[NEohioPAL] Chinese concert Sat., Aug. 9 in Northfield

David Badagnani via NEohioPAL neohiopal at lists.neohiopal.org
Wed Jul 30 11:51:56 PDT 2014


Mark your calendars for this special performance of traditional Chinese music:

Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble

featuring vocalist Sandra Emmeline
presents
SUBTLE FRAGRANCE:
《暗香》
A Concert of Classical Chinese Music and Poetry
古典诗歌音乐会
celebrating the plum blossom
2:00 p.m., Saturday, August 9, 2014
Nordonia Hills Branch Library 
9458 Olde Eight Road 
Northfield, Ohio 
Free

In Chinese culture, the plum blossom, or meihua, has long been a subject of fascination for painters, poets, and composers. On Saturday, August 9, the Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble, Northeast Ohio's traditional Chinese orchestra, will present a multimedia program of Chinese classical and folk music, interspersed with readings of classical Chinese poems on the theme of this beloved and timeless symbol. The event will take place at the Nordonia Hills Branch Library, a branch of the Akron-Summit County Public Library system.

The 7-member ensemble will perform on traditional wind, string, and percussion instruments, including dizi and xiao (bamboo flutes), bili and suona (oboes), sheng (mouth organ), erhu, gaohu, yehu, and dahu (fiddles), pipa and yueqin (lutes), guqin (7-string zither), guzheng (21-string zither), gongs, drums, and other percussion instruments.

Vocalist Sandra Emmeline will join the ensemble for several selections, including three beautiful and evocative poetic songs composed over 800 years ago in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Refreshments will be served following the program.

The Nordonia Hills Branch Library requests that attendees register in advance; call (330) 467-8595.

Program:

● A Sprig of Plum Blossoms (Yi Zhi Mei, 一枝梅)
● Plum Blossoms (Mei Hua, 梅花) - featuring Sandra Emmeline, voice
● Three Variations on "Plum Blossoms" (Mei Hua San Nong, 梅花三弄)
● Subtle Fragrance (An Xiang, 暗香) - featuring Sandra Emmeline, voice
● Dappled Shadows (Shu Ying, 疏影) - featuring Sandra Emmeline, voice
● Song-Poem: Jade Plum Blossoms (Yu Mei Ling, 玉梅令) - featuring Sandra Emmeline, voice
● Spring, River, Flowers, Moon, Night (Chun Jiang Hua Yue Ye, 春江花月夜)
● Picking Flowers (Cai Hua, 采花) - featuring Sandra Emmeline, voice
● Flowers and Youth (Hua'er Yu Shaonian, 花儿与少年)
● The Moon is Round and the Flowers are Beautiful (Yue Yuan Hua Hao, 月圆花好) - featuring Sandra Emmeline, voice
● Medley of Cantonese Opera Tunes (Xiao Diao Lianzou, 小调联奏)

Facebook event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/245760508948042/

More information:
http://nordoniahillsbranch.akronlibrary.org/programs/adult/
http://www.eventkeeper.com/code/events.cfm?curOrg=ASCPL&curKey1=Nordonia+Hills&curMonth=8&curYear=2014&SelectedDate=8%2F9%2F2014#8/9/2014
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