Xuefei Yang in SF?

[Lecter]

Did anyone attend this young lady's amazing SF recital? I did, and I'm still
reeling from it! Her technique must be seen/heard to be believed. Such
effortless scales, incredibly fast/smooth arpeggios, wonderful tone, you
name it!Here's her program:

.K. MERTZ Fantaisie Hongroise, Op.65
J.S BACH Chaconne from Violin Parita No.2, BWV 1004
ROLAND DYENS Saudaude No. 3
ISAAC ALBENIZ Mallorca; Sevilla
WILLIAM WALTON Five Bagatelles
CARLO DOMENICONI I Qing ( written for Xuefei Yang)
ALBERTO GINASTERA Sonata, Op.47

I thought her Bach was a tad underpowered, but she played it beautifully.
The Domeniconi and Ginastera were mind blowing. What made the performance
even more amazing is that while filing her calluses earlier in the day, she
cracked the one on her left hand pinky, causing it to bleed rather heavily.
She then super-glued it together and played anyway! If this in any way
affected her performance, it certainly wasn't noticeable from the 6th row!

Be sure to see her if she plays near you.

[richard c. spross]

I had no qualms about it being great. I have to rely on a report by one
of my students. Judging from your enthusiasm I'm sure he'll come
back tomorrow all a glow.

I'm in for Pepe.
Thanks for the report
and why don't you give me a shout
and come over to my place for a visit?

Richard

Post by Lecter
Did anyone attend this young lady's amazing SF recital? I did, and I'm still
reeling from it! Her technique must be seen/heard to be believed. Such
effortless scales, incredibly fast/smooth arpeggios, wonderful tone, you
.K. MERTZ Fantaisie Hongroise, Op.65
J.S BACH Chaconne from Violin Parita No.2, BWV 1004
ROLAND DYENS Saudaude No. 3
ISAAC ALBENIZ Mallorca; Sevilla
WILLIAM WALTON Five Bagatelles
CARLO DOMENICONI I Qing ( written for Xuefei Yang)
ALBERTO GINASTERA Sonata, Op.47
I thought her Bach was a tad underpowered, but she played it beautifully.
The Domeniconi and Ginastera were mind blowing. What made the performance
even more amazing is that while filing her calluses earlier in the day, she
cracked the one on her left hand pinky, causing it to bleed rather heavily.
She then super-glued it together and played anyway! If this in any way
affected her performance, it certainly wasn't noticeable from the 6th row!
Be sure to see her if she plays near you.

[Lutemann]

You should mention the music. She's is one of the few concertt guitarists out
there who bothers to interpret the music.

*****************************************************
Kent Murdick
Free Guitar Instruction CD/Video: Go to http://stringdancer.com/
and search for Murdick
http://members.aol.com/lutemann/guitar.html

[Steven Bornfeld]

Post by Lutemann
You should mention the music. She's is one of the few concertt guitarists out
there who bothers to interpret the music.

The children!! For God's sake, what about the children?

Steve

Post by Lutemann
*****************************************************
Kent Murdick
Free Guitar Instruction CD/Video: Go to http://stringdancer.com/
and search for Murdick
http://members.aol.com/lutemann/guitar.html

[Aryeh Eller]

Post by Lecter
Did anyone attend this young lady's amazing SF recital? I did, and I'm still
reeling from it! Her technique must be seen/heard to be believed. Such
effortless scales, incredibly fast/smooth arpeggios, wonderful tone, you
.K. MERTZ Fantaisie Hongroise, Op.65
J.S BACH Chaconne from Violin Parita No.2, BWV 1004
ROLAND DYENS Saudaude No. 3
ISAAC ALBENIZ Mallorca; Sevilla
WILLIAM WALTON Five Bagatelles
CARLO DOMENICONI I Qing ( written for Xuefei Yang)
ALBERTO GINASTERA Sonata, Op.47
I thought her Bach was a tad underpowered, but she played it beautifully.
The Domeniconi and Ginastera were mind blowing. What made the performance
even more amazing is that while filing her calluses earlier in the day, she
cracked the one on her left hand pinky, causing it to bleed rather heavily.
She then super-glued it together and played anyway! If this in any way
affected her performance, it certainly wasn't noticeable from the 6th row!
Be sure to see her if she plays near you.

