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This action-packed work evokes imagery of battle horses galloping across enemy lines. The technical challenge presented to the erhu reflects the strength and endurance of the Chinese cavalry. Hurtling chromaticism propels the melody forward.
Eddie is joined by his son Bevan on yangqin, or hammered dulcimer. The instrument is thought to have ancestry in the Iranian santur or European Dulcimer, emerging in China in the 17th century. Contradictory origin stores tell of the yanqin arriving on the Silk Road via Mongolia, or by sea via the southern Chinese port of Guangzhou (Canton).
Eddie 的兒子 Bevan 會以揚琴與他一同演奏。揚琴於17世紀在中國出現，相信前身是伊朗的 santur 或歐洲揚琴。對揚琴如何傳入中國有不同說法，一說是從絲綢之路經蒙古傳入，別一說是經海路從中國南方港口廣州輸入。
SAN MEN XIA FANTASY (1961)
三門峽暢想曲(1961)
COMPOSER: Liu Wenjin (China), Arr. Jet Kye Chong (WA, Australia)
作曲：劉文金（中國），編曲： Jet Kye Chong（澳洲西澳）
SOLOISTS: Eddie Li (Erhu), Bevan Lixu (Yangqin), Sean Lixu (Erhu)
獨奏：Eddie Li （二胡）、 Bevan Lixu（揚琴）、Sean Lixu （二胡）
Sanmenxia is a city in the west of the Henan Province, China, on the south side of the Yellow River. Liu Wenjin composed this work after the construction of the Sanmenxia Dam as an homage to the diligent workers and the ambition of China’s construction industry. Upon its release, this work synthesised traditional Chinese folk tunes with Western harmony and notation. It remains a trailblazer for modern erhu writing.
San Men Xia Fantasy features the Lixu family: Eddie with his sons Sean and Bevan.
《三門峽暢想曲》由Lixu一家演出：Eddie和他兩名兒子Sean和Bevan。
FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEE (1900)
野蜂飛舞 (1900)
COMPOSER: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Russia)
作曲：Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov（俄羅斯）
SOLOIST: Bevan Lixu (Yang Qin)
獨奏：Bevan Lixu（揚琴）
Flight of the Bumblebee was originally conceived by Russian composer Rimsky-Korsakov as an orchestral interlude in his 1900 opera The Tale of Tsar Sultan. The piece tells the story of the Tsar’s son, who is transformed into a bee. The work has since been used extensively in popular culture, and is immediately recognisable around the world. It is often presented as a virtuosic instrumental feature, and is performed tonight by the prodigious Bevan Xu.
Chen Yi is originally from Guangzhou in Southern China, and now resides in the US as a professor of composition at the University of Missouri—Kansas City. She was the first woman to earn a Master’s degree in composition in China. Chen has since been commissioned by the likes of Yehudi Menuhin and Yo-Yo Ma, and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2006.
“The word ‘shuo’ means ‘initiate’, and it also represents the first day of the month in the lunar calendar. In my piece Shuo, I applied materials taken from Chinese folk music… The mountain song singing style is presented by a viola cadenza in the introduction, and imitated by a violin cadenza in the last section of the piece. The first theme is energetic and developed in a fugue style of writing. The pitch material of the second theme is drawn from a lyrical mountain song of Shui minority in Southwestern China. All materials are combined into a brilliant finale.”
COMPOSER: Jonathon Yang (WA, Australia), transcribed for Dizi by Tresna Stampalia
作曲：楊潔泓（澳洲西澳），由 Tresna Stampalia為笛子演奏改編
SOLOISTS: Eddie Li (Erhu), Tresna Stampalia (Dizi)
獨奏: Eddie Li (二胡), Tresna Stampalia (笛子)
Jonathon Yang composed this narrative work for his Honours research project at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). To Become Wind is originally in six movements for a large orchestra, stylistically informed by Yang’s analysis of the Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto (next in this evening’s program). Perth Symphony present the first three movements arranged for string orchestra.
Movement 1 – Call to the Wind The male protagonist plays his erhu atop a mountain overlooking a valley. This tune—the first theme—is full of yearning, calling across the valley, hoping to connect with a loved one.
樂章1 – 向風呼喚
男主角在山頂俯瞰山谷演奏二胡。這首曲調（第一個主題）充滿渴望、跨越山谷的呼喚，期盼與所愛的人聯繫。
Movement 2 – The Lady Feng
The erhu melody is heard by a wind spirit, the Lady Feng, represented by the bamboo flute. This movement introduces and establishes the second theme, which the strings coyly echo.
