Xinyi Chinese Chamber Orchestra performed "Summer Solstice" from the album "Music: 24 Solar Terms (National Chamber Music)".

The National Chamber Music and Painting Theater "Twenty-Four Solar Terms" was auditioned at Shanghai Changning Culture and Art Center in October 2017. In the same year, it successfully applied for the cultural and artistic project of the Shanghai Cultural Development Fund.

The composition is composed by composer Zhang Meng, and the poems are written by Dai Deyue, the director of the orchestra. The main form of performance is the performance of national chamber music, with the theme of "Twenty-Four Solar Terms" as the theme, creating a suite of 24 folk music works. Between each piece, there are multimedia interpretations of original twenty-four solar terms poems. During the performance, multimedia and lighting are used to assist in the interpretation of the music content. The performance form of the specific repertoire is based on the basic framework structure of national chamber music, with a maximum number of 10 people: in addition to conventional musical instruments (erhu, bamboo flute, xiao, dulcimer, guzheng, sheng, pipa, Ruan Xian, Liuqin, sanxian, percussion) , There are also many special or newly trial-produced musical instruments. While music performances are the main body, the works are interspersed with newly created Chinese literary forms (ancient poetry, lyric creation, Qupai creation, modern poetry, couplets and micro-dialogues, etc.) Interspersed in the performance of the track. The lighting design also uses four main colors of green, red, orange and white, corresponding to spring, summer, autumn and winter respectively. Then, while expressing the atmosphere, through the change of lighting, it indicates the feeling that the solar terms bring to people. At the same time, some of the musical instruments are the special musical instruments of the "Twenty-Four Solar Terms" customized by the Shanghai National Musical Instrument No. 1 Factory. On the whole, it will create the look and feel of "time runs for a whole year". Through the changes in lighting and music styles, the audience can feel the changes of the four seasons from the overall performance, and can feel the impact of these "24 solar terms" on our lives, and the changing life trajectory can feel the impact of natural changes on our lives. The role of our mood changes.

This time, the Complete Collection of Chinese Music in "Music", together with the Xinyi Chinese Chamber Orchestra, included "Twenty-Four Solar Terms" in the "Qi" series and released it globally. The "Music" Chinese Music Collection is dedicated to the complete collection and protection of Chinese music treasures. It is an epic project of music intangible cultural heritage. The project team is committed to a complete collection and collection of the music essence accumulated in China for five thousand years. An unprecedented full picture of Chinese music has been created, and the musical ideas and cultural treasures containing five thousand years of history can be fully bloomed in the new era.