Packed to bursting with excellent melodies, exotic soundscape, deliciously spicy orchestration... why the hell isn't this famous??? If this started being played in concert halls, I think it would bring the house down.
People don't really like that it is a collaboration by 4 people, based on the work of a 5th one. If this was done by just one person it would be famous.
It may not be in the top 10 but it's fairly known I think, particularly in China (I would label it as the Chinese version of the Gershwin Rhapsody/Concerto in F if that's not being insulting to either party). I hear it a lot as the musical setting for things like figure skating and gymnastics I'm imagining there aren't a ton of pianists even in the top echelon who can pull it off, though.
I'd imagine it has something also to do with Chinese copyright and the piece not necessarily being public domain according to my surface level googling.
Xian Xinghai is the original composer for the cantata, which is a great composition by itself. The piano concerto was composed by a group of other musicians based on this cantata.
8:51 Zheng and Yangqin imitation, including techniques like adding Hua (lit. flower, ie the 32rd sextets) 19:36 “The East is Red” 20:42 Counterpoint between augmented "The East is Red" in the strings, and stretto-esque staccato main theme on the piano with the winds 20:52 Pick up to the "Internationale" played by the brass section
This being the Cultural Revolution time, using the East is Red as secondary counterpoint must have felt thrillingly risky to the composition group. Fortunately Madame Mao knew nothing about music composition, in spite of being a competent Beijing Opera singer.
@@natheniel You did not live through the Cultural Revolution I presume. I did and this level is no way thinking into it too much. People were done for much less transgressions.
我喜歡這首鋼琴協奏曲。它創造出極好的聲音。我已經出版了兩部中文小說（保羅·道格拉斯·埃斯庫德羅），並且一直在探索中國。 冼星海真正創造了壯麗的音樂。 I love this piano concerto. It creates sound of utter brilliance. I've published 2 Novels in Chinese Language (Paul Douglas Escudero) and am always exploring China. This is one of my landmark discoveries. Xian Xinghai (冼星海) truly created magnificent music.
@@user-gb2rk9zi2y Incredible you could get this wrong in the age of internet, speaks volumes of your character. Next time don't speak when adults are speaking.
The Yellow River Piano Concerto (黃河鋼琴協奏曲) 集Sibelius西贝柳斯-Chkoviski.歌柴可夫斯基 船歌之基，承多瑙/沃尔塔瓦/顿河之后，创作了激励抗日战争保卫家园的史诗风格 爱国交响乐，inspire generations of people for the career of liberation. also, is the source of defense the river “Oriental Red_Uprise the Sun” 献礼舞蹈史诗, 红旗颂 etc, we can hear the melody of it, many source from this composition.
What you mention is because, instead of what the title says, this concert is not by Xian Xinghai, but an adaptation made by several Chinese composers, so that is why many styles and influences are noted in this composition.
@@user-ew3tm6pv6x Xian Xinghai himself wrote the Yellow River Cantata in around 1940. This particular piano concerto is the later around 1965 arrangement base on four movements from his original cantata.
If he did not die early, he'd have died later in one of the large number of waves of persecution in the New China. There was a 人艺 play just after the Cultural Revolution in which his family member was harangued (and worse) by Gang of Four henchmen, and the audience and the media had zero problem with this scenario as 1) it likely did happen for real and 2) it did happen to a lot of others so it felt real. Imagine what he himself would have encountered if his family was treated like that. The point of the argument was also very interesting. It was about the original cantata. The guy was denouncing that words in a song described the riverside as being idyllic before the Japanese invaded (the music is in the beginning of part 3 of the concerto, before it got dark in the middle of that part, containing the words 河东千里成平壤). The denouncer was saying that those words were describing progresses under the leadership of the Shanxi warlord Yen Hsi-shan 阎锡山 and denounced 冼星海 as a traitor to support the warlord. This was, of course, standard behaviour of Gang of Four (and all Cultural Revolution) zealots. 冼星海 would have had no chance in front of those people.
@@arandompianist7371 Where do I start? It really isn't a very well written concerto in my opinion. There is not enough time to go through it phrase by phrase to support my argument here. He was very popular in China during his life, but Chinese "classical" music has advanced enormously since 1945. However, please read all of my comment.
@@DavidA-ps1qr Imo it’s certainly not top tier… But I wouldn’t call it ‘terrible’. It has some exciting bits that provide a lingering sense of anticipation as well as a very bold character overall. Quite attractive
@@carlose1939 Karen? That's what you resort to? You end up believing you are the greatest product of humanity for knowing how to speak more than one languages, yet you use the term "karen?" And to answer your silly, stupid question: no, you do not scare me, nor does your small intellect. Good day.
