Title: Ussuri boat song
Arranger:Wang Yuncai、Guo Song、Qu Xixian、Yang Hongnian、Yau Yuen-hing
Lyricist:Guo Song、Hu Xiaoshi
Year: June 2005
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Call No.: SC1461
Description: Based on and arranged from traditional folk tunes of the Nanai people, "Ussuri Boat Song" features music arranged by Guo Song and Wang Yuncai and lyrics arranged by Guo Song and Hu Xiaoshi. These two versions involve Yau Yuen-hing's orchestral arrangement. The version with three-part treble voice, with Yang Hongnian's choral arrangement, was written for the joint performance by Hong Kong Children's Choir and Hong Kong Youth Chinese Plucked String Orchestra in Scotland. The other version is for the modern Chinese orchestra with a SATB chorus, which involves Qu Xixian's choral arrangement. Overall, the music begins with an introductory gesture in free meter by the dizi, followed by vocables in the chorus; the vocal melody is highly melismatic and ornamented.
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Instrumentation: bang di (1), qu di (1), gaoyin sheng (1), zhongyin sheng (1), yangqin (1), liuqin (1), pipa (1), zhong ruan (1), da ruan (1), sanxian (1), zheng (1), timpani (1), glockenspiel (1), cello (1), double bass (1)