Movement 3 – Dancing with the Wind This movement is quick and upbeat, with joyous moments of unison pentatonic melody in the strings. Both themes are present as the erhu and the Lady Feng celebrate and dance together
COMPOSERS: He Zhanhao and Chen Gang (China), Arr. Jonathon Yang (WA, Australia), transcribed for Dizi by Tresna Stampalia
作曲：何占豪和陳綱（中國），編曲：楊潔泓（澳洲西澳），由 Tresna Stampalia為笛子演奏改編
SOLOIST: Eddie Li (Erhu), Tresna Stampalia (Dizi) 獨奏：Eddie Li (二胡)、Tresna Stampalia (笛子)
The Butterfly Lovers Concerto is an instantly recognisable work of Chinese orchestral music. Originally for violin, this work was written while the composers were still students at Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Perth Symphony is pleased to present this work in an arrangement for erhu and dizi—Chinese bamboo flute—by local composer Jonathon Yang.
The dizi—also known as the bamboo flute—is a versatile instrument used across many Chinese traditional genres. Archeologists in the Henan province have discovered transverse flutes made from bone, suggesting that the instrument has been present in China for almost 9,000 years. These digs yielded the earliest playable instruments ever found. The bamboo dizi is known to date back to the 2nd century BC.
The narrative of The Butterfly Lovers follows a tragic Chinese legend. An aristocratic young woman is not allowed to go to school, but attends nevertheless disguised as a man. She becomes friends with a working-class boy to whom she cannot reveal her secret, even when she falls in love with him. When he eventually discovers the truth and decides to propose, he finds the young woman already promised to an arranged marriage. Riddled with heartbreak and regret, he becomes ill and eventually dies. On the day of her wedding, the woman throws herself into the grave of her old lover, and the two transform into butterflies in death.
Eddie Li is a celebrated Erhu master. He is the Director of the huqin subcommittee of the China National Orchestra Society (CNOS), is the Director of the Australian Chinese Folk Music Association and is a founder of (Perth’s Chinese Folk Music Academy).
李世伦先生是著名的二胡大師。他是中國民族管弦樂學會(CNOS)胡琴專業委員會理事、澳洲中國民族音樂協會(Australian Chinese Folk Music Association)理事和珀斯中國民族音樂學院(Perth’s Chinese Folk Music Academy)創辦人。
Eddie studied under three great masters of erhu: Ming Yuan Liu, Ling Liang Shen, and Chang Fu Liu. He was the premier erhu player of the (China Railway Orchestra)—one of the first Chinese National Orchestras, established in 1950. Over the past 20 years, he has recorded works for numerous films, and featured as a soloist in both China and Australia, whether on television or in concert halls. Eddie migrated to Australia in 1993, after having performed with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and on Australia’s SBS channel in 1990.
李世伦師承二胡大師劉明源、Ling Liang Shen和劉長福。他是1950年成立的中國鐵道樂團(China Railway Orchestra)的首席二胡演奏家，該樂團為第一批中國國家管弦樂團之一。過去20年來，他為多部電影錄製作品，並曾在中國和澳洲的電視節目或演奏廳中獨奏演出。1990 年Eddie與昆士蘭交響樂團合作演出及在澳洲 SBS 頻道中演奏，於 1993 年移居澳洲。
Eddie is also a singer, having studied with Shu-Mei Shang, and a prolific erhu composer. Recently, he has broadened his skillset into tertiary education and was appointed as an online lecturer at the China Central Conservatory of Music in 2020. His goal remains to spread and celebrate Chinese folk music.
李世伦也是歌手，師承Shu Mei Shang，也是一名多產的二胡作曲家。最近，他將自己的技能擴展至高等教育領域，並於 2020 年獲委任為中國中央音樂學院在線講師。他的目標仍然是傳播和弘揚中國民族音樂。
Erhu: Sean Lixu
二胡：肖恩 李徐
Yangqin: Bevan Lixu
揚琴：贝文 李徐
Sean (17 y/o) and Bevan (14 y/o) Xu began learning erhu and yangqin in 2014. One year later, they won first and second prize at the Young Talent Quest WA on their respective instruments, and in the same year were scouted by Chinese Television to be young actors in a national TV series.
Both Sean and Bevan learn from their father, Eddie Li. In 2017, when he was 9 years old, Bevan performed Flight of the Bumblebee on yangqin in front of 13 thousand people at Perth Arena. He has also featured as a solo singer at Crown Theatre and other public venues.
