Title: Dance at the Gold Lake

Composer:Guo Hengji

Year: [19--]

Genre:

• Small ensemble
• Original composition
• Chinese plucked string orchestra

Call No.: SC314

Description: "Dance of the Gold Lake" is a piece for Chinese plucked-strings composed by Kwok Hang-kei. As one of Kwok's many Yunnan-themed compositions, this piece is an ode to Jinhu lake in Gejiu, a city known as China's "tin capital." Mostly in homophony, the music begins with a slow and expressive introduction that establishes the key of D minor. As the instruments are set in a steady pulse in the next section, the pipa introduces the main theme, which has an ending motif that lands on the tonic and recurs throughout the piece. A rapid and festive section follows, bringing the piece to a climax before it ends with an assertive closing phrase.

Note:

Instrumentation: yangqin (1), liuqin (1), pipa (1), zhong ruan (1), da ruan (1), da sanxian (1), diyin gehu (1)