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Meeting 14 July 2018



Introduction

This, the 95th meeting of the London Youlan Qin Society, was held in the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.

Because this was the last regular yaji meeting before the start of the First London International Guqin Festival, Chinese media companies were invited to a press conference at the beginning of the yaji. Xinhua News (China's largest news agency) and Phoenix TV both broadcast video of the event.

Media coverage is at these links:

Phoenix TV (video of the entire yaji):

Xinhua News (short video):

China Minutes (news report):

Music

The following music was played:

  1. Qiu Feng Ci 秋风词 (Drunken Ecstasy) Group qin performance by Cheng Yu, Charles Tsua, Julian Joseph, Elaine Yu, Desiree Victoria and Dennis Lee (xiao).
  2. Jiu Kuang 酒狂 (Ode to the Autumn Wind) Group qin performance by Cheng Yu, Charles Tsua, Julian Joseph, Elaine Yu, Desiree Victoria and Dennis Lee (xiao).
  3. Kongzi Du Yi 孔子读易 (Confucius Reads the Book of Changes), played by Charles Tsua
  4. Meihua San Nong 梅花三弄 (Three Variations on the Plum Blossom Theme), played by Cheng Yu (qin) and Dennis Lee (xiao
  5. Shen Ren Chang 神人畅 (Joy of Gods and Men), played by Julian Joseph
  6. Xian Weng Cao 仙翁操 (Song of the Old Man), played and sung by Marnix Wells
  7. Qiu Shui 秋水 (Autumn Water), played by Charles Tsua
  8. Yangguan San Die 阳关三叠 (Three Variations on the Yang Pass Theme), (xiao solo) played by Dennis Lee
  9. Puan Zhou 普庵咒 (Incantation of Puan) Group qin Group qin performance by Cheng Yu, Charles Tsua, Julian Joseph, Elaine Yu and Dennis Lee (xiao).




The London Youlan Qin Society would like to extend our grateful thanks to Department of Music at SOAS for allowing us to hold our meeting there.Thank you also to Cheng Yu, Yingbai Fu and Dennis Lee for the photos.