{"id":25933,"date":"2016-07-15T16:12:13","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T04:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nzcfs.adminmouse.co.nz\/?p=25933"},"modified":"2016-07-15T17:54:43","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T05:54:43","slug":"sounds-and-sweet-airs-that-give-delight-and-hurt-not-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/sounds-and-sweet-airs-that-give-delight-and-hurt-not-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sounds and Sweet Airs that give Delight and hurt not"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u201cSounds and Sweet Airs that give Delight and hurt not\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shakespeare , as usual, thus aptly described\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hamilton,_New_Zealand\" target=\"_blank\">Hamilton<\/a>\u00a0Mayor\u2019s monthly Friday lunchtime concert at the Civic Reception Lounge recently.<\/p>\n<p>The concert, introduced by Hamilton Mayor, Judie Hardaker, was given by two very talented Chinese musicians,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chen_Xiyao\" target=\"_blank\">Chen Xiyao<\/a> (Yao)\u00a0and Zhang Yi (Johnny), who delighted the audience with sometimes exciting, sometimes ethereal music on two traditional Chinese instruments, the\u00a0Chinese zither\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guzheng\" target=\"_blank\"><em>guzheng<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and two-stringed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Erhu\" target=\"_blank\"><em>erhu<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-25933 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Xi-Yao-CHEN_sm-1.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Xi-Yao-CHEN_sm-1-233x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Xi-Yao-CHEN_sm-1-233x350.jpg 233w, https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Xi-Yao-CHEN_sm-1-153x230.jpg 153w, https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Xi-Yao-CHEN_sm-1-263x395.jpg 263w, https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Xi-Yao-CHEN_sm-1-280x420.jpg 280w, https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Xi-Yao-CHEN_sm-1-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Xi-Yao-CHEN_sm-1-681x1021.jpg 681w, https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Xi-Yao-CHEN_sm-1.jpg 1067w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25934'>\n\t\t\t\tChen Xiyao (Yao) playing his guzheng\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Yizhang-erhu-player-1.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Yizhang-erhu-player-1-233x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Yizhang-erhu-player-1-233x350.jpg 233w, https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Yizhang-erhu-player-1-153x230.jpg 153w, https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Yizhang-erhu-player-1-262x395.jpg 262w, https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Yizhang-erhu-player-1-279x420.jpg 279w, https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Yizhang-erhu-player-1-640x963.jpg 640w, https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Yizhang-erhu-player-1-681x1025.jpg 681w, https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Yizhang-erhu-player-1.jpg 1063w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25935'>\n\t\t\t\tZhang Yi (Johnny) with his erhu\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Yao and Johnny took it in turns to play their instruments, concluding with a piece for both instruments.<\/p>\n<p>The first piece, played on the guzheng, described the happy atmosphere of the people when the harvest is being taken in. The second was especially written for the erhu and took the audience on a trip to Mongolia\u2019s grasslands for the horse races, skilfully showcasing the horse races, where the horsemen compete for power and excellence.<\/p>\n<p>Several more pieces took the audience on a fascinating journey through the remote areas of China delighting them with both traditional and modern compositions.<\/p>\n<p>The monthly Mayoral concerts are generally played by Hamilton University students and are very popular. But this concert was to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Sister City Signing with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wuxi\" target=\"_blank\">Wuxi<\/a>\u00a0and Hamilton and after the concert, members of the audience went up to examine the fascinating instruments, being so foreign to Europeans.<\/p>\n<p>Chen Xiyao (Yao), was born and raised into a very well-known traditional musical family from Beijing, his grandfather composed many pieces and was a guzheng master and his mother is a guzheng professor with a \u201cNational First Rank\u201d title in China. \u00a0Yi Zhang learned the Erhu at eight years and was the last disciple of the great master, Shen Fengquan, a topmost Chinese performer.<\/p>\n<p>Yao is a member of the New Zealand Chinese Friendship Society, Hamilton branch, and has a long-term intention of making Chinese traditional music known throughout New Zealand. So far he seems to be achieving his goal.<\/p>\n<p>For a pdf biopic of Chen Xiyao and Zhang Yi, click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Bio-of-Chen-Xiyao-Zhang-Yi.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Teri France<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSounds and Sweet Airs that give Delight and hurt not\u201d Shakespeare , as usual, thus aptly described\u00a0Hamilton\u00a0Mayor\u2019s monthly Friday lunchtime concert at the Civic Reception Lounge recently. The concert, introduced by Hamilton Mayor, Judie Hardaker, was given by two very talented Chinese musicians,\u00a0Chen Xiyao (Yao)\u00a0and Zhang Yi (Johnny), who delighted the audience with sometimes exciting, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":25934,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[140],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25933"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}