It should be "Spring Festival Suite"
"Spring Festival Overture" focuses on the lively scene of Chinese people celebrating the Spring Festival. The first movement of the suite, the "Spring Festival Overture", is often played.
"Spring Festival Suite" was composed by Li Huanzhi from 1955 to 1956. The music is based on the tones and rhythms of folk yangko in northern Shaanxi. It has a bright melody and vividly expresses the liveliness and joy of the Chinese people in traditional festivals. A scene filled with overflowing energy, beating of gongs and drums, singing and dancing.
The first movement, "Spring Festival Overture", describes the scene of people performing Yangko during the Spring Festival. The gong and drum rhythm of Yangko is added to the music. The theme consists of two folk suona songs from northern Shaanxi. The music is cheerful and warm. The middle part is a melodious folk song from northern Shaanxi. The theme is first played by the oboe, then repeated by the cello, and finally the trumpet solo brings the music to a climax.
"Spring Festival Overture" is an orchestral piece written according to the structure of "Yangge". "Yangge" is a representative folk song and dance form in northern my country. Dancers usually dress up as various characters and dance with fans, handkerchiefs, colorful silks and other props in their hands. The performance format is divided into three parts: street crossing, large field and small field. Crossing the street are some simple dance moves performed by the Yangko team according to the rhythm of music while marching on the street. The main venue is a large-scale group dance that is hot and fiery, often with various complex formations. A small show is a small dance or song-and-dance show with a simple plot performed by two or three people. The beginning and end of "Yangko" are big fields, with small fields interspersed in between. The introduction of "Spring Festival Overture" is equivalent to the crossing part. The first part is a passionate Allegro, describing the singing and dancing scenes in the venue. The middle part is a lyrical middle panel, describing a small dance performance. Then return to the music in the first part, describing the Yangko and ending with a grand finale. The final coda repeats the second half of the introduction.
"Spring Festival Suite" consists of four movements.
The first movement, "Overture", describes the scene of people performing Yangko during the Spring Festival. The gongs and drums rhythm of Yangko is added to the music. , the theme consists of two folk suona songs from northern Shaanxi, and the music is cheerful and warm. The middle part is a melodious folk song from northern Shaanxi. The theme is first played by the oboe, then repeated by the cello, and finally the trumpet solo brings the music to a climax.
The second movement, "Love Song", is like a lyric poem. The music begins with the English horn playing a love song from northern Shaanxi, which is like the scene of young people walking and talking by the moonlit river. This love song is repeated six times, played by the violin and cello in the form of a dialogue, and finally returns to the introduction at the beginning.
The third movement "Pan Ge" is a waltz. The author combined folk-style music with modern ballroom dance to write this dance music based on the weekend dances in Yan'an that year.
The fourth movement "Lantern Festival" is composed with the tones of the folk suona song "The Great Formation" in northern Shaanxi. This part of the music shows the superb skills of suona playing. The middle part adopts the tunes of northern Shaanxi folk songs "Pumpkin Picking" and "Land Boat Race", and the two tunes appear alternately.
The ending part ends with the reappearance of the theme to the enthusiastic rhythm of Yangko gongs and drums.
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