Post by sanmenxia on Sept 12, 2014 12:51:09 GMT
Hello all,
Apologies if you're not in or cannot get to London, I just saw this the other day:
www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar/event_detail.aspx?eventId=1731&title=Music%20of%20the%20Zhihua%20temple&eventType=Performance
Music of the Zhihua temple
Come and listen to extracts of shengguan music – exquisite and plaintive instrumental music that accompanied Buddhist and Daoist rituals throughout northern China.
For over twenty generations until the 1950s, the monks of the Zhihua temple (‘Temple of Wisdom Attained’) were the most prestigious transmitters of this music in Beijing. The performers tonight learnt from the last generation of elderly former monks. Introduced by Stephen Jones, specialist in ritual music in northern China, the music features guanzi (oboe), sheng (mouth organ), dizi (bamboo flute) and yunluo (ten small pitched gongs mounted in a frame).
British Museum
Friday 7 November 2014
18.30–20.00
Room 33
Free, just drop in, limited seating
I've heard this music on recordings only, so I'm really excited about this! This is a rare chance to hear this music live.
There's going to be another performance on the day before but it's not free, tickets are £6 to 10.
asiahouse.org/events/music-zhihua-temple/
Apologies if you're not in or cannot get to London, I just saw this the other day:
www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar/event_detail.aspx?eventId=1731&title=Music%20of%20the%20Zhihua%20temple&eventType=Performance
Music of the Zhihua temple
Come and listen to extracts of shengguan music – exquisite and plaintive instrumental music that accompanied Buddhist and Daoist rituals throughout northern China.
For over twenty generations until the 1950s, the monks of the Zhihua temple (‘Temple of Wisdom Attained’) were the most prestigious transmitters of this music in Beijing. The performers tonight learnt from the last generation of elderly former monks. Introduced by Stephen Jones, specialist in ritual music in northern China, the music features guanzi (oboe), sheng (mouth organ), dizi (bamboo flute) and yunluo (ten small pitched gongs mounted in a frame).
British Museum
Friday 7 November 2014
18.30–20.00
Room 33
Free, just drop in, limited seating
I've heard this music on recordings only, so I'm really excited about this! This is a rare chance to hear this music live.
There's going to be another performance on the day before but it's not free, tickets are £6 to 10.
asiahouse.org/events/music-zhihua-temple/