w88 casino News Network (Reporter Wang Yanting, Photography Huang Yichen)5On the afternoon of March 23, the 24th lecture of the Humanities and Culture Lecture Series of the w88 casino’ General Education Lecture Hall, "Review and Prospects of a Century of Chinese Symphony Creation," was held in the 109 lecture hall of the library.First-level conductor Teacher Bian ZushanAs the speaker of this lecture, Library Director Yang Xiaoping presided over the lecture, and more than 40 teachers and students, including Deputy Director Yan Jing, attended the lecture. This lecture was jointly organized by w88 casino library, Academic Affairs Office and the Seventh Branch of Chaoyang District of the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee.
At the beginning of the lecture, Teacher Bian started by dividing the periods of Chinese symphony creation. He pointed out that the creation of Chinese symphony can be divided into four periods, namely the pioneering period (1916-1949), the initial period (1949-1966), the trough period (1966-1976), and the new period (1976-2019). Later, Teacher Bian introduced the typical representatives and representative works of my country's symphony creation development in different periods in four periods. Together with the teachers and students present, they appreciated the creative works of different periods and tasted the unique creative styles.
During the pioneering period of Chinese symphony, Teacher Bian explained the three pieces "Mourning March", "Yellow River Cantata" and "First Symphony" one by one, and played the audio for everyone to enjoy. Later, when introducing the founding period, Teacher Bian focused on Li Huanzhi's "Spring Festival Overture". In order to better experience the joyful atmosphere of Chinese symphony and the unique atmosphere of Chinese festivals, Teacher Bian performed a humming performance on the spot and shared precious video materials of the live performance of "Spring Festival Overture" with the audience.
Next, when describing the low period, Teacher Bian showed everyone a CD of the Pipa Concerto "Little Sisters of the Prairie" performed by a Chinese and foreign ensemble to emphasize the pivotal position of this piece of music in the history of the development of Chinese symphony.
Finally, Teacher Bian took famous works such as "Good News from Beijing to the Frontier" and the piano concerto "Three Forests" as examples to enjoy the symphonic works of the new era with everyone. Among them, Teacher Bian particularly emphasized that Zhu Jian'er's famous Tenth Symphony, "Jiang Xue" in which the guqin is one of the musical instruments, and "Peking Opera Fantasy" composed by my country's young composer Gong Tianpeng are particularly worthy of appreciation. Guqin is a traditional Chinese musical instrument, Peking Opera is one of my country's traditional art performance forms, and symphony is a music form that my country borrowed from Western music. "Snow on the River" and "Peking Opera Fantasy" integrate my country's traditional national culture with Western symphonic art forms, and reach the highest artistic realm of Chinese civilization in the collision between China and the West.
During the interactive session of the lecture, Teacher Bian gave professional and detailed answers to the questions raised by teachers and classmates. In response to the question of "choice between innovative music and classical music works" raised by students, teacher Bian Zushan said that it is not advisable to stick to the past and that necessary modern performances should be performed based on classical and traditional repertoire to provide opportunities for innovative creations. In addition, when talking about the relationship between pop music and folk culture, he emphasized the significance of "appreciating both refined and popular music".
Accompanied by warm applause, the twenty-fourth lecture of the Humanities and Culture Lecture Series in the General Lecture Hall Library of the w88 casino, "Review and Prospects of the Centenary of Chinese Symphony Creation," came to a successful conclusion.
