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Percussion double piano choir, interpreting "Branca Poetry", playing in the Beijing Concert Hall
On April 9, 2018, the Bran Poetry Choir Concert was successfully held at the Beijing Concert Hall.
Congratulations on the successful performance of the Bran Poetry Choir Concert.
On a chilly evening in early spring, the Beijing Concert Hall was warm and full of people. The atmosphere was very lively, with more than a thousand audience members in the hall.Listening to the music that is sometimes exciting and sometimes gentle,Witnessed the concert in which this classic piece was interpreted by percussion double piano and choir. On April 9, 2018,The Bran Poetry Choir Concert was successfully held at the Beijing Concert Hall.The concert was conducted by Mr. Vijay Uppadyaya, conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir.Central Conservatory of Music Six young percussion students from the orchestral department, Anton, Li Yutong, Tianye, Ren Jingxue, Li Ruetong, and Zhao Yue, played with two pianos.China National Symphony Orchestra The choir performed, and they presented an artistic feast to the audience with their passionate and delicate performances.
Percussion double piano choirInterpret "Blane Poetry"
As we all know, "Brann Poetry" is a large choral and orchestral work by the German composer and music educator Carl Orff. And in the choral concert on April 9, it wasWith percussion and piano as the main characters of the performance, a percussion version of Bran's poem will be performed.The amazing ingredients and dramatic elements amazed the audience present. The open melodies led the emotions, with both majestic shouts and gentle recitations, like hearing the roar of rushing rapids crashing against rocks, and like walking along a babbling stream winding its way to a soft grassy bank.The shocking percussion sounds are like a summons from fate, and they are even more full of the strong effect of knocking on the soul.
Six young percussionists
↑ Percussionists of this concert: Anton, Li Yutong, Tianye, Ren Jingxue, Li Ruetong, Zhao Yue
Six peopleA percussion student from the Central Conservatory of Music Orchestra DepartmentThe performance is full of passion and perfectly complements the performance of the choir and the double pianos. With the melody of different songs, it allows the audience to fully appreciate the unique charm of percussion music. Although this is their first cooperation with the China National Symphony Orchestra choir.，But they treat each piece of music with a serious attitude and professional level. It is because of this that the concert can finally present a perfect live performance effect.
Peaches and plums are fragrant.
Central Conservatory of Music Professor Zhang Jingli, an associate professor of percussion, also came to the scene in person.After the performance, the students of Mr. Zhang did not hesitate to offer the flowers in their hands to their teacher, which left a deep impression on the audience present. In this activity, Mr. Zhang Jingli specially gave individual rehearsal guidance to the students on "Blane Poetry", andThe students repaid the teachers and students with perfect performances, and the flowers in Mr. Zhang's hand were also particularly bright at that moment.
Wonderful review
The concert program is the whole "Branca Poetry".，The whole article is divided into three themes. In the 19th century, some mysterious poems sealed in Bavarian monasteries in Germany were selected by Oluf and written into a suite of poems called "Brann Poems". Oluf selected a total of 25 poems to compose into songs, divided into three themes: "Spring", "Wine" and "Love". There are not only powerful choruses, but also elegant tenor solos, gentle and sad soprano solos, and lively pastoral songs.
The opening poem part is magnificent and solemn, and the familiar melody immediately evokes many audiences' memories. In the following spring theme, the audience appreciates the bright imagery in the songs, which contains far-reaching images, and the alternation of male and female vocal parts presents the day and night changes in the sequence of time, like a dream; the second part of the theme of "wine" is a secular scene, and the use of operatic falsetto and transposition in the singing style depicts the world of people who are drunk and dream in a masquerade party scene; in the third part of the theme of "love", there is the expression of the desire for love, the praise of the sadness of love, and the simple singing of lust.
Double pianos, choir, percussion, soprano, tenor and baritone, percussion and singing complement each other. The music in the whole hall is strong and bright rhythm, and the form of repeating many paragraphs.It reflects Orff's simple and pure aesthetic thought - "The more essential and simple the musical expression, the more direct and powerful the effect will be."
With the change of the theme of "Branson Poetry", the audience's emotions were either shocked by the magnificent poems that described the majesty of fate, or intoxicated by the love songs that praised spring. Sometimes it seemed that they had had a few drinks in a western bar, and sometimes it seemed that they had seen a woman singing love songs leaning against the window. The passionate performance and uplifting melody of the final piece aroused a strong resonance among the audience. Accompanied by the applause of the audience, the Branson Poetry Choir Concert ended perfectly.