The official name of the concert is the opening concert of the 3rd Bowstring Art Festival. But Bu Li is right, in fact, it can be called an erhu concert, because almost all the programs are erhu performances.

First, a vice president of the Conservatory of Music took the stage to give a speech and announced the start of the concert.

When the concert is announced, the whole performance process is not explained, but the performers go to the stage in the order they are arranged.

The first to play was the famous teacher Ma.

Mr. Ma is thunderous in the music industry. Even the layman Wang Youjie knows that when it comes to Huqin, he will definitely think of Teacher Ma, who is a business card of Chinese Huqin art. With her exquisite technique, solid foundation, profound culture, simple and true emotions, keen, concise, simple and subtle interpretation, she is active in the music scene, with long-term artistic research and stage training, she has accumulated rich stage experience and mental philosophy, and her performance art is becoming more and more natural and comprehensive, full of strong artistic appeal and demeanor.

Mr. Ma's opening song is the erhu solo "Horse Racing".

Wang Youjie knew that the inspiration and core melody of this "Horse Race" came from the Mongolian folk song "Red Flag Song". This folk song has been sung among the people of our country for hundreds of years, and it has been more widely circulated after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

A Chinese solid wood chair. Teacher Ma was dressed in white Chinese clothes with long flowing hair and sat in the center of the stage.

At the beginning of the piece, there is a rapid and tense allegro, symbolizing the rhythm of the horse's hooves as it runs. The bold style, Shen Xiong's bow strength, and bright rhythm immediately outlined the warm scene of the Mongolian people's festival horse racing, showing the joyful atmosphere of red flags flying and horses' hooves sonorous.

Listening to the "Horse Race" played by the erhu master Ma, Wang Youjie's eyes seemed to have a spectacular scene of horse racing on the Mongolian steppe.

Mr. Ma's left hand moves up and down on the stem, and his fingers seem to be dancing a ballet on the strings.

The music is followed by a complete quotation of the four neat and popular melodies of the "Red Flag Song", and through the addition of flower variations on the melody, the climax is repeated and the heroic spirit flashes.

A group of brave and fierce Mongolian youths rode on their horses in a dashing manner, holding the reins of the horses tightly with both hands, anxiously waiting for the order of the race. At the moment when the guardrail opened, a handsome and tall horse, like a sword off the string, shot straight out.

A young man on horseback, with the reins in one hand and a whip in the other, galloped across the vast prairie.

Immerse yourself, immerse yourself. Wang Youjie seemed to be immersed in the melodious music, moving with the music, unable to extricate himself.

Mr. Ma's powerful bow in his right hand seemed to shake out all the feelings in his heart.

Suddenly, the horse that had fallen behind caught up with the horse in front, and the young man behind gave him a few blows on the horse's buttocks, and at last he caught up again. They chased each other fiercely until they reached the end.

Finally, the winning lad took hold of the reins of the horse, and the tall steed quickly raised its two front hooves and snapped its nose.

Just right, the erhu sound suddenly stopped.

Wang Youjie stood up with the crowd and applauded warmly.

The applause and applause lasted for a long time.

The next repertoire includes the unison "River Water", the ensemble "Good Night", the ensemble "Erquan Reflecting the Moon", the Beijing Erhu ensemble "Deep Night", the solo piece "Heart Fragrance", the ensemble "Mengfeng", the ensemble "Xuandong" and "The Fourth Erhu Rhapsody", and so on.

These repertoire are both persuasive and representative, containing works of different styles and eras.

Wang Youjie and Bu Li next to him said: "It's really rare, so many people came here tonight. ”

"Yes. I look at the program list, and there are about 10 famous performers in all the programs this time, and they are all very representative masters. Their performances also represent the highest level of Chinese erhu, and this erhu concert is naturally of a high standard and high level. Brey smiled and said,

"For example, Mr. Zhu and Mr. Deng represent Jiangnan, Mr. Jin, the representative of the Qin School Erhu, Mr. Liu, the representative of Sichuan, Mr. Gao, who represents overseas, and Mr. Liu and Mr. Song, who represent the Central Conservatory of Music. In short, the country's famous erhu players seem to be all present. ”

Wang Youjie's eyes were full of admiration, and he said: "Tonight's accompaniment, I feel as if it is also at the master level." ”

"Hmmm! Pianist Teacher Yuan, percussionist Teacher Qiao, Guzheng player Teacher Gao and other artists also helped. With the collaboration of so many artists, it can be said that the whole concert is really colorful. ”

"Well---, we're really blessed tonight!"

Bu Li got closer to Wang Youjie and whispered, "Do you know, they are all good friends and art partners of Mr. Ma. ”

In the second half, Mr. Ma led the team to play Western classics such as "Free Tango" and "Wild Bee Dance" in the form of "New Folk Music".

This new adaptation not only brought an unexpected surprise to the audience, detonated the enthusiasm of the audience, but also instantly made the erhu, an ancient instrument, glow with the brilliance given by the times and become more bright and moving.

Wang Youjie was a little puzzled, and asked Bu Li, who was sitting next to him: "Why do you look like some of these performances are students?" ”

"It was. The students who participated in the performance were representatives of Mr. Ma's many outstanding students, aged between 10 and 17, from the huqin major of the primary school and the middle school attached to the Conservatory of Music. ”

Wang Youjie had to ask again, but Bu Li smiled: "Less nonsense, easy to cut?" There's a finale at the end, so look down! ”