Turn in the New Year's concert
The bells of 2022 have already sounded, and the New Year's Eve performances of various theaters in Shencheng last night have become an important channel for the audience to obtain a sense of life ceremony and artistic happiness, and on behalf of this vibrant performing arts capital, the first New Year's wishes were sent to the citizens. The Chinese music "Ode to Dunhuang Mercy" performed by the Shanghai Grand Theatre and the 2022 Shanghai New Year Concert performed at the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall play the sound of the city on the occasion of the New Year with a selection of songs from The Fusion of East and West and a new interpretation of traditional works.
Dunhuang style Ancient musical instruments pop up the Silk Road
Dunhuang rebound pipa, fengshou zhenzhen and Dunhuang Xiqin, three instruments "walked" out of the mural, last night at the Shanghai Grand Theatre with musical notes to pave a silk road that can be listened to. The Chinese music "Dunhuang Ode to Mercy" was commissioned by the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra to create an international music master Tan Dun, which took two years to "recreate", on the basis of dozens of trips to Dunhuang to learn from the style, drawing on the ancient music and dance music of Dunhuang and the court music of the Tang Dynasty.
The Dunhuang Xiqin played by lu Lu, an erhu player in the orchestra, can be seen as the ancestor of the erhu. The first generation of Dunhuang Xiqin selected this time is not stable enough in terms of rhythm and pitch, which tests the control and stability of the players, but whenever you hear the sound that contains thousands of years of culture, it gives Lu Lu a strong sense of substitution, hoping to show the dunhuang music to the audience in its original way.
Liu Xuanyi played Zhen Xinmin Evening News reporter Wang Kai
The pipa was originally played vertically, and during the rebound process, the pipa player Li Shengnan could not see the "product" part of the pipa's left hand at all, and through continuous practice, he achieved the effect of "blind playing" today. On the basis of the one-to-one restoration of the Dunhuang mural phoenix head basket, the phoenix head basket in the concert added a row of strings, which is more in line with and convenient for modern performance. Liu Xuanyi, a performer at the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra, said: "After the restoration, the phoenix head is paired with a flying dance, and when you pluck the strings, you feel that you are the flying goddess who plays the basket." ”
When the traditional Chinese national instruments are played together, the ancient music of Dunhuang a thousand years ago seems to truly "come alive", revealing the prosperity and beauty of the dust for a thousand years, and reproducing the glory and splendor of the Silk Road. Through the beautiful resonance of national music and thousand-year-old murals, it shows the philosophical thoughts, humanistic values and moral norms of Dunhuang culture on the ancient Silk Road, reveals the cultural spirit and cultural mind of the Chinese nation, and activates the vitality of Dunhuang culture.
Symphonic Wind Remove the podium in homage to Vienna
Removing the podium in the center of the stage, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra's New Year's Eve concert was performed by the Shanghai Quartet, the resident artist of the season, who ascended to the C position, the first violin Li Weigang played the role of conductor, and the four musicians in the orchestra led the orchestra, presenting a pioneering performance for the audience.
Such an attempt is actually related to the performance of "not seeing the podium" in the international music world. At last year's Lucerne Festival, pianist Wang Yujia performed two concerts with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and mahler Chamber Orchestra, which were completed by the pianist or principal. Of course, the conductor is still indispensable in the performance, but to a certain extent, it conveys the change of the classical symphony "washing the heart".
The scene of the performance
Consistent with the style of the Vienna New Year's Concert, last night the Shanghai Concert Hall staged several works by Johann Strauss Jr., including plucked strings polka, "Blue Danube" round dance, lightning fast polka, these bright-paced, melodic dance music is the signature song of the Vienna New Year Concert, which makes people feel comfortable after listening. Coincidentally, this year's Berliner Philharmoniker's New Year's concert also featured the Strauss family dance music under the theme of "Tribute to Vienna".
Music critic Li Yanhuan said that the concert, led by the Shanghai Quartet, led the band to present classic works in a more chamber-based manner, so that both the performers and the audience can perceive the music they are already familiar with from a different perspective. (Xinmin Evening News reporter Zhao Yue, Zhu Yuan)