Changjiang Daily Wuhan Client, December 30 (Reporter Zhou Jie, Correspondent Mao Jungang) The sonorous and powerful piano prelude sounded, "Ahem! Scratch! Scratch! Scratch! Scratch! Rush forward! Scratch!" Charge forward!" The first low-pitched Yellow River chant came in immediately, and Tian Xiaobao, who was standing in front of the stage conducting, suddenly couldn't help but burst into tears. Also with tears in his eyes were the chorus members on the stage and Yan Di, the daughter of the famous conductor Mr. Yan Liangkun, who was sitting in the audience. On December 28, the 2024 New Year Concert of Central China Normal University's "Yellow River Cantata" was held at Wuhan Qintai Concert Hall, with guests from Central China Normal University, Tsinghua University, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), South Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan University of Technology, and Hanjiang Normal University 11 choirs and 371 performers from universities such as Wuhan University of Communication, Wuhan University of Communication, Hubei Institute of Technology and other institutions jointly performed the soul-stirring and high-spirited "Yellow River Cantata" in its entirety. The majestic, profound and majestic emotions infected more than 1,600 people at the scene. audience. Tian Xiaobao said that the boiling "Yellow River Cantata" is like the rushing Yellow River, which makes me feel the inheritance of the "Soul of the Yellow River".
performance scene. Photo by reporter Zhou Jie
"Yellow River Cantata" was written by Guang Weiran, an outstanding alumnus of Central China Normal University, modern poet and literary critic, and the music was composed by People's Musician Xian Xinghai. Guang Weiran, whose original name was Zhang Guangnian, was born in Guanghua County, Hubei Province. He joined the Communist Youth League in 1927 and became an official member of the Communist Party of China in 1929. In 1931, he was admitted to the Chinese Department of China University (one of the predecessors of Central China Normal University). In February 1939, Guang Weiran completed the poem "Yellow River Cantata" in five days; at the end of March, Xian Xinghai completed the entire score in six days. On April 13, the "Yellow River Cantata" was performed for the first time in the auditorium of Northern Shaanxi Public School. Since then, this national symphonic epic and the pinnacle of China's modern art history has spread from the cave dwellings in Yan'an throughout the country, inspiring Chinese people to continue to fight. , defend the motherland.
The famous conductor Yan Liangkun (data map).
On December 28, 1999, Central China Normal University held a concert to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the "Yellow River Cantata" and to welcome the new century. The famous conductor Mr. Yan Liangkun came to the rehearsal site to provide guidance. Mr. Yan Liangkun was born in Wuchang, Hubei Province. He is one of the founders of China’s chorus industry and one of the founders of the chorus of the Central Orchestra (now China Symphony Orchestra). It was his arrangement, arrangement and conducting that established the standard performance version of the "Yellow River Cantata". He conducted more than a thousand performances of the "Yellow River Cantata" in his life, spanning more than 70 years. When he was 80 years old, Mr. Yan Liangkun was specially appointed as a professor by Central China Normal University. Teaching and educating in Guizishan and caring for and supporting the chorus career of China Normal University were one of the important contents of his later life. December 28, 2023 is also the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mr. Yan Liangkun.
on-site conductor Tian Xiaobao. Photo by reporter Zhou Jie
As a doctoral student of Mr. Yan Liangkun, Tian Xiaobao said that Central China Normal University began to prepare for the "Yellow River Cantata" 2024 New Year Concert in early 2023, not only to explain the "indissoluble bond" between "Yellow River Cantata" and China Normal University , and it is even more necessary to use the "Yellow River Cantata" to provide a good art education and ideological and political education class, so that students and the audience can personally feel what the Yellow River is and what the Yellow River spirit is like.
