Passacaglia Theme Fantasia by Su Chang Guzheng performance from the guzheng ensemble album Chang Xiang Zheng Group.

Chang Xiang Zheng Group - Guzheng Ensemble Album was officially released by Beijing Global Audio & Video Publishing Co., LTD on June 21, 2022 (Summer Solstice).

Su Chang, associate professor of the Department of Folk Music of the Central Conservatory of Music, is a famous zither performer and the artistic director of Chang Xiang Zither Troupe. The Chang Xiang Zheng Troupe was planned and formed by Su Chang in 2017. The average age of members of the troupe is 18 years old, and the youngest member is 11 years old. It is composed of undergraduates from the Central Conservatory of Music and affiliated High School students. This album, led by teacher Su Chang and 14 students, gathered outstanding composers from all over the country and collected 14 pieces with different styles. It includes traditional music, modern music, transplanted and adapted Western music and original works of students. The Changxiang Zheng Group is committed to carrying forward traditional Chinese culture, showing the charm of the guzheng, and trying to make the Guzheng with a history of more than 2,000 years radiate new style in various forms.

Pasacaglia Theme Fantasia, adapted by Handel, Su Chang and Shi Shi

The song was written by Russian composer Natalia. Natalia Sokolova) adapted it from the theme "Passacagalia", the last movement of Handel's "Harpsichord Suite No. 7 in g Minor", which was later adapted into a guzheng trio by young guzheng player Su Chang and musician Shi Shi. The first half of the music is warm and beautiful, while the second half is lively and dynamic, reproducing the elegant, gorgeous, complex and changeable characteristics of Baroque music.