© The London Youlan Qin Society 2003-2010



Meeting 13 February 2021



Introduction

This, the 111th meeting of the London Youlan Qin Society, was held online using Zoom. It was the sixth time our society has held a yaji meeting online, and it enabled qin friends around the world to join our meeting. We had approximately 59 attendees. This yaji was preceded by pur Annual GeneraL Meeting, which was postponed from January. Our special guest was pipa and komuz 火不思 (Mongolia lute) performer Zhang Zhuoqun 张卓群.

The meeting began at 1 pm UK time and ended at approximately 4 pm. Cheng Yu introduced the yaji and welcomed everybody.

A video of highlights from this yaji are on our YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQqrkklcRs8MW6kq-wqoFYw

Greetings from guests are at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4auByRuZMk

A news item from CCTV about this yaji is at: https://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ_GFo_6TEk; The full report is at: https://app.cctv.com/special/m/livevod/index.html?vtype=2&guid=5fe91d314a1f456793dbd15764ab35c1&vsetId=C10375

Summary of the AGM

Programme

  1. Welcome Speech 欢迎词 – Cheng Yu 程玉 (President of LYQS)
  2. Greeting speech 嘉宾致辞 – Dr Sun Wei 孙伟 (Chair of Cambridge Chinese Community Centre)
  3. Video Presentation of Greetings from Guests 播放嘉宾致辞
  4. Yang Chun Bai Xue 阳春白雪 (White Snow in Sunny Spring), pipa 琵琶 – Cheng Yu 程玉,
  5. Guanshan Yue 关山月 (Moon over the Mountain Pass) – Andrea Lioy
  6. Yangguan San Die 陽關三疊 (Three Variations on the Yang Pass Theme) – Shi Yang 史楊
  7. Liang Xiao 良宵 (Prelude for a Pleasant Evening), erhu 二胡 – Wu Yunxia 吴云霞
  8. An die Freude 欢乐颂 (Ode to Joy) – (Beethoven贝多芬), pipa – Li Pinyuan 李品源
  9. Liang Xiao Yin 良宵引 (Prelude for a Pleasant Evening) – Plinks Thomas
  10. Qiu Feng Ci 秋風詞 (Ode to the Autumn Wind) – Li Zhixin 李志昕
  11. Han Tianlei 旱天雷 (Thunder in the Drought), pipa 琵琶 (Guangdong music) – Ivan Batchelor
  12. Xian Weng Cao 仙翁操 (The Old Toper) – Sun Dong 孫冬
  13. Xiang Fei Yuan 湘妃怨 (Lament of Concubine Xiang) – Wang Chao 王超
  14. Caiyun Zhuiyue 彩云追月 (Colourful Clouds Chasing The Moon), piano – Zeng Yi 曾艺
  15. Kongzi Du Yi 孔子读易 (Confucius Reads the Book of Changes) – Shi Yan 师琰
  16. A Qi Tu 阿奇图, komuz 火不思 (Mongolian lute) – Zhang Zhuoqun 张卓群 (Invited Guest), with piano accompaniment by Jiang Tingyi 姜亭伊
  17. Jiu Kuang 酒狂 (Drunken Ecstasy) – Jennifer Fang 方婧瑞
  18. Chang Xiangsi 长相思 (Eternal Longing) – Ella Kasser (Estonia)
  19. Xinnian Ge 新年歌 (Lunar New Year Song), xiao solo 箫独奏 – Dennis Lee
  20. Chuntian Zai Nali 春天在哪里 (Where is Spring), pipa 琵琶 – Zhang Wanchun 张万春
  21. Daffodils [William Wordsworth] – Azalea Qin 秦蕾, poetry recital
  22. Feng Qiu Huang 凤求凰 (The Phoenix Seeks His Mate) – Tan Keyu
  23. Auld Lang Syne 友谊地久天长 – Julian Joseph
  24. Xin Chun Le 新春乐 (Joy in New Spring) – Long Walk Chinese Ensemble, More Music, Lancaster: Rick Middleton daruan 大阮, James Wood liuqin 柳琴, Kim Leong xiaoruan 小阮, Phil Keen & Yunxia Wu erhu二胡
  25. Xiang Fei Yuan 湘妃怨 (Lament of Concubine Xiang) – Zhou Qingyun 周庆雲
  26. Puan Zhou 普庵咒 (Mantra of Puan) – Viola Qiu 邱杨梓
  27. Sai Ma 赛马 (Horse Racing) – Ben Xiaoyu 贲小鱼, erhu 二胡
  28. Yun Lin Chan Xin 云林禅心 (Sound of Zen over Forests of Clouds) – Daniella Gordon
  29. Shui Lian 睡莲 (Sleeping Lotus), zhongruan 中阮 – Elaine Yu
  30. Meihua Sannong 梅花三弄 (Three Variations on the Plum Blossom) – Huang Xuting 黄煦婷
  31. Liu Shui 流水 (Flowing Water) – Charles Tsua
  32. Calligraphy Demonstration 书法展示 – Spring Theme 春联 by Wang Jing
  33. Interaction with Zoom audience 琴友观众互动