Sounds like a great concert, thanks for sharing. How was the Domeniconi
as far as its musical style? - From its title it sounds like it might be
in one of Carlo's special tunings.

Did she tell the gory story about her bleeding calluses and the
superglue fix-it from the stage? It can't be!

[Lecter]

Post by Aryeh Eller
Sounds like a great concert, thanks for sharing. How was the Domeniconi
as far as its musical style? - From its title it sounds like it might be
in one of Carlo's special tunings.

Yes, the low E drops to a C...I *think* that was the main change. She
announced the special tuning, but her soft voice and heavy accent made
comprehension a bit tricky. The piece is based on the Chinese philosophy of
ying/yang...at least that's what I *think* she said! It definitely had a
Chinese feel. As expected, it was staggeringly virtuosic at times. It does
not have the immediate melodic appeal of Koyunbaba, but repeated hearings
might change that opinion. She is currently working on a new CD for GSP that
will include works from or inspired by China.

Post by Aryeh Eller
Did she tell the gory story about her bleeding calluses and the superglue

fix-it from the stage? It can't be!
No, the promoter told me--she did not want it announced. As I said before,
there was no hint of discomfort of impairment--of course, she might have
silently screamed each time her pinky touched the fingerboard!

Post by Aryeh Eller
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Aryeh Eller
http://www.aryeheller.com

[John Wasak]

Lecter <***@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:DPd_b.1394$***@newssvr27.news.prodigy.com...
"CARLO DOMENICONI I Qing ( written for Xuefei Yang)"
The piece is based on the Chinese philosophy of

Post by Lecter
ying/yang...at least that's what I *think* she said!

By the spelling I would think it's a reference to the I Ching.


jw

[John Wasak]

Post by Lecter
It definitely had a
Chinese feel.

Oh, I wanted to add in that last post (but somehow didn't...)

(sort of a Now Playing) - I'm just listening to John Schneider play some
Lou Harrison (on STEEL guitar!). Harrison's "Palace Music" sure has a
Chinese feel!

;-)


jw

[Steven Bornfeld]

Post by Aryeh Eller

Post by Lecter
Did anyone attend this young lady's amazing SF recital? I did, and I'm still
reeling from it! Her technique must be seen/heard to be believed. Such
effortless scales, incredibly fast/smooth arpeggios, wonderful tone, you
.K. MERTZ Fantaisie Hongroise, Op.65
J.S BACH Chaconne from Violin Parita No.2, BWV 1004
ROLAND DYENS Saudaude No. 3
ISAAC ALBENIZ Mallorca; Sevilla
WILLIAM WALTON Five Bagatelles
CARLO DOMENICONI I Qing ( written for Xuefei Yang)
ALBERTO GINASTERA Sonata, Op.47
I thought her Bach was a tad underpowered, but she played it beautifully.
The Domeniconi and Ginastera were mind blowing. What made the performance
even more amazing is that while filing her calluses earlier in the day, she
cracked the one on her left hand pinky, causing it to bleed rather heavily.
She then super-glued it together and played anyway! If this in any way
affected her performance, it certainly wasn't noticeable from the 6th row!
Be sure to see her if she plays near you.

Sounds like a great concert, thanks for sharing. How was the Domeniconi
as far as its musical style? - From its title it sounds like it might be
in one of Carlo's special tunings.
Did she tell the gory story about her bleeding calluses and the
superglue fix-it from the stage? It can't be!

That was my thought. Hope the carnage wasn't visible during the
performance.
Personally, I haven't had much in the way of calluses since I played a
lot of steel string. That could change, as I just bought a Martin
OM-28V on ebay.
Still, nice to hear about another "wundergirl"!

