Xiamen Nanyin Music Troupe brings highbrow concert to XMU campus

Posted: 2017-05-22   Visits: 153

 

On the evening of May 16, Xiamen Nanyin Music Troupe (XNMT) performed a special concert entitled “Cultivated and refined music” featuring Fukien Nanyin, a form of classical music representative of the authentic Ancient China’s highbrow music, at Jiannan Great Hall, Xiamen University. This event was hosted by CPC Xiamen Municipal Committee Propaganda Department, Xiamen Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Film and Television Press and Publication, co-organized by XMU, XNMT, and Xiamen Baoli Movie Theatre Management Co., Ltd.

  

The repertoire of the “cultivated and refined music” included traditional and original musical pieces such as“Lotus Chats”, “On A Quite Night”, ”Metal and Stone Chimes”, “Delight” etc. The charming melodies echoed in everyone’s ears, creating such serene and elegant vibes where the audience were all spellbound and intoxicated. And when the performance was done,  it received a loud standing ovation from the audience, bringing the concert to a successful close.

  

To give full expression of the beauty of music, literature and humanity, this meticulously prepared collection of the cultivated musical pieces represent the best of Fukien Nanyin, meanwhile, they are also reflective of the ideas of music creation of preserving the quintessence of the traditional and ancient Chinese music and combining them with Western and modern elements to convey such traditional motifs in Classical Chinese literature as Song Lyrics, Ming legends and ancient personage in diverse forms including the ensemble of 8 folk instruments, acappella, chorus, opera and oratorio, etc.



Edited by Meng Ling & Guo Yanyan

Source: http://news.xmu.edu.cn/43/dc/c1552a279516/page.htm