Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble
克里夫蘭民族樂團
presents
“Journey to the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits”:
A concert for the Chinese New Year
新年音樂會《花果山遊記》
2:00 p.m., Sunday, January 31, 2015
Hudson Library & Historical Society
96 Library Street
Hudson, Ohio
Free

The Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble returns to the Hudson Library for its fifth year, presenting a program of festive music from China and Taiwan in celebration of the Chinese New Year (the Year of the Monkey).

The ensemble’s instruments include dizi and xiao (bamboo flutes), sheng (mouth organ), erhu (fiddle), sihu (4-stringed fiddle), pipa (pear-shaped lute), yueqin (moon lute), gongs, drums, cymbals, and other percussion.

Featured vocalist will be Ms. Yuan Wang, a visiting scholar at Kent State University specializing in Chinese opera and folk singing. The performance will also feature sheng soloist Haochen Qin of Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, China, who is currently pursuing graduate studies in ethnomusicology at Kent State University.

The program will also include stories about the adventures of Sun Wukong, the legendary Monkey King of Chinese folklore, from the classic novel “Journey to the West.” Inspired by the fanciful setting of the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits (Hua Guo Shan, 花果山), Sun’s home in the novel, the performance will treat listeners to a profusion of musical and literary delights.

Program:

● Liuyang River (Liuyang He, 浏阳河)
● Story: The Monkey King on the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits
● Mongolian dance music: Uelzuur (Үелзүүр) and Chudraa (Чудраа)
● Sheng solo: Boat Song on Weishan Lake (Weishan Hu Chuan Ge, 微山湖船歌) – featuring Haochen Qin, sheng
● Story: The Monkey King Masters the Art of Cloud-Flying
● An Embroidered Purse (Xiu Hebao, 绣荷包) – with Yuan Wang, guest vocalist
● Longing for the Spring Breeze (Wang Chun Feng, 望春风)
● Reminiscing About the Past (Huai Gu, 怀古)
● Turtledove Tune (Banjiu Diao, 斑鸠调) – with Yuan Wang, guest vocalist
● Story: The Monkey King Visits the Dragon King of the Sea
● A Roar of Laughter on the Deep Blue Sea (Chong Hoi Yat Sing Siu, 沧海一声笑) – David Badagnani and ensemble, vocals
● Thunder in the Drought (Han Tian Lei, 旱天雷)
● Story: The Monkey King Eats the Peaches of Immortality
● Happiness in the New Year (Xin Nian Le, 新年乐)

The concert, which will be held in the library’s rotunda, is free and open to the public and no tickets are required; arrive early for the best seats. For more information, call (330) 653-6658, ext. 1010 or visit
http://www.hudsonlibrary.org/

Official site:
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