Jimu News reporter Guo Qian
Correspondent Mao Jungang
"The wind is roaring, the horses are braying, the Yellow River is roaring, the Yellow River is roaring..." On December 28, Central China Normal University's "Yellow River Cantata" 2024 New Year Concert was held at Wuhan Qintai Music Held in the hall, a soul-stirring and high-spirited "Yellow River Movement" was performed. The concert was divided into two halves, with 11 choirs and more than 300 performers participating, attracting more than 1,600 people.
At the beginning of the first half, the Mexican folk song "Swallow" adapted by the famous chorus conductor Mr. Jing Yan Liangkun brought the audience into the wonderful world of music with his moving voice. The excerpts from the oratorio "Song of Everlasting Regret" - "Mountains in the Void" and "The Fishing Sunspots are Drumming the Earth", show the simple pentatonic mode, flowing voice lines, and soft harmonic background, allowing the emotions of the scene to follow the notes. And flow. The Kazakh folk song "Gaolita" is affectionate and slow, revealing a rich national custom. The excerpt from the opera "Red Guards of Honghu Lake" - "Put down the three drums and pick up the red tassel spear" has a strong Jingchu style and rich local flavor, awakening the collective memory burned in the hearts of the Chinese people.
Come to the second half, "Yellow River Cantata" starts from "Yellow River Boatman Song". Under the introduction of the strong prelude, a shouting phrase is sung: "Ahem! Row yo! Row yo! Row yo! Row yo, rush up." Forward! Row, charge forward!" Immediately afterwards, "Ode to the Yellow River", "Yellow River Water Comes from the Sky", "Yellow Water Ballad", "Riverside Dialogue", "Yellow River Resentment", "Defend the Yellow River" and "Roar!" "Yellow River" was performed one after another, using solo singing, recitation, pipa, duet and other performance methods to express majestic, profound and magnificent emotions, infecting thousands of audiences at the scene.
Zhang Ziwei, a 2021 master's student at the School of Education of Central China Normal University, said, "The Yellow River Cantata is a majestic national hymn of mountains and rivers. It has always echoed in the hearts of every Chinese for many years. Today, we feel the excitement again. It can be said to be a heart-melting session. A major ideological and political course to cultivate morality. As young people in the new era, we should also have a strong sense of historical mission, learn from the patriotic spirit of our predecessors, and contribute more to promoting the country's modernization process."
In 1939, by an outstanding alumnus of Central China Normal University The national symphonic epic "Yellow River Cantata", written by Guang Weiran, a modern poet and literary critic, and composed by people's musician Xian Xinghai, uses the Yellow River as the symbol of the Chinese nation. It spread from the cave dwellings in Yan'an throughout the country, inspiring the Chinese people to fight and defend one after another. motherland. On December 28, 1999, Central China Normal University held a concert for 10,000 people to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the "Yellow River Cantata" and to welcome the new century. Since then, the school has listed "Yellow River Cantata" as an important part of educational and teaching activities and as a repertoire of campus cultural activities. For more than 20 years, the school has sung the melody of the "Yellow River Cantata" many times in a series of teaching, literary, academic and other activities, carrying forward the glorious tradition, inheriting the spirit of the Anti-Japanese War, and continuing the red blood.
This concert was hosted by Central China Normal University, hosted by the Party Committee Propaganda Department, College Student Aesthetic (Art) Education Center, School Youth League Committee, and School of Music, and received support from Tsinghua University, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), South Central University for Nationalities, and Wuhan Strong support from the University of Science and Technology, Hanjiang Normal University, Wuhan University of Communication, Hubei Institute of Technology and other institutions. The concert was conducted by choral conductor Tian Xiaobao and others, and included soprano Yu Huicheng and baritone singer He Leiming from Wuhan Conservatory of Music, performing artist and former director of Hubei Provincial Song and Dance Theater Lu Xiangrong, and former tenors Li Chujian and Liu of the Central Orchestra. Chunxi, soprano singer Li Xiuying of Shanghai Conservatory of Music and others are guest performers, Central China Normal University Tiankong Chorus, Tsinghua University Art Choir Chorus, South Central University for Nationalities Chorus, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) Fifth Element Chorus, Central China Normal University University Student Art Troupe Choir, Central China Normal University School of Music 2022 Choir, Wuhan University of Technology Chorus, Hanjiang Normal University Shiguang Choir, Wuhan University of Communication Choir, Hubei Institute of Technology New Air Chorus, Wuhan Xinghai Choir Attend a show.
(picture provided by the school)
(source: Jimu News)
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