🎼🍁🍂 what an amazing way to welcome November.. Enjoyed the Brunel Uni Friday Lunchtime concert with Cheng Yu. The instruments fascinating the Guqin zither with 7 strings an instrument with a history of 2000 years. The strings originally made of intertwined threads if silk and the instrument made out of Rose wood. The other instrument the fretted lute Pipa closely related to the European lute ..it came to China through the Silk Road 4 -5th century. ... I have never been to China but Cheug Yu took us all there with her music. Each piece played drew us into a story from Moon
over Ganeshan pass to flowing water to white snow in sunny spring. But the opening piece of Moon over Ganeshan Pass played on the zither brought tears to my eyes. The music told of the sadness, the fear of men forced to leave families to go to battlegrounds .. not wishing to leave their loved ones and whether they see one another again .....here we are in 2024 with same fears!
over Ganeshan pass to flowing water to white snow in sunny spring. But the opening piece of Moon over Ganeshan Pass played on the zither brought tears to my eyes. The music told of the sadness, the fear of men forced to leave families to go to battlegrounds .. not wishing to leave their loved ones and whether they see one another again .....here we are in 2024 with same fears!
The Dragon boat piece played on the lute was good .. apparently a long term tradition of a boating race in China and music played to cheer teams on to win ... 💗 loved time with others that stayed behind to learn more about the instruments & get up close to see the craftsmanship of them ..you could feel the love energy in their dedication to design. 💐👏👏👏👏👏 Cheng Yu Instagram
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