
¡¡¡¡Time£º Apr 29, 2014, 7:30pm
¡¡¡¡Venue£ºShanghai Centre Theater
Program
Bamboula,¡¡ Louis Gottschalk£¬ Solo piano
Louis Gottschalk, from New Orleans, wrote¡¡this piece in 1842 at the age of 17. The melody is African in origin, the rhythms African, and the harmonies European. In 1840, New Orleans was home to African, Spanish, South American, Cuban, and European culture, including the music and visual arts. Gottschalks mother was Haitian, his father British, and as an American composer, he borrowed from numerous international traditions.
Bethena,¡¡ Scott Joplin£¬ Solo Piano
Scott Joplin, an African American composer, wrote in the style of German marches and waltzes, but with African rhythms. He was active from 1890 to 1910 and is considered a major influence on modern American popular and jazz music.
Loveless Love,¡¡ Duke Ellington¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡jazz band
Take the A Train,¡¡ Duke Ellington¡¡¡¡¡¡ jazz band
Duke Ellington was born in Washington, but made his career in New York City as pianist, composer, and bandleader. His jazz orchestra was active for 50 years from 1924 to his death in 1974. He is considered as the most important jazz composer in American music history.
Suite Shanghai Suite
This collection of pieces includes pieces familiar Chinese melodies and new compositions by composer Burnett Thompson. For Mr. Thompson, Shanghai is a complex city, including the fascinating period known now as the Shanghai Jazz Age.
Hypocritical¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
piano/vocal
Shanghai Blues¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ jazz
band
In that far far away
land¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ ¡¡Band/vocal
A pair fly together¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
piano/vocal
Awakening¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ jazz band
Groovin¡® Hi, Dizzy Gillespie¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
jazz
band
Dizzy Gillespie was part of the post-World War II bebop era. This was
an especially creative period in jazz history, including high energy rhythms and
complex melody, coupled with extravagant improvisation.
Shakespeare ¡¡¡¡¡¡ Sonnet
154¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡erhu/vocal
The music for this sonnet is composed by Burnett Thompson in Chinese
traditional style, both in terms of the erhu and the melody. Shakespeare¡¯s works
have great meaning in any language, and his plays and sonnets have been
translated into other languages since the 16th century.
Sad Song¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
erhu/piano
This beautiful melody was written by Liu Tianhua, the great composer and
promoter of Chinese music. It is a virtuoso piece, and challenges
the erhu player to perform with great feeling and
Expression.
Race¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
Erhu/piano
This new arrangement by Meng Xiao Xu and Burnett Thompson will give a new
perspective on an old masterpiece.
Forever Lovers¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
¡¡vocal/piano
A beautiful piece in Beijing Opera style with Han Dynasty text.
Rhapsody in Blue£¬ George Gershwin ¡¡¡¡ solo
piano
One of the great masterworks of American music, this 1924 composition
includes Cuban rhythms, French harmonies, in addition to jazz harmonies and
rhythms to represent much of American music in the 1920¡¯s.
Take 5,
Dave Brubeck¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ jazz
band
In 1959, the first ¡°Hit¡± jazz piece, an unusual format of 5 beats and a
complex melody that caught the American public¡¯s attention.
Spain, ¡¡ Chick
Corea/Rodrigo,¡¡ jazz band/erhu
This
gypsy or Flamenco melody has been used by many composers in classical, jazz, and
popular music. In this arrangement for erhu and jazz quartet, the
intense Latin rhythms provide a backdrop for a beautiful
melody.