The grand theater "sounds like summer flowers" blows up Chinese style
Newspaper (Reporter Xu Haozhe) On the evening of June 27, the 11th "Story of Yanhuang" was ushered in the "Sounds of Summer Flowers" concert series at the National Grand Theater.
The concert was performed by conductor Chen Lin, presented by pipa player Li Jia and the National Grand Theater Orchestra. The rich and diverse folk music elements made the audience feel the colorful national customs from the familiar tunes. This concert is also the first special symphony in China since the National Grand Theater launched a series of online concerts. As of 23:00 on the 27th, the live broadcast of this concert totaled 26.4 million views.
Before the concert officially began, Zhu Xun, a famous host specially invited by the National Grand Theater, led the audience to visit the unknown music treasure house of the Grand Theater-an art archive room with more than 110,000 pieces and a souvenir shop in the Grand Theater. Zhu Xun also talked with the conductor Chen Lin and the pipa player Li Jia on the centuries-old history of Chinese works at the Art Resource Center, and interpreted the creative background and musical characteristics of the four tracks. Conductor Chen Lin introduced: "The selection of works for this concert takes into account the academic height and the aesthetic preferences of the audience in different generations. From a regional perspective, it is from south to north, both Jiangnan style and northwest style; the composer is even more It includes important composers from different eras, including the older generation of Mr. Lu Qiming and Mr. Chen Qigang who currently has international influence."
At the concert that night, Bao Yuankai's masterpiece "Yang Si Yu Si" "Jiang Nan Yu Si", with the delicate and gentle, fresh and beautiful unique to Jiangnan folk songs, outlined a picture of the smoke and rain of the small bridge and flowing water. Chen Qigang's "Go West" for the string orchestra is a perfect combination of the Chinese national melody and modern Western composition techniques. Its simple and desolate tunes show the emotions of being away from home in the bow and string movements. Composer Wu Zuqiang, Wang Yanqiao and the famous lute player Liu Dehai co-created the Pipa Concerto "Sisters in the Grassland", which was adapted from real events and has a strong color of Inner Mongolian folk music. Pipa player Li Jia cooperated with the National Grand Theater Orchestra in harmony. The jade-like pipa string language was interpreted by the orchestra and interpreted the spirit of the times without fear of hardship and hard work.
The live broadcast of this concert was watched by users from 51 countries and regions including the United Kingdom, Germany, France, the United States, Argentina, and Australia, and won the praise and support of many professionals and music fans. An audience left a message: "The hall-level enjoyment, the faint flute took us to the prairie. The handsome commander, the performance of the clouds and the water at the fingertips, heard me intoxicated."