On the morning of January 14th, the Beijing Concert Hall’s newly planned performance brand - "The Original Heart of Chinese Music" National Chamber Music Series opened its first concert. The music takes the audience on a unique journey to Beijing.
"The Beijing Chinese Orchestra is the only Chinese orchestra among Beijing's state-owned art troupes. It is our own Chinese orchestra for Beijingers." Yu Haiyin, deputy director of the cultural activities department of the Beijing Chinese Orchestra and a young erhu performer, served as the guide for the day's performance , allowing the audience to understand the story behind each piece of music while enjoying the music. Regarding the arrangement of the concert, Yu Haiyin said, "This concert selects a series of musical works that reflect Beijing's customs and styles, presented in the form of national chamber music, and using music to depict Beijing walking in the new era. Among these works It not only has the style and characteristics of Beijing, but also provides stylish contemporary national music works from the hands of young musicians."
In this concert called "The Story of Beijing", it not only includes traditional Beijing flavor Musical works, there are also many classic folk music works. The performance skillfully uses sanxian, erhu, pipa and other national musical instruments to connect Beijing's landmark buildings and historical context. It explores the "Summer Palace" in traditional folk music and jazz music, and walks through "Tobacco Bag Slope" with a blend of tradition and modernity. "Street", "Wudaoying" and "Mao'er Hutong", and tasted the song "Deep Night" in the rhythm with the characteristics of Peking Opera. The audience viewed this familiar city in the unique music symbols of Beijing and felt the Peking Opera style. Yun's unique strength and softness.
"Jiu Le Chamber Music Group is a brand chamber music team of our Beijing Chinese Orchestra. Although these musicians are very young, we have very sufficient stage experience. They have even done world-class performances before. Touring extensively, they are a hard-hitting team with a large repertoire." Yu Haiyin said, "After experiencing the stage, young musicians have both a perfect stage image and superb performance skills. More importantly, they have a perfect stage image and superb performance skills. It is because our small team has accumulated a lot of works now that we can present a diverse and rich performance to everyone."
Talking about the national trend phenomenon that has attracted much attention nowadays, Yu Haiyin also said, "The Beijing Chinese Orchestra actually launched it relatively early. Many of these works combine contemporary creative elements, creative techniques, and performance techniques with traditional music elements. In fact, they are traditional music works that are more in line with contemporary people's aesthetics. In addition, they have thousands of years of history. Historical Chinese musical instruments, in the hands of young musicians, perform musical works in a contemporary cultural context, which are very wonderful, harmonious, and in line with the aesthetics of contemporary audiences."
2024 "The Original Heart of Chinese Music" National Chamber Music Series The concert is a newly planned series of ethnic chamber music performances by the Beijing Concert Hall. It is held every Sunday morning. The Beijing Concert Hall joins hands with six major troupes in Beijing to jointly create high-quality ethnic chamber music, with guided tours and performances, and a 70-minute non-stop performance. Intermittent performances. Zhang Yilin, one of the producers of the Beijing Concert Hall's "Original Heart of Chinese Music" series and general manager of the Beijing Concert Hall, said, "The Beijing Concert Hall's series of "Original Heart of Chinese Music" adheres to the concept of 'inheriting Chinese music and practicing the original heart'. We invite professional The national music performance team came to the Beijing Concert Hall, a professional stage with profound cultural heritage, and at the same time expressed the unique beauty of Chinese music through the best acoustic effects."
Next, the "Original Heart of Chinese Music" series will also be staged in China Wonderful concerts such as the Coal Mine Art Troupe's "Art Collection" series and the Beijing Chinese Orchestra's "Hearing the Dynasty" series.
Photography/Luo Wei
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Tian Wanting
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