NIUWMC 2010-002 (NIU Chinese Orchestra)

Jin-Yu Man Tang House full of Gold and Jade (composed by Y.S. Tung)
Unlike the previous two orchestral arrangements of Taiwanese folk tunes, this original piece was composed by Y.S. Tung in 1975 for a full size Chinese orchestra with emphasis on wind and percussion instruments. Mr. Tung is a well-known educator and scholar of traditional Chinese music as well as the first Chinese orchestra conductor in Taiwan. In this composition, a well-known Chinese folk tune was adopted to depict the very energetic and merry spirit found in a typical harvest festival in the agricultural society of the past. This energetic passage is played by the Yun-Luo, ancient Chinese pitched gongs with a unique crystalline tone quality. Accompanied by the very bold timbre of wind instruments, vigorous percussion (Luo-Gu, Chinese gongs, cymbals, and drums) patterns, and mellow sounds from the strings, Yun-Luo takes the lead in this very intensive concerto-like orchestra piece. The main theme of this piece is the ancient Chinese saying The constant tinkle of gold and jade jewelry everywhere in a gorgeous house symbolizes overflowing wealth, happiness, and luck.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Chinese orchestra music
• NIU
• Chinese Music
• Yung-Hsin Chen

[MacauSnoopy]

Lovely performance...

I met a guy from your orchestra when my orchestra was playing in Macau. He told me about this channel and WOW!!!! I am surprised!

[bloodprincess800]

I like that the ethnicities of the performers are mixed. Very refreshing to see other people then just natives of China helping to spread recognition for these ancient instruments.

[zhouwei1219]

wow~~~~~~~awesome!

[s29542788]

太棒嘞

[sophiemeimei]

Mia Gormandy is a graduate student at NIU. This is the first time she played this instrument, Chinese Cloud-Gong. She played it amazinglly beautiful!

[sophiemeimei]

NIU Chinese Music Ensemble's debut at NIU World Music Concert 2010...

This group is under the direction of Ms. Yung-Hsin Chen, a well-known Chinese music orchestra conductor in Taiwan.