Steve

[John Wasak]

Post by Steven Bornfeld
Personally, I haven't had much in the way of calluses since I played a
lot of steel string. That could change, as I just bought a Martin
OM-28V on ebay.

Hey, congratulations - now that's a good guitar! Or at least, it should be!

I've got one of those too, but it's one of the originals VR....

BTW, weren't you supposed to be buying a new *classical* guitar?!?!

;-)


jw

[Steven Bornfeld]

Post by John Wasak

Post by Steven Bornfeld
Personally, I haven't had much in the way of calluses since I played a
lot of steel string. That could change, as I just bought a Martin
OM-28V on ebay.

Hey, congratulations - now that's a good guitar! Or at least, it should be!
I've got one of those too, but it's one of the originals VR....
BTW, weren't you supposed to be buying a new *classical* guitar?!?!
;-)
jw

Yeah, that could happen. But we'll have to buy a house for extra
storage, or more likely I will be trying to sell my Gurian JR which I
pretty much never play. I'll have to put up with whining from my
daughter though--something about the blue fuzzy case. Maybe the Martin
case is as fuzzy.
Funny how I can get sentimental about something I rarely play, but I
bought it at Umanov's in 1977--life was very different then!

Steve

[John Wasak]

Post by Steven Bornfeld

Post by John Wasak

Post by Steven Bornfeld
Personally, I haven't had much in the way of calluses since I played a
lot of steel string. That could change, as I just bought a Martin
OM-28V on ebay.

Hey, congratulations - now that's a good guitar! Or at least, it should be!
I've got one of those too, but it's one of the originals VR....
BTW, weren't you supposed to be buying a new *classical* guitar?!?!
;-)
jw

Yeah, that could happen. But we'll have to buy a house for extra
storage, or more likely I will be trying to sell my Gurian JR which I
pretty much never play. I'll have to put up with whining from my
daughter though--something about the blue fuzzy case. Maybe the Martin
case is as fuzzy.

The cases that come with those are pretty nice. Sort of like a crushed
green velvet..I'm sure she'll like the new one even better! ;-)

Post by Steven Bornfeld
Funny how I can get sentimental about something I rarely play, but I
bought it at Umanov's in 1977--life was very different then!
Steve

Well, sure... So was Umanov's!


jw

[Steven Bornfeld]

Post by John Wasak

Post by Steven Bornfeld

Post by John Wasak

Post by Steven Bornfeld
Personally, I haven't had much in the way of calluses since I played a
lot of steel string. That could change, as I just bought a Martin
OM-28V on ebay.

Hey, congratulations - now that's a good guitar! Or at least, it should

be!

Post by Steven Bornfeld

Post by John Wasak
I've got one of those too, but it's one of the originals VR....
BTW, weren't you supposed to be buying a new *classical* guitar?!?!
;-)
jw

Yeah, that could happen. But we'll have to buy a house for extra
storage, or more likely I will be trying to sell my Gurian JR which I
pretty much never play. I'll have to put up with whining from my
daughter though--something about the blue fuzzy case. Maybe the Martin
case is as fuzzy.

The cases that come with those are pretty nice. Sort of like a crushed
green velvet..I'm sure she'll like the new one even better! ;-)

Post by Steven Bornfeld
Funny how I can get sentimental about something I rarely play, but I
bought it at Umanov's in 1977--life was very different then!
Steve

Well, sure... So was Umanov's!
jw

Yeah, you walked in and you actually saw Matt there. We graduated the
same high school (Brooklyn Tech). I think he is 4 or 5 years older than
I am. Bob Jones, who Ed and I are friendly with, repaired instruments
for Umanov back then.

Steve

[John Wasak]

Post by Steven Bornfeld

Post by John Wasak

Post by Steven Bornfeld

Post by John Wasak

Post by Steven Bornfeld
Personally, I haven't had much in the way of calluses since I played a
lot of steel string. That could change, as I just bought a Martin
OM-28V on ebay.

Hey, congratulations - now that's a good guitar! Or at least, it should

be!

