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"Ode to the Red Flag" is an orchestral overture composed by Chinese composer Lu Qiming in 1965. At the opening ceremony of the 6th "Shanghai Spring" in 1965, it was jointly premiered by the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Film Orchestra, and Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, and was a success. "Ode to the Red Flag" adopts a three-part structure with a single theme throughout the development. The music begins with an introduction, and the loud trumpet plays the trumpet tone based on the national anthem, describing the birth of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949. An exciting moment, a moving scene of the first five-star red flag rising in front of the majestic and solemn Tiananmen Square.
In the connecting part, the oboe plays a soulful and cantabile melody, describing the surging feelings of people who have been baptized by struggle looking up to the red flag, conveying the people's deepest affection and love for the red flag. The music gradually develops and turns to two-part imitation of alternating instruments. The continuous triplet sound pattern makes the rhythm dynamic and lifts the music to a small climax.
The horn sounded again, and the carol theme in the middle part turned into a sonorous march. The crowd was like a tide, and the red flag was like a sea. It seemed that under the guidance of the red flag, we could see the majestic steps of the Chinese people, who are constantly striving for self-improvement and fighting. And the heroic spirit of holding high the red flag and marching forward bravely.
The third part is the theme reproduction part. The majestic music expresses the emotions of hundreds of millions of people singing heartily at this historic moment. The horn at the end is majestic and loud, forming a powerful climax, and the music is magnificent.
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