Chen Gang/He Zhanhao - Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto: Adagio Cantabile - Gil Shaham

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Story behind the piece below!
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This melody comes from a Chinese folk song of the yellow river, and tells the story of Zhu Yingtai's childhood. Zhu Yingtai is a beautiful and intelligent young woman, the ninth child and only daughter of the wealthy noble Zhu family of Shangyu, Zhejiang.

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• Chen
• Gang/He
• Zhanhao
• Butterfly
• Lovers
• Violin
• Concerto:
• Adagio
• Cantabile
• Gil
• Shaham
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[duhhh86]

hi, to my knowledge, the melody is not derived from the folk songs of the yellow river, but from the shanghai yue opera music of the butterfly lovers story.

[virtuosowannabe]

I see.

Well, I've always thought it was a folk tune. And then they adapted it into the opera later. Ok but I could be wrong.

[lostpebble]

Thank you for uploads, this is great stuff !!!

Would it be possible to number the tracks in sequence for ease of following.

[virtuosowannabe]

@lostpebble Sure np. There is a playlist. check my channel

[bjoartec]

Adagio Cantabile - Gil Shaham: superbely executed, I love Gil Shaham's playing, superb sharp clean sound, love it :)

[virtuosowannabe]

@bjoartec Yup. You're noticeably excited by this work. I'm glad about that.

It is an absolute beauty. Shame although better than before now, it's not that well known yet!

[bulldozerchn]

@charlieau I think Shaham isn't trying to play it like the oriental style as it was written. What I think he's trying to do is to bring his western style and emotions into this beautiful melody and piece. Now weather it works well or not depends on people's view, but neither you and I are playing the piece - so what Shaham does with it is what's done.

[silentmusic90]

would you happen to know where I can get solid information on the story of the tale? I find summarized versions of the story, but I haven't really found the story as a whole. I'm presenting a project on this piece and would like to be accurate in my information when I present...but awesome interpretation!! I love Gil Shaham! :)

[Marsplasticwoman]

Very clean and pretty. I'm just a little put out that he didn't perform all the portamentos that are written in the sheet music. Without them, the piece doesn't sound as... Chinese as it should.

[charlieau]

No way. "Lu Si-Qing" is the only one who can play this most beautifully - Gil does not have the oriental feel that Lu has or the patience with the color of the music, I am sorry western players cannot fully convey or fathom this music well.

[TiagoHikaru]

Akiko Suwanai version S2

She play with the Dolfin!!! Just divine!

[babelulu]

LOVE IT <3

[Chasilbow]

This is such a beautiful song. I love it.

[ViaFlyingCarpet]

@Runescape28

The composition (1959) itself was based the Opera "Butterfly Lovers" which is very traditional Chinese. Parts of the composition reflect the melodies of that Opera and are very traditional Chinese sounding. The more Western sounding melodies are derived from the Chinese Folk, and because of Western influence on the two composers. The idea also paralleled the Composers' youth years in university.

[Khu827]

I watched Gil Shaham play this at the Ravinia Music Festival a few years ago. I couldn't believe it. My teacher's brother-in-law, who was the principal violist of the CSO and a Chinese man, said that he plays more Chinese than the Chinese.

[Runescape28]

Either way I would still think the actual melody would be derived from folk tunes.