Post by Steven Bornfeld

Post by John Wasak
I've got one of those too, but it's one of the originals VR....
BTW, weren't you supposed to be buying a new *classical* guitar?!?!
;-)
jw

Yeah, that could happen. But we'll have to buy a house for extra
storage, or more likely I will be trying to sell my Gurian JR which I
pretty much never play. I'll have to put up with whining from my
daughter though--something about the blue fuzzy case. Maybe the Martin
case is as fuzzy.

The cases that come with those are pretty nice. Sort of like a crushed
green velvet..I'm sure she'll like the new one even better! ;-)

Post by Steven Bornfeld
Funny how I can get sentimental about something I rarely play, but I
bought it at Umanov's in 1977--life was very different then!
Steve

Well, sure... So was Umanov's!
jw

Yeah, you walked in and you actually saw Matt there. We graduated the
same high school (Brooklyn Tech). I think he is 4 or 5 years older than
I am. Bob Jones, who Ed and I are friendly with, repaired instruments
for Umanov back then.
Steve

Well, ya' know, last spring I think it was, I got an (expensive!) ice-cream
form a place called Cones across from Umanov's. So while I was eating the
ice-cream and looking at Umanov's across the street, I thought, Hey...why
don't I take a look inside... I haven't been inside that place since
_before_ you bought your Gurian. So, after I finish, I go into Umanov's.
I'm not sure what it was about that place, but i couldn't wait to get out.

Which is what I did

Fast.


jw

[Steven Bornfeld]

Post by John Wasak
Well, ya' know, last spring I think it was, I got an (expensive!) ice-cream
form a place called Cones across from Umanov's. So while I was eating the
ice-cream and looking at Umanov's across the street, I thought, Hey...why
don't I take a look inside... I haven't been inside that place since
_before_ you bought your Gurian. So, after I finish, I go into Umanov's.
I'm not sure what it was about that place, but i couldn't wait to get out.
Which is what I did
Fast.
jw

Sadly, I got the same feeling the last time I walked in, maybe 2 years ago.

Steve

[Andy Ledda]

Post by Lecter
Did anyone attend this young lady's amazing SF recital? I did, and I'm still
reeling from it! Her technique must be seen/heard to be believed. Such
effortless scales, incredibly fast/smooth arpeggios, wonderful tone, you
.K. MERTZ Fantaisie Hongroise, Op.65
J.S BACH Chaconne from Violin Parita No.2, BWV 1004
ROLAND DYENS Saudaude No. 3
ISAAC ALBENIZ Mallorca; Sevilla
WILLIAM WALTON Five Bagatelles
CARLO DOMENICONI I Qing ( written for Xuefei Yang)
ALBERTO GINASTERA Sonata, Op.47
I thought her Bach was a tad underpowered, but she played it beautifully.
The Domeniconi and Ginastera were mind blowing. What made the performance
even more amazing is that while filing her calluses earlier in the day, she
cracked the one on her left hand pinky, causing it to bleed rather heavily.
She then super-glued it together and played anyway! If this in any way
affected her performance, it certainly wasn't noticeable from the 6th row!
Be sure to see her if she plays near you.

Thanks for the review, Lecter. Any comments on her new Smallman guitar and
what encore pieces did she play?


Best Regards,
Andy

[Lecter]

It had a nice, full tone, but there's something about them that I don't
like...especially at $28,000! They have a slight "plastic tone" that I don't
find that appealing. She also played a John Gilbert for they Dyens and
Ginastera since both require extensive percussive techniques. Encores? I
think one was another Dyens piece...perhaps a tango, and the second was her
arrangement of a traditional Chinese piece--wildly virtuosic and instantly
brought the audience to their feet!

