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모란봉악단 - 조선로동당 만세 련곡
Recorded: October 2015 Mokran Video DPRK
A very nicely put together medley of songs to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea. By mostly using parts of older well-known songs the arranger/composer here actually has created a kind of mini-opera.
Spanning from the lyrical duet where the young girl (Jo Kuk-hyang) confess to her mother to the drama when Ryu Jina fights her inner conscience, portrayed by the high soprano vocalice of Pak Mi-kyong, ending in the open question "Who is calling me?". After a long instrumental interlude we get the answer "Mother". In north Korean art the Workers Party is the mother of the nation and their leader the father. Then follows a waltz (Glory to our great Party) where we get to know the mythical history of the Korean people and finally the Grand Finale "Hail to the Workers Party of Korea". All this with instrumental interludes of high musical/rhythmic complexity, keeping the instrumentalists on there toes.
Even if you don't comply with north Korean politics you simply must bow to their high level of musical art.
Hail to the Korean Workers’ Party (조선로동당 만세)
Music: Om Ha-jin (엄하진) 1980
Instrumental
Fly high our Party flag (높이 날려라 우리의 당기)
Music: Kim Dong-chol (김동철) 1985
Text: Choe Jun-kyong (최준경)
Vocal sextet
You are mother (그대는 어머니)
Music: U Jong-hui (우정희) 2012
Guitar solo: Jo Kyong-hui (조경희)
Let’s subordinate ourselves under the Party flag (당의 기치따라)
Music: Han Si-hyong (한시형) 1980
Piano solo: Kim Jong-mi (김정미)
The Worker’s Party is our guide (로동당은 우리의 향도자)
Music: Kim Kil-hak (김길학) 1957
The voice of my heart (내 심장의 목소리)
Music: Rim Kum-song (림금성) 2014
Text: Ri Hye-jong (리혜정)
Vocal solo: Jo Kuk-hyang (조국향), Kim Yu-kyong (김유경)
Soldier’s road (전사의 길)
Music: U Jong-hui (우정희) 1986
Soprano saxophone solo: Choe Jong-im (최정임)
The voice that calls me (나를 부르는 소리)
Music: U Jong-hui (우정희) 1989
Text: Jon Tongu (전동우)
Vocal solo: Ryu Jina (류진아)
Vocalise: Pak Mi-kyong (박미경)
If the Mother Party wishes (어머니 우리 당이 바란다면)
Music: Kim Mun-hyok (김문혁) 1992
Instrumental
We Sing of the Party (당을 노래하노라)
Music: Hwang Jin-yong (황진영) 2010
Instrumental
Oh Party, because you exist (당이여 그대 있기에)
Written for this occasion by an unknown composer 2015
Vocal sextet
Glory to our great Party (영광을 드리자 위대한 우리 당에)
Music: An Jong-ho (안정호) 2010
Text: Yun Du-gun (윤두근)
Vocal sextet
Hail to the Korean Workers’ Party (조선로동당 만세)
Music: Om Ha-jin (엄하진) 1980
Text: An Ho-gun (안호근)
Vocal sextet
(Most of the data is taken from morandisco.wordpress.com)
모란봉악단 - 조선로동당 만세 련곡
Recorded: October 2015 Mokran Video DPRK
A very nicely put together medley of songs to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea. By mostly using parts of older well-known songs the arranger/composer here actually has created a kind of mini-opera.
Spanning from the lyrical duet where the young girl (Jo Kuk-hyang) confess to her mother to the drama when Ryu Jina fights her inner conscience, portrayed by the high soprano vocalice of Pak Mi-kyong, ending in the open question "Who is calling me?". After a long instrumental interlude we get the answer "Mother". In north Korean art the Workers Party is the mother of the nation and their leader the father. Then follows a waltz (Glory to our great Party) where we get to know the mythical history of the Korean people and finally the Grand Finale "Hail to the Workers Party of Korea". All this with instrumental interludes of high musical/rhythmic complexity, keeping the instrumentalists on there toes.
Even if you don't comply with north Korean politics you simply must bow to their high level of musical art.
Hail to the Korean Workers’ Party (조선로동당 만세)
Music: Om Ha-jin (엄하진) 1980
Instrumental
Fly high our Party flag (높이 날려라 우리의 당기)
Music: Kim Dong-chol (김동철) 1985
Text: Choe Jun-kyong (최준경)
Vocal sextet
You are mother (그대는 어머니)
Music: U Jong-hui (우정희) 2012
Guitar solo: Jo Kyong-hui (조경희)
Let’s subordinate ourselves under the Party flag (당의 기치따라)
Music: Han Si-hyong (한시형) 1980
Piano solo: Kim Jong-mi (김정미)
The Worker’s Party is our guide (로동당은 우리의 향도자)
Music: Kim Kil-hak (김길학) 1957
The voice of my heart (내 심장의 목소리)
Music: Rim Kum-song (림금성) 2014
Text: Ri Hye-jong (리혜정)
Vocal solo: Jo Kuk-hyang (조국향), Kim Yu-kyong (김유경)
Soldier’s road (전사의 길)
Music: U Jong-hui (우정희) 1986
Soprano saxophone solo: Choe Jong-im (최정임)
The voice that calls me (나를 부르는 소리)
Music: U Jong-hui (우정희) 1989
Text: Jon Tongu (전동우)
Vocal solo: Ryu Jina (류진아)
Vocalise: Pak Mi-kyong (박미경)
If the Mother Party wishes (어머니 우리 당이 바란다면)
Music: Kim Mun-hyok (김문혁) 1992
Instrumental
We Sing of the Party (당을 노래하노라)
Music: Hwang Jin-yong (황진영) 2010
Instrumental
Oh Party, because you exist (당이여 그대 있기에)
Written for this occasion by an unknown composer 2015
Vocal sextet
Glory to our great Party (영광을 드리자 위대한 우리 당에)
Music: An Jong-ho (안정호) 2010
Text: Yun Du-gun (윤두근)
Vocal sextet
Hail to the Korean Workers’ Party (조선로동당 만세)
Music: Om Ha-jin (엄하진) 1980
Text: An Ho-gun (안호근)
Vocal sextet
(Most of the data is taken from morandisco.wordpress.com)
