Title: Ussuri boat song

Arranger:Wang Yuncai、Guo Song、Qu Xixian、Yang Hongnian、Yau Yuen-hing

Lyricist:Guo Song、Hu Xiaoshi

Year: June 2005

Genre:

• Large ensemble
• Arrangement
• Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with Chinese plucked string orchestra

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.

Note:

• Arrangement for chorus and Chinese plucked string orchestra
• Commissioned work
• Composed for the Hong Kong Children's Choir and the Hong Kong Youth Chinese Plucked String Orchestra for the 2005 Aberdeen (UK) Joint Tour. Choir arranged by Qu Xixian, children's choir re-arranged by Yang Hongnian, certain instrument(s) arranged by Yau Yuen-hing.

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)