A Question About The Chinese Orchestra At The Proms Brought Me To This.

[sandyRoe]

I'd never heard of an Erhu before today. Isn't AB wonderfully educational? And isn't this a fine piece of music?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O-SS-7yTNg

[boxtops]

It's an excellent Scrabble word.

[askyourgran]

That is a velly long bow, but better than shoving it under your chin. Nice sound.

[jomifl]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TOP-QUA-CHINESE-MUSICAL-INSTRUMENT-MAPLE-WOOD-BOA-SKIN-ERHU-VIOLIN-W-BOX-INSTU-/171388258416?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Sting_Instruments&hash=item27e7894870

Here you go Sandy only £135 and you can probably get a nice matching pink dress for a bit less.

[sandyRoe]

My eyes are pink and red rimmed from the time I spend in front of the computer. I need sober garb or the colours would clash.

[askyourgran]

Thanks for the link. A Boa skin erhu! Now that is something for the man or woman with everything. I take it its a Boa Constrictor skin and not the feathered variety

[jomifl]

Stop up staring in the mirror Sandy and most of your problems will just disappear :o)

[jomifl]

'stop up' ? doh!

[sandyRoe]

Though I'm not sure all music can cross the divide between East and West

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M13e1M76SqM

[sandyRoe]

Does Max Wall come to mind looking at that? ^

[jomifl]

rike frute prayer velly much

[sandyRoe]

That's hardly PC, but still deserves BA ^

[askyourgran]

Lol @Max Wall even the audience are laughing.

[Elina]

That was nice sound sandy . I wonder what the story behind that piece of mournful music was about?

[DTCwordfan]

All part of the Pots and Pans Orchestras out there, sandy! I lived with them for eight years or so.....the ehru isn't too bad, but the structure of Chinese can be very alien to the western ear.

[Elina]

Any idea of the story behind that piece DT? Talking musical instruments, I had a funny moment in work today. I was stood on the corridor talking with some of the men when all of a sudden I heard sitar music! I realised it was coming from my phone! I'd been looking at an Indian restaurants menu minutes before lol!

[Jomlett]

The title of the music is Elegy by Liu Tian-Hua but all info is Chinese to me!

[sandyRoe]

Elina, most melancholic music, from whatever continent, is usually about loss of one sort or another. I wouldn't be surprised if that is too.

[sandyRoe]

As it's called, 'Elegy' little doubt that it's about loss.

[Elina]

Thanks jomlett, that's all I could find. No doubt sandy.

[DTCwordfan]

He only wrote 12 pieces of music - this was a song of lament about a beautiful night written in 1928. He was born in a town I know well, Jianyin in Jiangsu Provence, just to the SW of Shanghai - was involved with initiating a fairly substantial project there. (Great fish restaurant in the town).