2/14, Saturday.
Xian introduces Iris Unveiled.
It's an interesting, not a new composition.
Qigang Chen Iris Dévoilée (Iris Unveiled)
Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
I like big orchestra. This is it. 5 people on percussion! 10 cellos, 8 basses.
For
Iris Unveiled, other than the Peking Opera singer
Meng Meng, 2 supranos (
Mei Gui Zhang and
Tess Altiveros),
Yang Jin on
pipa,
Cathy Yang on
Erhu and
banhu,
Lucina Yue on
guzheng.
It's interesting to hear the difference between Peking Opera's voice and classical suprano's voice.
Big sound. Glad to watch and listen.
However, neither these 2 works I'd revisit.
The preconcert lecture today was advertised at 90 minutes before curtain.
But the auditorium was closed and had to wait for the usual lecture 60 min prior.
What a screw-up.
In the lobby, there was a screen playing videos on Peking Opera.
Today's lecture is on female characters in Peking Opera, by
Jeremy Jolley of the education side of the symphony and Shuang-Chiu Wang, of Hwa Sheng Chinese Opera Club (華聲社）. She's also a professor at Bellevue College. She articulates and explains well. I enjoyed it.
While we were inside the auditorium for the lecture, Seattle Chinese Orchestra ensemble played in the lobby.
Not sure what we missed. It was a nice performance using traditional Chinese instruments, I especially liked the lady on Er Hu. She's so good.
Xian introduces Iris Unveiled.
It's an interesting, not a new composition.
The preconcert lecture today was advertised at 90 minutes before curtain.
But the auditorium was closed and had to wait for the usual lecture 60 min prior.
What a screw-up.
In the lobby, there was a screen playing videos on Peking Opera.
Today's lecture is on female characters in Peking Opera, by Jeremy Jolley of the education side of the symphony and Shuang-Chiu Wang, of Hwa Sheng Chinese Opera Club (華聲社）. She's also a professor at Bellevue College. She articulates and explains well. I enjoyed it.
While we were inside the auditorium for the lecture, Seattle Chinese Orchestra ensemble played in the lobby.
Not sure what we missed. It was a nice performance using traditional Chinese instruments, I especially liked the lady on Er Hu. She's so good.
