On the evening of November 16, the concert "Great American Rhythm" by Liu Sha and the Beijing Chinese Orchestra was performed at the National Center for the Performing Arts. Under the baton of Liu Sha, chief conductor of the Central Chinese Orchestra, famous pipa player Dong Xiao

On the evening of November 16, the concert "Great American Rhythm" by Liu Sha and the Beijing Chinese Orchestra was performed at the National Center for the Performing Arts. Under the baton of Liu Sha, chief conductor of the Central Chinese Orchestra, the famous pipa player Dong Xiaolin and erhu player Yang Xue joined hands The orchestra performs original folk music classics such as "Yinzhen Beauty Picture" and "Fire Festival", leading the audience to swim in the picturesque ocean of Chinese music.

This concert selected many classic folk music works created by well-known composers. A mysterious and beautiful national orchestral music "Yinzhen Beauty Picture" opened the concert. Composer Luo Maishuo divided twelve pictures of ladies from the Qing Dynasty into four movements, using exquisite melody lines to depict the characters, which attracted the audience. Feel the charm of the beauties of the Qing Dynasty in the music.

The Huqin Concerto "Fire Sacrifice" adapted by the famous composer Tan Dun based on the soundtrack he composed for the movie "Nanjing 1937" was also performed at the concert. The work was performed in Erhu, Gaohu and Zhonghu. Three kinds of huqin sang the years of war in a tearful voice. Yang Xue, an erhu performer and professor at the Central Conservatory of Music, uses three types of huqin in his performance. The distinct layers and rich listening experience express that period of time that Chinese people cannot forget. What shocked the audience even more was that when Tan Dun was composing the work, he asked the band's wind players to stand in the audience and perform, and the conductor also waved his baton toward the audience, so that the performance on and off the stage was integrated.

"Tan Dun wrote this work around 1996, and its performance form is still very novel now." Wu Xuhai, director of the Beijing Chinese Orchestra, said that this concert selected a number of folk music works with different styles to showcase the national The majestic development and diversified pattern of music also provide the audience with an immersive experience of watching national music performances.

In addition, pipa player and pipa principal of the China National Traditional Orchestra Dong Xiaolin also performed the pipa concerto "Song of Heaven and Earth" with the orchestra, and the national orchestra "Four Folk Style Suites" also showed the musical characteristics of different regions.

Source: Beijing Daily client

Reporter: Han Xuan