavilion is one of the most important works of
classical Chinese opera. A sweeping love story with subplots
involving feudalism, the work in its original form consisted of
fifty-five acts that take more than twenty hours to perform. This
version is directed by Zhang Jun, one of China's most respected Kunqu
performers, and remains faithful to the core plot focusing on the
love story between the heroine and hero—Du Liniang and Liu
Mengmei—and the Peony Pavilion where their love began.
http://www.metmuseum.org/metmedia/video/concerts/peony-pavilion
sabato 15 novembre 2014
venerdì 14 novembre 2014
giovedì 13 novembre 2014
sabato 8 novembre 2014
Guqin 古琴 楚歌 Mr Yuan, Jung-ping performs "Chu Ge, Song of Chu" 袁中平古琴演奏"楚歌"
Mr. Yuan was the founder of New York
Qin Society [ http://www.newyorkqin.org ]. He performed the Chu Ge on
the August 7th, 2009 meeting.
The strings are silk strings instead ofthe August 7th, 2009 meeting.
the modern metal strings. The piece was performed on a Ming Dynasty
Guqin. According to Mr. Yuan, older Qin has a more translucent favor
in design, while newer, modern ones tend to have a deeper base.
Lyrics of his singing, from Mr John
Thompson's page:
力拔山兮氣蓋世，
Li ba shan xi, qi gai shi.
時不利兮騅不逝，
Shi bu li xi, zhui bu shi.
騅不逝兮可奈何，
Zhui bu shi xi, ke nai he?
虞兮虞兮奈若何！
Yu xi, Yu xi, nai ruo he?
For more information about Chu Ge, you
can read it on Mr. John Thompson's page:
http://www.silkqin.com/02qnpu/07sqmp/...
venerdì 7 novembre 2014
Guqin 古琴 Yuan Jung-ping Lament of Departure on Guqin, 長亭怨慢 袁中平演奏
Mr Yuan Jung-ping, the founder of New
York Qin Society as well as Chung Hua Guqin Society [中華古琴協會],
and a Guqin instructor in Nanhua University [Taiwan] held a few close
and intimate Guqin workshops in Chung-dao Tang [中道堂],
Catskill, NY.
York Qin Society as well as Chung Hua Guqin Society [中華古琴協會],
and a Guqin instructor in Nanhua University [Taiwan] held a few close
and intimate Guqin workshops in Chung-dao Tang [中道堂],
Catskill, NY.
He brought with him a Chung-dao Qin
[中道琴], made by a Qin maker
in Taiwan. Chung-dao Qin are Guqin made with 100-year old wood, made
under the strict supervision of Mr Yuan Jung-ping. It uses
traditional silk strings, instead of the modern metal strings.
[中道琴], made by a Qin maker
in Taiwan. Chung-dao Qin are Guqin made with 100-year old wood, made
under the strict supervision of Mr Yuan Jung-ping. It uses
traditional silk strings, instead of the modern metal strings.
The piece performed is Chang Ting Yuan
Man [長亭怨慢], which I
loosely translated it to "Lament of Departure." Lyric
written by a Song Dynasty poet Jiang Kui [姜夔,
aka. Hermit of the White Stone].
Man [長亭怨慢], which I
loosely translated it to "Lament of Departure." Lyric
written by a Song Dynasty poet Jiang Kui [姜夔,
aka. Hermit of the White Stone].
The song itself is an old one, the
Guqin music was transcripted by Mr Yuan Jung-ping. The location was
in the Chung-dao Tang [中道堂]
in Catskill, NY.
Guqin music was transcripted by Mr Yuan Jung-ping. The location was
in the Chung-dao Tang [中道堂]
in Catskill, NY.
The lyric is in the song, so I am not
recapping them here.
recapping them here.
Video edited and shot by
Henryshoots.com. All rights reserved. Please include proper credit
and respect the proper right owners to insure future productions.
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and respect the proper right owners to insure future productions.
Links:
Chung Hua Guqin Society:
http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/qin-chinaMr Yuan's personal blog:
http://www.qinchungdao.blogspot.com/2010年初袁中平先生臨紐約上州中道堂，舉辦古琴教課課程。袁先生帶中道琴同行。中道琴乃是百年古木所制，上傳統絲絃，是由袁先生監製的古琴。
所演奏曲子為長亭怨慢，是宋朝姜夔［白石道人]所作。曲子乃是古曲，袁中平先生改之為古琴曲。本人把長亭怨慢翻成英文離愁。如有更好的翻譯請觀眾給意見。影片裡邊有詞。
中華古琴協會:
http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/qin-china
袁中平先生個人部落格:
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Translation of the poem, roughly, in
English:
English:
When winds breathed slowly
and carried cotton blossom drifts
floating from the willow strands,
there in the fragrant willowshade,
we rested in green depths.
Sailing round faraway beaches,
sailing as evening falls;
in this total disorder
of aimless sailing,
where can I make land?
I've met my share of mankind,
but none are like the willows by that
gate of departure. None remain.
If trees had hearts like men do,
they would not be so green with life.
Night comes on, your high city
disappears,
disappears,
There's only the tangle of endless
mountains.
mountains.