Perth Symphony Orchestra is proud to present and encourage young talent, and we are delighted that Sean and Bevan are joining us onstage tonight.
珀斯交響樂團以推介和鼓勵年輕人才為榮，我們很高興肖恩 李徐和贝文 李徐今晚加入我們的舞台。
Dizi: Tresna Stampalia
笛子：Tresna Stampalia
Tresna Stampalia is well-known in Western Australia as the Director and founding member of the Chamber Ensemble Très Classique. She has had—and continues to have—an active career as a flute and piccolo player in many of Australia’s Symphony Orchestras and top Pop Orchestras.
Tresna Stampalia女士是Très Classique室樂團的總監和創辦成員，在西澳享譽盛名。她曾在澳洲多個交響樂團和頂級流行樂團擔任長笛和短笛演奏家，並仍然活躍於這些樂團中。
She has played Principal Flute in National productions of Miss Saigon, Fiddler on the Roof, Phantom of the Opera, Mary Poppins, Les Miserables, Wicked, and was the Principal Flautist for the Touring Australian Production of Disney’s The Lion King where she performed on the Pan Pipes and traditional Asian & Irish flutes. She has toured and recorded for Music Viva Australia and additional discography includes the CD ‘Paradiso’.
她曾在《西貢小姐》、《錦繡良緣》、《歌聲魅影》、《魔法保姆》、《孤星淚》、《綠野仙蹤女巫前傳》等全國製作中擔任首席長笛，並且是迪士尼《獅子王》澳洲巡迴演出中的首席長笛，演奏排簫及傳統的亞洲和愛爾蘭長笛。她曾為 Music Viva Australia 巡迴演出和錄音，並有一音樂作品集包括 CD光碟Paradiso。
With a string of qualifications to her name, which include a Bachelor of Performance and a Bachelor of Arts, Tresna has studied in London and France, and presented concerts in both Italy and France. She is a Flute Tutor at WAAPA and is involved in flute teaching at all levels. She is an Examiner for the Australian Music Examinations Board and has adjudicated for the Fremantle Eisteddfod, South Suburban Music Society Eisteddfod, Kwinana Eisteddfod, and ATAR Assessments.
Tresna擁有多項優秀學歷，包括表演學士和藝術學士，曾在倫敦和法國深造，並曾在意大利和法國舉辦音樂會。她是西澳表演藝術學院(WAAPA)的長笛導師，參與各級長笛教學。她是澳洲音樂考試局(Australian Music Examinations Board)的考官，並曾為 Fremantle Eisteddfod、South Suburban Music Society Eisteddfod、Kwinana Eisteddfod 和 ATAR Assessments作評判。
Composer: Jonathon Yang
作曲：楊潔泓
Jonathon Jie Hong Yang is an Australian composer, orchestrator, and arranger based in Perth, WA. Jonathon is a composer of film, orchestral, chamber, video game, and solo music. His work explores the expressive and dramatic possibilities of melody and rhythm.
Jonathon has graduated from WAAPA with a Bachelor of Music Honours First Class and has taken his first steps into the professional world of music composition. Notable compositions by Jonathon include Brave the Wave (2020), which was composed during the lockdown and features the performances and artistry of more than 120 WAAPA Classical Music students. Jonathon has been interviewed by Andrew Ford for ABC Radio National and has had his compositions and work performed in the Perth Concert Hall, HBF Stadium, and the Richard Gill Auditorium.
Artistic Planning: Bourby Webster, Kate Milligan, and Lixu Family
藝術策劃：Bourby Webster、Kate Milligan 和 Lixu Family
Composition and Arrangement: Jonathon Yang
作曲及編曲：楊潔泓
Arrangement: Jet Kye Chong
編曲：Jet Kye Chong
Production: Jess Herbert
製作：Jess Herbert
Brand and Development: Georgina Harvey
品牌及發展：Georgina Harvey
Marketing: Polly Ash
市務推廣：Polly Ash
Finance: Nicky Sudmeyer and Lindsay Lennox
財務：Nicky Sudmeyer 和 Lindsay Lennox
Orchestra Manager: Georgina Harper
樂團經理：Georgina Harper
Thank you to presenting partner Fortescue Metals Group, concert partner Asian Australian Law Association and event partner Canton Bay for making this concert possible.
感謝舉辦夥伴 Fortescue Metals Group、音樂會合作夥伴亞洲澳洲律師協會(Asian Australian Law Association)和活動合作夥伴 Canton Bay ，使這場音樂會可以成真。
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