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Recorded on April 26, 2016
Two-time Grammy nominee Wu Man performs on pipa (Chinese lute) with the Shanghai Quartet for Red Lantern by Zhao Jiping and Zhao Lin, based on the soundtrack to Zhang Yimou’s Oscar-nominated film Raise the Red Lantern. She and the quartet also perform Tan Dun’s seminal work, Ghost Opera. Completing the program are two pieces for the quartet: Yi-wen Jiang’s ChinaSong and Song of the Ch’in, by Grammy nominee Zhou Long.
https://asia.si.edu/podcast/shanghai-quartet-with-wu-man-pipa/
Shanghai Quartet with Wu Man, pipa
Shanghai Quartet
Weigang Li, violin
Yi-Wen Jiang, violin
Honggang Li, viola
Nicholas Tzavaras, cello
Wu Man, pipa
Song Track
Traditional (Yi-Wen Jiang, arr.)
Selections from ChinaSong (2002‒13)
Yao Dance (after Tie-Shan Liu and Mao Yuan)
Shepherd’s Song (after Han-Kuh Sha)
Harvest Celebration (after Jing-Ping Zhang)
Traditional (Wu Man, arr.)
Kui: Song of Kazakhstan (2012)
Wu Man, pipa
Zhao Lin
Red Lantern, Quintet for Pipa and String Quartet (2015)
Derived from Raise the Red Lantern by Zhao Jiping
1. Prelude—Moonlight
2. Wandering
3. Love
4. Death
5. Epilogue
Wu Man and Shanghai Quartet
Zhou Long
Song of the Ch’in (2003)
Shanghai Quartet
Tan Dun
Concerto for String Quartet and Pipa (1999)
Bach, Monks, and Shakespeare Meet in Water
Earth Dance
Dialogue with “Little Cabbage”
Metal and Stone
Song of Paper
Wu Man and Shanghai Quartet
Recorded in concert at the Baird Auditorium, National Museum of Natural History, as part of the Meyer Concert Series and in cooperation with The Smithsonian Associates.
Recorded on April 26, 2016
Two-time Grammy nominee Wu Man performs on pipa (Chinese lute) with the Shanghai Quartet for Red Lantern by Zhao Jiping and Zhao Lin, based on the soundtrack to Zhang Yimou’s Oscar-nominated film Raise the Red Lantern. She and the quartet also perform Tan Dun’s seminal work, Ghost Opera. Completing the program are two pieces for the quartet: Yi-wen Jiang’s ChinaSong and Song of the Ch’in, by Grammy nominee Zhou Long.
https://asia.si.edu/podcast/shanghai-quartet-with-wu-man-pipa/
Shanghai Quartet with Wu Man, pipa
Shanghai Quartet
Weigang Li, violin
Yi-Wen Jiang, violin
Honggang Li, viola
Nicholas Tzavaras, cello
Wu Man, pipa
Song Track
Traditional (Yi-Wen Jiang, arr.)
Selections from ChinaSong (2002‒13)
Yao Dance (after Tie-Shan Liu and Mao Yuan)
Shepherd’s Song (after Han-Kuh Sha)
Harvest Celebration (after Jing-Ping Zhang)
Traditional (Wu Man, arr.)
Kui: Song of Kazakhstan (2012)
Wu Man, pipa
Zhao Lin
Red Lantern, Quintet for Pipa and String Quartet (2015)
Derived from Raise the Red Lantern by Zhao Jiping
1. Prelude—Moonlight
2. Wandering
3. Love
4. Death
5. Epilogue
Wu Man and Shanghai Quartet
Zhou Long
Song of the Ch’in (2003)
Shanghai Quartet
Tan Dun
Concerto for String Quartet and Pipa (1999)
Bach, Monks, and Shakespeare Meet in Water
Earth Dance
Dialogue with “Little Cabbage”
Metal and Stone
Song of Paper
Wu Man and Shanghai Quartet
Recorded in concert at the Baird Auditorium, National Museum of Natural History, as part of the Meyer Concert Series and in cooperation with The Smithsonian Associates.
