On September 10, on the Mid-Autumn Festival night, the Central Chinese Orchestra's "Lirenxing and Qingshandu" Mid-Autumn Chamber Music Concert premiered in the Concert Hall of the National Centre for the Performing Arts. This is the first stage of the "Treasure Chinese Music" series by the Central Chinese Orchestra, and it is also the first public performance of the chamber music group "Li Renxing" and "Qingshandu" of the Central Chinese Orchestra. group night. These young performers born in the 1980s and 1990s redefine "national chamber music" with classic works and innovations, and present a pleasant and beautiful Chinese music feast to the audience.

Gugaku's "Treasure Hunt"

The concert kicked off with the quaint sound of the guqin. With the sound of the guqin, the audience was taken into the prosperous world of Chinese music.

The "first stage" of the two groups "Lirenxing" and "Qingshandu" are among the popular programs of China Central Radio and Television Station. In CCTV's "National Treasure Show Season", "Li Renxing" traveled through the five dynasties, perfectly re-engraving the "Painted Sanle Relief", and a song "Ta Ge Xing" became popular on the Internet; It made its debut in the special program "Struggling Youth" on the Fourth Youth Day. The newly adapted song "Xing Guangming" interprets the new force of Chinese folk music in a fashionable and youthful language.

After adaptation, the chamber music versions of "Treading Song" and "Bright Walk" made their debut on the stage at this Mid-Autumn Festival concert. "Li Ren Xing" dressed in ancient costumes came to the stage. The ancient rhyme was instantly smudged on and off the stage, and a treasure hunt for Chinese music began. Immediately afterwards, the song "Xing Guangming" from "Qingshandu" brought the audience from the stage of Tang music and dance into the era of high fighting spirit. This erhu famous song composed by musician Liu Tianhua has been adapted and is full of youthful atmosphere and excitement. Emotions bring a new audio-visual experience to the audience.

Miao Qing played the guzheng in "Li Ren Xing". "Although the National Centre for the Performing Arts has appeared on the stage countless times, this time as a 'Li Ren Xing' performance for the first time is really a little nervous." In Miao Qing's view, indoor The music group requires more practice by itself and more practice together as a whole. "If there are problems in the rehearsal, we communicate in time, and we pay attention to the performance state during the performance. All of us are summing up our experience through exploration."

Two pieces of music that have gathered quite a lot of popularity on the Internet platform were played one after another at the opening of the concert, making the atmosphere of the entire concert hall instantly hot.

Zhao Ziyin, a Gaohu player of the Central Chinese Orchestra, is born in 1995. In her opinion, after becoming a member of "Li Ren Xing", her life has become busier and more fulfilling. "Due to the small number of folk music chamber music groups, each instrument is more prominent. We must not only have superb skills, but also pay attention to physical performance and expression management." Zhao Ziyin firmly believes that this combination form will allow more young people to accept folk music, I like folk music.

The stage of technology and artistic conception

Since its establishment, "Lirenxing" and "Qingshandu" have been invited to participate in a series of heavyweight activities. They moved and shocked VIPs and audiences from different countries with Chinese music, and also proved their performance skills and artistic conception. Ability is unquestionable. On the stage of the concert that night, they once again proved their strength with music. Bamboo flute player Chen Shasha, as the captain of "Li Ren Xing", said: "Big bands require integration, and chamber music groups require independence. The combination mainly depends on the degree of tacit understanding, which requires us to practice together and run in more." Most of them are tailor-made, and the performers all play from memory. Behind the wonderful presentation is their dedication to music excellence.

A piece of "Peach Blossom Land" played after "Bright Walk", leading the audience into the "Peach Blossom Land" which makes people "forget the distance". This piece, which is quite challenging to performance skills, appeared on the stage with a combination of guzheng, yangqin and flute. , under the tacit coordination and the echo and contrast of the timbre, the music has been given a new color.

The chamber music "Four Dreams on the Plum Side" with a unique academic style is a work of representative and breakthrough significance in the miniaturization and diversified exploration of ethnic instrumental music performances in recent years. A classic work, the girls of "Li Ren Xing" presented this piece perfectly, which made the audience gasp in admiration for their performance.

The most exciting scene

As the first national chamber music concert officially formed by "Li Ren Xing" and "Qing Shan Du", the tribute to the tradition is inevitable. The Cantonese music "Rain Beating the Banana" and "Dry Sky Thunder" has a smooth, light and cheerful melody, showing the elegant artistic conception of traditional folk music. A Jiangnan Sizhu "Happy Song" is played carefully, and the changes are endless, and the artistic style of "small, thin, light and elegant" is vividly interpreted. The three pieces are like three landscape paintings. Under the joint interpretation of the two groups, they show the audience the "modern classicality" and "classical modernity" of folk music.

While paying tribute to the classics, this concert is full of youthful and fashionable colors. "Zhengzheng" performed by "Qingshandu" is unique in popularity and rhythm, which highlights the musical power and emotional tension of the men's chamber music group. Dizi, Zhongruan, drums and folk songs with northern Shaanxi flavors collided to create a song "Xintianyou" that turned the audience upside down. The members of "Qingshandu" who can play, play, and sing are composed of three people. Zhili mobilized the enthusiasm of the audience, the audience applauded with the rhythm of the music, and the atmosphere of the scene was pushed to a climax. One of the members of "Qingshandu", Yi Yuliang, a percussionist who only joined the Central Chinese Orchestra in 2018, is both happy and confident about joining this group. "The style of the work is relaxed, and young people will definitely recognize it." He always reminded himself the role of percussion in the group, "Because the sound of percussion is relatively loud, so when other instruments are played, the percussion must gradually weaken. When I need percussion, I have to show percussion.”

The repertoire "Beijing Story" of "Li Renxing" has appeared on many national-level stages. The members of "Li Renxing" cooperated tacitly in terms of tone, rhythm, strength, etc., and used oriental melody to depict a unique Beijing style for the audience. The scenery of Beijing rhyme. The concert came to an end with the unique Silk Road style of the chamber music Dunhuang.

As one of the members of "Qingshandu", the deputy chief of the Central Chinese Orchestra, Li Chao, very much recognizes the form of the national chamber music group. "The resident composers of the Central Chinese Orchestra have tailored a number of works for our two groups. The establishment of this group is a challenge for our performers, and even more for the composers. Composers must first understand the national musical instruments. , In the case of a limited number of people, how to reflect the overall musical style and the individuality of each instrument, we need to constantly run in together." In Li Chao's view, their performance is to use music to reflect the meaning of integrity and innovation. .

Amid the applause and cheers of the audience, "Li Ren Xing" and "Blue Shirt Crossing" returned to the stage to perform three tracks of "Super Mario", "Imprompt" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", with "Super Mario" to express youth and joy The jumping rhythm allows the audience to regain the joy of childhood; the band is introduced with "Improvisation", and the classic repertoire of various instruments is linked with "The Full Moon", so that the audience can feel the charm of folk music in the time of one piece; The Legend of the Condor Heroes ended successfully with a sonorous and powerful tune.

Zhao Cong, head of the Central Chinese Orchestra, said that the Central Chinese Orchestra has always been committed to exploring the development path of miniaturization, innovation and diversification of Chinese music. The group "Li Renxing" and the men's chamber music group "Qingshandu" hope that through tailor-made folk music works and innovative and breakthrough presentation forms, the good-sounding and good-looking folk music will attract more audiences from different circles and let the national Music is more malleable and has more possibilities.