Wednesday, September 16, 2020

9/13/2020 NYQS Virtual Guqin Yaji

 


On Sep 13, 2020 2pm - 5pm EST, Ralph Knag and Peiyou Chang co-hosted the 5th international on-line Guqin yaji of the year. We were very delighted and appreciated that the founding president of New York Qin Society, master Jung-ping Yuan 袁中平 joined us from Taipei Taiwan at his time 2am. Program with time frames: 1, 袁中平 - Pinsha Luoyan, Wild Gees Landing on a Sandy Shore 平沙落雁 ( starts at 2:25 ) 2, Bill 麥文彪 - 山中思友人 from Shenqi Mipu 神奇秘譜 ( starts at 13:30 ) 3, Jing 王婧 - Her Calligraphy of Xinjing Heart Sutra. 心經 ( starts at 26:00 ) 4, John 唐世璋 - 1625 'Xinjing', Heart Sutra 心經 ( starts at 37:35 ) 5, Esmie - Liang Xiao Yin, Song of a Pleasant Night. 良宵引 ( stars at 51:07 ) 6, Peiyou 張培幼- Dongting Lake Autumn Thought 洞庭秋思 from XLTQT 西麓堂琴統, and a brief talk about this piece's hui positions and nao vibratos洞庭秋思的徽位及猱 ( starts at 54:43 ) 7, Juni 楊雪亭 - Damin Yitong 大明一統 from Fengxuan Xuanpin 鳳宣玄品 (1540) and her transcription of the ROC anthem, and discussion of 'national' anthems 用古琴概說國歌 ( starts at 1:18:50 ) 8, Alan 葉沛霖 - 春思,Spring Feelings. Dapu by Chen Changlin from XiLuTangQinTong 西麓堂琴统。 And short explanation about this piece. ( starts at 1:40:25 ) 9, Bin 李彬 - Performance of 羽調 (Yu Mode) from 事林廣記 (Song Dynasty Guide of Cultural Affairs) and discussion of the character 羽 (Yu) in semantics. ( starts at 1:57:45 ) 10 Q & A/ Free discussion 2:14:59