Yellow River Piano Concerto
The Piano Concerto The Yellow River (Chinese黄河 钢琴 协奏曲/黄河 钢琴 协奏曲, Pinyin Huang He gāngqín xiézòuqǔ, English Yellow River Piano Concerto ) is one of China's most famous piano compositions. It is formed during the Chinese Cultural Revolution in the years 1968/69 collective composition of Yin Chengzong and Chu Wanghua, Sheng Lihong and Liu Zhuang the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, on the cantata The Yellow River (see main article) by the Chinese composer Xian Xinghai ( 1905-1945) is based from 1939, so this would see main article Second Sino-Japanese war) to mobilize his people to resist the Japanese occupation (. In the concert classical European art music are combined with traditional Chinese folk music.
The pianist Yin Chengzong was received shortly after his return from the Soviet Union to China by the Chairman of the Communist Party of China and former President Mao Zedong and inspired by him to create more music in traditional style.
The Yellow River ( Huang He) is regarded by many today as the cradle of Chinese civilization and as a symbol of the spirit of the Chinese people, comparable to the Vltava Smetana 's symphonic poem My Country or known from many German patriotic songs " Father Rhine ".
The Piano Concerto is in view of the serious historical circumstances of great expressiveness and drama created, alternating with contemplative passages, and partly influenced by great pathos. The brilliant virtuoso solo part often dominates the orchestra, similar in some ( late) romantic piano concertos, where the orchestra is relegated to a supporting role:
On the album cover of the recording of the Philadelphia Orchestra is the eclecticism of the composition and to the fact that there is a ( for the Chinese socialism characteristic ) collective composition, ironically noted that it had been written by different composers, including Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Liszt and Rachmaninoff.
As a final apotheosis of the concert the Chinese praise goes to Chairman Mao The East is Red ( Dongfang hong ) in The International about.
" The piano sets the slogans, the orchestra she takes over with revolutionary enthusiasm. "
Sentences of the Piano Concerto
The individual four sets of the piano concerto bear the headings ( in German translation ):
Occupation
The concert is for solo piano and orchestra: piccolo, dizi ( Chinese flute ), 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets ( in B flat ), 2 bassoons, 4 horns (F), 2 trumpets (B ), 3 trombones, timpani, triangle, cymbals, harp, pipa and strings.
Expenditure
- Renmin chubanshe Yinyue 2001; ISBN 9787103021361
Video
- Historic chinese sound example - v.youku.com ( with pianist Yin Chengzong aka " Yin Chengzhong " and the Central Philharmonic Orchestra)