Gao Weijie: Listen to the Pines - Folk Stringed Orchestra

Introduction

"Listen to the Pines" was an erhu solo originally composed by Hua Yanjun (Blindman A-Bing). According to A-Bing said, “in the Song Dynasty, Jin Wu Shu was desperately chased by General Yue Fei, and fled in panic to Wuxi Huiquan Mountain, lying on the Rock of Listening to the Pines, hearing the clip-clops of horses and voices of soldiers of the Song military forces frightenly. This music describes the story, and is also named as “Listen to the Song (Dynasty)”. The music is heroic and untrammeled, after being adapted for the pull-string ensemble, the acoustic layer is more abundant and powerful, with huge ups and downs.