This performance organized 11 student choirs from multiple universities. The performers also included high-level artists from Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Central Orchestra, Hubei Opera and Dance Theater, Wuhan Conservatory of Music and other art units, and completely reproduced "Yellow River" Cantata": It starts with "Yellow River Boatman Song", followed by "Ode to the Yellow River", "Yellow River Water Comes from the Sky", "Yellow Water Ballad", "Riverside Counterpart Song", "Yellow River Resentment", "Defend the Yellow River" and "Roar!" "Yellow River" was staged one after another. Tian Xiaobao, the artistic director and conductor of the performance, said that such a large-scale and high-level performance is rare in the "Yellow River Cantata" performances in recent years.
performance scene. Photographed by reporter Zhou Jie
11 student choirs completed their performance after more than a month of rehearsal at school, as well as two full-member rehearsals and stage performances at the Qintai performance site.Tian Xiaobao commented that the whole performance was very complete. We inherited and innovated. We performed a different "Yellow River Cantata" for the youth of the new era, which made us feel the excitement that Mr. Yan brought us more than 20 years ago again.
It is reported that Professor Li Xiuying of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, who sang "The Resentment of the Yellow River" as a guest performer, and Mr. Li Chujian and Mr. Liu Chunxi of the Central Orchestra, who sang "Riverside Dialogue", are all famous performing artists who have collaborated with Mr. Yan Liangkun for a long time. They turned down other performances and came all the way to Wuhan. Lu Xiangrong, the former director of the Hubei Provincial Opera and Dance Theater, who recited poems for the whole audience, was the reciter of the poems in the 1999 chorus of thousands of people. Because of his age and health, he was originally strictly prohibited from performing on stage by doctors, but "today he risked his life." Danger came to recite it, and he recited it so passionately that I had to whisper to him, take it easy, take it easy," Tian Xiaobao said.
After the performance, it was difficult to calm down for a long time. Zhang Ziwei, a 2021 master's student at the School of Education, Central China Normal University, said: "The "Yellow River Cantata" is a majestic national hymn for mountains and rivers. It has always echoed in the hearts of every Chinese for many years. Today, let us once again Feeling the excitement is a great ideological and political lesson that nourishes the heart and cultivates virtue. 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."
Professor Chen Ling from the School of Music of Central China Normal University expressed emotion in a post on WeChat: "In times of peace, "Yellow River Cantata" can be performed often, because today's young people live in such a relatively rich material environment, and they need to know more about it. History has passed."
A person from Central China Normal University said that in order to carry forward the glorious tradition, inherit the spirit of the Anti-Japanese War, and continue the red blood, the "Yellow River Cantata" will be a reserved program of campus cultural activities and will be performed at Guizi Mountain every year in the future.
This concert is hosted by Central China Normal University, conducted by choral conductor Tian Xiaobao, and includes the Tiankong Chorus of Central China Normal University, the Chorus of Tsinghua University Art Chorus, the Choir of South Central University for Nationalities, and the Fifth Chorus of China University of Geosciences (Wuhan). Elements Choir, Central China Normal University College Students Art Troupe Choir, Central China Normal University School of Music 22nd Grade Chorus, Wuhan University of Technology Choir, Hanjiang Normal University Picking Light Choir, Wuhan University of Communication Chorus, Hubei Institute of Technology New Air Choir , Wuhan Xinghai Choir participated in the performance.
This concert also performed the Mexican folk song "Swallow" adapted by Mr. Yan Liangkun, which brought the audience into the wonderful world of music with a moving voice; excerpts from the oratorio "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" - "Mountains in the Void" and "Yuyang" "The Drums Come to the Ground" shows the simple pentatonic mode, flowing voice lines, and soft harmonic background, allowing the emotions of the scene to flow with the notes; the Kazakh folk song "Gaoh Litai" is affectionate and slow, revealing Rich national customs; the mixed chorus - "Put down the three drums and pick up the red tassel gun", arranged based on excerpts from the opera "Red Guards of Honghu Lake", has a strong Jingchu style and rich local flavor, awakening the sentiments burned in the hearts of the Chinese people. collective memory. Tian Xiaobao revealed that "Swallow" has become the anthem of the Tiankong Chorus of Central China Normal University and must be sung in every performance.
[Editor: Deng Laxiu]
[Source: Changjiang Daily-Changjiang Net]
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