Rosy Clouds Chasing the Moon-----Ancient Chinese Classical Music Concert
Date：14/9/2008
Venue：Beijing Concert Hall
Price(RMB)：80;180;280;380;580;666(280*3) ;880;999(580*2) ;999(380*3) ; 1080
Casting: Traditional Music Orchestra of China Opera and Ballet Theater Troupe

Programmes
Revolving Scenic Lamp ;Rosy Clouds Chasing the Moon
Erhu:Moon Reflects on the Er-Quan Spring; Horse Racing
Lute:Ambush from Sides All
Gaohu:The Butterfly Lovers
Sheng:Song of Joy blow the Moon
stringed instruments Quintet:Happy Night;Shepherd Song

~~~~~~Intermission~~~~~~~~

Canton Music: Bird Flying Back to the Woods;Asvending Step by Step
Koto:Fishermen Singing at Dusk; High Mountain and Running River
Bamboo Flute:Herdsman's Song
Lute&Koto:Moonlight of Spring River
Jing Hu:Deep Night

Some Programmes Descriptions
Moonlight of Spring River
The music expresses the composer's feelings and passion towards natural scenery by describing returning boats on a river under the setting sun. The melody is fresh, smooth, and rich in poetic flavour. The development of music in this piece adopts Chinese traditional separate changing methodology, changing only the beginning and keeping the ending in the same pattern: this change is natural and full of features.
Moon Reflects on the Er-Quan Spring
It was wriitten by Hua Yanjun (also known as A Bing), a blind artist living between 1893 and 1950. It is perhaps the most famous Erhu tune.
Fishermen Singing at Dusk
This piece, with its lyrical melody, is a graphical portrayal of the fishermen singing happily and heading home in the afterglow during the evening.
High Mountain and Running River
Legend goes that Guqin master Bo Ya was playing the instrument in the wilderness, and the woodman Zhong Ziqi understood that his music was describing the "high mountains and flowing water." Bo Ya was surprised, and said, "my heart echoes in yours," They became very good friends, and when Ziqi was dead later, Bo Ya was devastated of losing the one who can really understand what was in his mind by listening to his music. He broke the instrument, and never played again in his life. The Chinese word Zhi Yin (confidant), literally meaning knowing the voice, also originated from this story.