Liu Tian Hua 刘天华, composer

二胡独奏曲《光明行》，创作于1931年。“雄赳赳，气昂昂” ，全曲以振奋人心，积极向上的气势著称，是五四时代罕见的具有汉民族气息的进行曲，也是将西洋作曲技法与中国民族风格结合的典范。

刘天华先生在此曲中大胆运用了很多西洋作曲技法，比如：上下四五度交替转调（D-G，G-D）；全曲基本建立于主三和弦（1-3-5）的分解进行上；运用进行曲的节奏；全曲采用复三部曲式。

因为以上所述的创作特点，所以才使《光明行》调性明亮坚定，音区的递换极富色彩，节奏也富于弹性。刘天华先生为此曲作注解“因外国人谓我国音乐萎靡不振，故作此曲以正其误”。


Light Our Way （1931）光明行

Liu Tian Hua 刘天华, composer

二胡独奏曲《月夜》，1918年创作，1924年定稿，是刘天华先生早期的作品。这是一首借景抒情的乐曲，灵感源于一个晴朗的夏夜，他正在老家江阴度暑假，心情愉悦有感而发遂成此曲。

全曲分为三个段落，描写了江南月白风清的美丽夜景。独特的一唱三叹，表现了皓月当空中隐含着丝丝惆怅，十分情景交融。此曲也是刘天华作品中左手技巧较为丰富的一首，上下大滑音和揉弦讲究“稳准”“圆润”，以奏出乐曲优雅悠闲的意境。




Moon Night （1924）月夜

Liu Tian Hua 刘天华, Composer

二胡曲《独弦操》创作1932年月1月，当时是“九.一八”事变以后不久，中华民族到了最危险的时刻，刘天华先生对祖国的前途忧心忡忡，从而创作此曲，又名《忧心曲》。

它的特别之处在于全曲用内弦演奏，故而《独弦操》这个名字更被大众流传。二胡的内弦音色醇厚，深沉悲怆，这一奏法加强了全曲所要表现的精神气质，也丰富了二胡的演奏技法。

乐曲前两个乐段旋律激昂连贯并显悲凉，第三乐段中的小快板並不轻佻，闪现出作者意识中短暂的乐观情绪，但最后仍被不可摆脱的忧愁和烦闷所笼罩。尾声情绪减弱，由烦躁逐渐趋向空虚，表现了作者面对不可解决的矛盾而深感补天无力。音乐随着渐慢、渐弱，音色越来越飘渺，感觉越来越遥远，在“此时无声胜有声”中结束全曲。

Melancholy on D String (1932) 独弦操

Erhu concert player based in Vancouver Canada. Nicole Ge Li is an Ensemble-in-Residence at the University of British Columbia's well as an  Erhu Instructor of VSO School of Music.

Li began learning the erhu at the early age of six and started training professionally at the age of 11 at the Wu Conservatory of Music Affiliated Secondary School, where she received a full scholarship for four consecutive years. Li was later admitted to the prestigious Shanghai Conservatory of Music, where she earned her Bachelor of Music degree in erhu performance in 2008. 

An active erhu performer, both as a solo artist and as a member of an ensemble, since 2000, Li is a much sought after performing artist in Vancouver. In 2011, she organized and performed in her own erhu recital in Vancouver, which was also the first full-scale erhu performance event of its kind held in Canada. In 2013, she was invited to perform for Prime Minister Stephen Harper as the only Chinese instrumental soloist at the Chinese New Year Gala in Vancouver. Later that year, Li performed the celebrated erhu concerto “Butterfly Lovers” with the BC Chinese Orchestra. During this 2013/14 season, Li is collaborating with virtuoso pianist Corey Hamm in bringing the first of many world premieres of new works for erhu and piano by Chinese and Canadian composers. These performances are being supported by a Canadian Art Council grant as part of a cross-cultural music exchange project.

As a performing artist, Li is known for her interpretive expressiveness, stylistic versatility and ability to transverse a wide range of musical genres from the East to the West, from the traditional to the avant garde. As a teacher, Li is known for her ability to inspire students to excel, as evidenced by all her students’ successful exam results. 

Li works out of her, JW Musical Studio, in Richmond, BC where she teaches, rehearses and records her growing erhu repertoire.

NicoleLi

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