By Korea.net Honorary Reporter Celena Davis
Photos = Flickr of Korean Cultural Centre inward the U.K.
On the eve of Dec. 7, a London audience was treated to an early on Christmas present, Korea-style. The eve saw the terminal concert inward the six-part East Meets West concert series. Fitting of the season, this terminal concert brought alongside it the joy of the festive season. Over the course of report of 2016, the Korean Cultural Centre inward the Britain organized a serial of concerts fusing Korean too Western music, move this through Korean performers performing Western pieces or combining traditional Korean instruments too Western ones.
The offset one-half of the surgical physical care for consisted of Korean songs performed yesteryear members of the Contemporary Gugak Orchestra. The instruments involved were the gayageum, the geomungo, the daegeum, the sogeum, the piri, the haegeum and the janggu. H5N1 full of iv split pieces were played inward the offset half, all of which were as beautiful. This included a wonderful duet played on the gayageum and the hageum.
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Korean%2Btraditional%2Bmusic%2B4.jpg" width="640" /> Kudos to the Contemporary Gugak Orchestra. They did a wonderful chore too it's rubber to tell that their rendition of “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” was the that best many audience members bring always heard.
Of course, no Korean music surgical physical care for is consummate without the vocal "Arirang." "Arirang" is a traditional folk vocal that is said to limited the hurting too grief of separation, too the vocal comes inward many variations.
My favorite traditional Korean musical instrument is the gayageum. I offset encountered this beautiful musical instrument through the Korean TV demonstrate "Heartstrings" (넌 내게 반했어) (2011). It was played yesteryear the wonderful Park Shin Hye. I hence barbarous for the audio of the gayageum again when I heard it played alive inward 2013 as a business office of a surgical physical care for yesteryear the National Korean Orchestra. The audio of the gayageum is beautiful, most magical, filling you lot alongside a form of inner peace when you lot postulate heed it. That nighttime was no exception.
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Korean%2Btraditional%2Bmusic%2B5.jpg" width="640" /> The minute one-half of the surgical physical care for contained Western musical pieces performed yesteryear a cellist, a string quartet, a tenor too a soprano. The performers inward the minute one-half had a tough human activity to follow too did brilliantly to represent the magnificence of the opening performers.
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Korean%2Btraditional%2Bmusic%2B2.jpg" width="640" /> This was a corking nighttime for music aficionados too amateurs alike.
Both halves of the surgical physical care for exuded brilliance, hence much hence that when the performers left the stage, the audience applauded loudly, wanting an encore. Unfortunately, it was non to be, but nosotros all left feeling really satisfied.
I bring seen numerous traditional Korean music performances too they never disappoint. This i was no exception. I encourage you lot to select handgrip of a ticket to the side yesteryear side traditional Korean music surgical physical care for close you. You won't move disappointed.
Copy of the program
Daeung Baek Monggeumpo Taryeong for Five Instruments
Byeong-gi Hwang Soyeopsanbang for Guemungo solo
Daeseong Kim Darangswi for Haegeum solo
H5N1 Christmas Carol Collection I
- It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
- Merry Christmas for Everyone
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Intermission
Tchaikovsky The Seasons for solo piano, op. 37a Jan too op.37b December
Tchaikovsky March, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy too Trepark from Nutcracker Suite for String Quartet
Leroy Anderson 'Christmas Festival' arr. for Piano Quintet
H5N1 Christmas Collection II
-O Holy Night / Tenor
-Panis Angelicus / Soprano
-Adeste Fideles(Oh come upwards all ye faithful) / Tenor & Soprano
Accompanying Sijo:
Music is the universal language, whispering inward the ears of many
We heard the gayageum, hageum too the wonderful violin quartet
Today, let's relish this rare fusion betwixt East too West.
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