3/27/2021 Multicultural Music and Literature Yaji

Time 2pm - 4pm EST

Location: Zoom

Program (Click the names to see videos)

Before the yaji started, there is a little chitchat 

1, Grace Cho - Qin playing, Innocent Seagull 鷗鷺忘機

2,

Esmeralda Herrero

- Koto Playing, Rokudan part 1 (Postpone to the final one)

3,

Ralph Knag

- The charango that he repaired and two Quena flutes

4, Joao Oliveira - qin playing, Parting at the Yangguan Gate 陽關三疊

5, Sebastian Pfeifer - Harp playing: An Dro, Die Elfe und der Frosch, En Avant Blonde and/or Joggen im Winter.

6, Yves Seban - Poetry reading: Portrait of a Lady by T.S. ELIOT, and Slow Lament at the Tall Pavilion by Jiang Kui and translated by

Yves Seban

(and comments by Marilyn)

7,

Renjie Song

/Peiyou Chang/ Hongmei Zhang - Slow lament of the tall pavilion 長亭怨慢 (melody and lyrics from Song dynasty poet, Jiang Kui; guqin rearranged by Yuan Jung Ping) with Hongmei's singing , Renjie's Tang Xiao flute and Peiyou's Guqin playing 古琴/唐口簫/女聲

8,

Jing Xia

with husband Bin Hu- Guzheng with Classical Guitar duet of Debussy: Golliwogg's Cakewalk (1913)

Unfortunately, the zoom recording collapsed around 1.5 hours of the yaji, so we don't have recording of Esmie's Koto playing, and Jing and Bin's fantastic duet. We hope to see their performance again next time.

For reference links:

1, Xia Jing and Bin Hu's Duo Chinoiserie

2, Text of Portrait of a Lady by T.S. ELIOT

3, Yves translations of Slow Lament at the Tall Pavilion

4, Bach on the guqin

5, Debussy plays Debussy: Golliwogg's Cakewalk (1913)

6, Guzheng Kimio Eto [衛藤公雄] - Rokudan [六段 (Six Steps)]

7, Harp pieces Sebastian played:

1) An Dro - Bretagne - a Circle-dance from the Bretagne in France (Harpa Mundi vol. 1)

2) Die Elfe und der Frosch - by Christoph Pampuch (Harpa Mundi vol. 1)

3) En Avant Blonde - from France (Harpa Mundi vol. 1) (The Youtube-version He mentioned in the Yaji from the Band "Omnia" can be found here: En Avant Blonde)

4) Joggen im Winter - by Christoph Pampuch (Harpa Mundi vol. 8)