Like Wei Lang, I've left you-
But remember; this bracelet of jade;
believe this promise that we've made
When I left, you begged me "Soon
return!"
return!"
For fear we'd leave the red flowers
loveless.
loveless.
And I didn't take your pair of scissors
with me,
with me,
but if I had, I still couldn't cut
these thousand binding, silken threads
of melancholy exile.
giovedì 6 novembre 2014
Beijing Opera She Sai Hua 1 京剧佘賽花 video with English subtitle
She
Sai Hua was the matriarch of the Yang family generals. Mu Guiying is
another famous lady general and was her granddaughter-in-law. Along
with Mulan, these are the well-known lady generals in Chinese
history.
China: Seven Sages of the Bamboo-Grove Part 2
The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove were a group of Chinese Taoist Qingtan scholars, writers, and musicians who came together in the 3rd century CE.
早晨 （笛子独奏）Morning (Dizi Solo) - video chinese music
Performed by Hoon Jia Jia (洪嘉嘉),
accompanied by Lim Jiaqi (林嘉琪）on
the Yangqin, at University Cultural Centre, 7th April 2002.
Zhang Di - Yangqin Solo - video chinese music
Summary of skills 1. Proficiency in
Chinese traditional instrument "Yang Qin" 2. Leadership
abilities 3. Critical abilities 4. Strong knowledge of solfeggio
music theory Excellent analytical skill
Education and coursework
2012 graduated from MinzuUniversity-Beijing, China Chinese traditional instrument YangQing
Associate of art
Experience
Win the gold award for playing dulcimerof art college specialty group in the first ICAF national instrument
contest 2012 august. Win the first "Hua Yi award" (Macao)
global Chinese youth at festival (Beijing) Folk music group best
performance award 2005/7/2.
mercoledì 5 novembre 2014
Dragon Boat Racing 赛龙夺锦 video chinese music
Performed
by the China National Traditional Orchestra at the Vienna Golden Hall
in early 1998.
China: Seven Sages of the Bamboo-Grove Part 1 video
CCTV's Journeys in Time: Seven Sages of the Bamboo-Grove Part1
The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove were a group of Chinese Taoist Qingtan scholars, writers, and musicians who came together in the 3rd century CE.
martedì 4 novembre 2014
Chinese music :Guo Gan - Butterfly Lovers 梁祝 (ErHu Concerto)
ErHu -- Guo Gan . chef d'ochestre --Sun Ying . Orchetre --- l'orchestre philharmonique Paris Pekin . Lieu : Theatre Jean Vilar . Paris . France . date : 01/06/2012 作曲：陳綱、何占豪 Composed by Chen Gang, He Zhan-hao in 1959 The story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai has been a household love story in China for more than 1000 years. The heroine Zhu Yingtai, disguised as a man, becomes bosom friends with Liang Shanbo, a classmate of hers for 3 years. Before returning home, Yingtai implies to shanbo that she will be his wife. Knowing that Yingtai is woman, the delighted Shanbo hurries to her home, only to find that her family has betrothed her to someone else against her will. Under the pressure of the patriarchal clan rules and feudal ethics, they die for love and return into a pair of butterflies. The moving tragic legend extols pure love and freedom of love. First appearing in the early Tang Dynasty, the story was put on the stage in the Song and Yuan dynasties, and plays based on the story was widely performed during the Ming and Wing dynasties. The story has been handed down to this day in manifold forms
《鄉敘》 笙：陳麒米 Pei-I Chen 2008 Sheng Recital - video chinese music
笙人‧GISèLE
陳佩怡2008笙獨奏會
Pei-I Chen 2008 Sheng Recital
2008 / 5 / 18 (日)高雄市音樂館演奏廳
笙獨奏曲《冬獵》 笙：陳麒米 chinese music - sheng (windpipe) - video
Sheng-笙 (sheng windpipe)
The Chinese sheng (Chinese: 笙; Pinyin sheng) is a mouth-blown free reed instrument consisting essentially of vertical pipes, in the Chinese orchestra. It is thought that Johann Wilde and Pere Amiot traveled to China and brought the first shengs back to Europe in 1740 and 1777 respectively… (more from wiki, 百度百科)
Winter Hunting (CHEN Peiyi)
冬猎 “Dong lie” (陈佩怡)
Winter Hunting (CHEN Peiyi)
冬猎 “Dong lie” (陈佩怡)
domenica 2 novembre 2014
Beijing opera: "The Empty City Stratagem" 空城计 - Yu Kuizhi (于魁智) - video
Beijing opera:
"The Empty City Stratagem" 空城计
subtitles by M. Croche
First company of the National Beijing
Opera Theater
Zhuge Liang: Yu Kuizhi (于魁智)Sima Yi: Shang Changrong (尚长荣)
Old Guy #1: Niu Piao (钮骠)
Old Guy #2: Zheng Yan (郑岩)
Zhao Yun: Wang Lu (王璐)
Huqin solo: Zhao Jianhua (赵建华)
sabato 1 novembre 2014
Examples of the Nine Dragon Spot (九龙口) in Beijing opera - video
Some entrances from the Beijing opera, "The Nine River Spot" ("九江口"). Each character stops at the Nine Dragon Spot （九龙口）, center-right stage, before proceeding slowly downstage front and center.
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