100% Chinese music, with one imposter.

0. Organ music filler, in case previous show runs short

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:00am

1. Vespers at the Temple of Quanzhou (rec. Kaiyuan Temple, Quanzhou, China 29 Jan. 1987)
Chine: Fanbai: Chant liturgique bouddhique
Ocora, C 559 080
66'

Set #2 - 9:00am - 10:00am

2. Aaron Avshalomov: Peking Hutungs: Symphonic Poem on Chinese Street Sounds & Cries (1931)
Jacob Avshalomov - conductor, Portland Youth Philharmonic
Composers Recordings, CD 667
9:44

3. Leigh Harline: 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
Leigh Harline - conductor
7 Faces of Dr. Lao Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Film Score Monthly, Vol.9 No.11
49:47
(Motion picture directed by George Pal, starring Tony Randall in seven roles. Mysterious Chinaman brings circus to frontier town. Beyond 1960s ethnic stereotypes, a story about transformation, which is operative in Leigh Harline's catchy musical score. Some find the movie a little cringy, but since when is transformation easy?)

Set #3 - 10:00am - 11:00am

4. Zhao Jiping: Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
Hu Bing Xu - conductor, China Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Percussion instruments of the Beijing opera: Huang Shuangkai - banhu [fiddle], Ren Hong - xiaoluo [small gong], Luo Wanyin - daluo [large gong], Sun Guisheng - chiba [wooden clapper]
Electric Shadows: Film Music by Zhao Jiping
Teldec, 0630-17114-2
19'
(Banned in Beijing! Zhang Yimou's film about conflict among wives in a feudal household.)

5. Leung Wu Ti Hay Hoo Chiu One Key [Empress Hei of the Leung Dynasty: Flag of Spirits] (rec. NYC 15 Oct. 1929)
Lee Fee Fung - voice
Rain Dropping on the Banana Tree: An Anthology of Chinese Classical Music
Rounder, CD 1125
20'
(Cantonese opera. Female vocal with two erhus, violin, qinqin [lute] and woodblocks.)

6. Ji Rong Huang: Rebirth of the Lovers
13:51
(Did you catch the reference to O Canada?)

7. Rui Shi Zhuo: Dream of Yesterday
2:20

8. Tea Harvest Dance
Arranged by Yong Sun
3:25

Tracks 6-8 (rec. Nov.-Dec. 1999)
Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble: Ji Rong Huang - erhu [Chinese violin], Yong Sun - dizi [flute], Vivian Xia - yangqin [hammered dulcimer], Zhi Min Yu - ruan [guitar], Ling Yang - pipa [lute], Mei Han - zheng [zither]
Transplanted Purple Bamboo
Vancouver Chinese Instrumental Music Society, PB 001