Fishing Song 漁歌 (from the Life Sketches of North China Ethnic Area 北方民族生活素描), by Liu Xijin 劉錫津
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| Title | Fishing Song 漁歌 (from the Life Sketches of North China Ethnic Area 北方民族生活素描), by Liu Xijin 劉錫津 |
| Author | Cheng-Ying Chuang |
| Duration | 5:58 |
| File Format | MP3 / MP4 |
| Original URL | https://youtube.com/watch?v=fzOTpE3DEes |
Description
Harmony Ensemble and Scottish Philharmonic Orchestra Strings
9th February 2009, "A Concert, A Cocktail, A Canapé
Òran Mór, Glasgow, Scotland
Liuqin Solo: Cheng-Ying Chuang
Yangqin: Kimho Ip
Dizi: Eddie McGuire
Sketches of Life in North China Ethnic Areas is a yueqin (high-pitched moon lute) concerto composed in the end of the 1970s by Liu Xijin, now the Principal of Beijing Central Opera House. This four-movements concerto is titled with activities of four ethnic people. Fishing Song is the third one, inspired by folksongs of Hezhe People (Northeast China). This is an arrangement for Western string orchestra, yangqin, dizi. The solo part was played on liuqin, coupled with a vocal addition in the end.
