A "Pear Blossom Ode" in the Peking Opera "Tang Guifei", what kind of style will be presented after adapting the folk music? On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, The answer will be revealed at the China Oriental Performing Arts Group's "Celebrating the New Year and China Oriental New Year Concert". At the recent 100 concert performances of China Oriental Performing Arts Group's 2022 annual music season and the press conference of "Celebrating the New Year and China Oriental New Year Concert", the China Oriental Folk Orchestra and the China Light Music Troupe under the Group made a live display, and representatives from the Liangma community listened to a number of Chinese and foreign songs on the spot.
According to Jing Xiaoyong, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of China Oriental Performing Arts Group, China Oriental Performing Arts Group will focus on creating 100 concerts in the 2022 performance season and perform nationwide, of which the first concert "Celebrating the New Year • China Oriental New Year Concert" will open on the evening of February 6 (the sixth day of the first lunar month) at the Beijing Poly Theater.
The performance repertoire is all based on the theme of "Spring", "Spring", "Spring Rain", "Ode to the Pear Blossoms of Yingchun" and other songs, all full of vigorous poetry, "Spring Festival Overture" is the most ritualistic repertoire of the New Year, and "New Year Music", "Roaring Spring", "New Year" A series of auspicious and festive folk music works will also push the atmosphere to a climax. At that time, the China Oriental Folk Orchestra will join hands with Yang Chunlin and many national first-class players to play the Ode to Spring and open a new year and a new atmosphere. In addition to this New Year concert, the 100-performance tour of the two orchestras also includes more than a dozen sets of concerts such as "Oscar-winning Golden Melody Concert", "Hisaishi Jean Folk Music Special Audiovisual Concert", "Watch China Light Concert", "Jazz Pop Golden Melody Concert", "Mid-Autumn Moon Special Concert" and so on.
Among the eight tracks displayed at the press conference, there are "Ode to the Pear Blossoms of Yingchun", adapted from contemporary classical opera music, as well as the folk music version of "Castle in the Sky" by Hisaishi Film Music, as well as the original song "Caiyun Caprice" and the dynamic light music song "Cha cha".
It is reported that the positioning of the two orchestras is completely different, the folk orchestra is "national tide style, international style", while the light music troupe is "playing its own melody to the world". According to Li Bingjing, director of the Group's Instrumental Music Center, the instruments used by the performers at the concert are also quite interesting, the main instrument of "Ode to the Pear Blossoms of Yingchun" Jinghu was used by Xu Lanyuan, the pianist of Mei Lanfang, while the Gentr and Salon used by the light music troupe were the national ceremonial instruments brought back by the national leaders when they visited Indonesia, and the electric vibrato is a jazz instrument that makes a sound with percussion...
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Guo Jia
Editor/Ying Qiao