Post by Andy Ledda
Thanks for the review, Lecter. Any comments on her new Smallman guitar and
what encore pieces did she play?
Best Regards,
Andy

[Matt McNabb]

Post by Lecter
It had a nice, full tone, but there's something about them that I don't
like...especially at $28,000! They have a slight "plastic tone" that I don't
find that appealing. She also played a John Gilbert for they Dyens and
Ginastera since both require extensive percussive techniques. Encores? I
think one was another Dyens piece...perhaps a tango, and the second was her
arrangement of a traditional Chinese piece--wildly virtuosic and instantly
brought the audience to their feet!

Was it "Yi Dance" by any chance? Tremolo piece? If so, it's a piece
originally for the pipa, a lute-like instrument played with fingerpicks.
There's a lot of pipa music on the Crouching Tiger... soundtrack.

Post by Lecter

Post by Andy Ledda
Thanks for the review, Lecter. Any comments on her new Smallman guitar

and

Post by Andy Ledda
what encore pieces did she play?
Best Regards,
Andy

[Lecter]

She didn't name it as far as I could tell, but yes, it had *some* tremolo,
but not continually. She did say it was originally written for the pipa.

Post by Matt McNabb
Was it "Yi Dance" by any chance? Tremolo piece? If so, it's a piece
originally for the pipa, a lute-like instrument played with fingerpicks.
There's a lot of pipa music on the Crouching Tiger... soundtrack.

Post by Andy Ledda
Thanks for the review, Lecter. Any comments on her new Smallman guitar

and

Post by Andy Ledda
what encore pieces did she play?
Best Regards,
Andy

[Robert Coldwell]

Go to http://www.xuefeiyang.com/ and look under "CD&Samples". There is a
sound clip of the Yi Dance. Somewhere on a Chinese classical guitar site
I found another "Yi Dance", but it is a different arrangement of
(possibly) the same original song.

Post by Lecter
She didn't name it as far as I could tell, but yes, it had *some* tremolo,
but not continually. She did say it was originally written for the pipa.

Post by Matt McNabb
Was it "Yi Dance" by any chance? Tremolo piece? If so, it's a piece
originally for the pipa, a lute-like instrument played with fingerpicks.
There's a lot of pipa music on the Crouching Tiger... soundtrack.

Post by Andy Ledda
Thanks for the review, Lecter. Any comments on her new Smallman

guitar

Post by Matt McNabb

and

Post by Andy Ledda
what encore pieces did she play?
Best Regards,
Andy

[Matt McNabb]

Post by Robert Coldwell
Go to http://www.xuefeiyang.com/ and look under "CD&Samples". There is a
sound clip of the Yi Dance. Somewhere on a Chinese classical guitar site
I found another "Yi Dance", but it is a different arrangement of
(possibly) the same original song.

I think that tune has been arranged several times for the guitar. It's very
beautiful on the pipa, too. What I wanna know is- does Xuefei Yang play it
using a standard tremolo? Her mp3 sounds very pipa-like. Is it possible that
she's using pipa technique on the guitar?

Post by Robert Coldwell

Post by Lecter
She didn't name it as far as I could tell, but yes, it had *some* tremolo,
but not continually. She did say it was originally written for the pipa.

Post by Matt McNabb
Was it "Yi Dance" by any chance? Tremolo piece? If so, it's a piece
originally for the pipa, a lute-like instrument played with fingerpicks.
There's a lot of pipa music on the Crouching Tiger... soundtrack.

Post by Andy Ledda
Thanks for the review, Lecter. Any comments on her new Smallman

guitar

Post by Matt McNabb

and

Post by Andy Ledda
what encore pieces did she play?
Best Regards,
Andy

[Lecter]

She might have been using her right hand pinky. She keeps her right
virtually motionless, so it was hard to tell, but I don't see how she could
obtain the results that she did any other way.

Post by Matt McNabb
I think that tune has been arranged several times for the guitar. It's very
beautiful on the pipa, too. What I wanna know is- does Xuefei Yang play it
using a standard tremolo? Her mp3 sounds very pipa-like. Is it possible that
she's using pipa technique on the guitar?

Post by Lecter
She didn't name it as far as I could tell, but yes, it had *some*

tremolo,

Post by Lecter
but not continually. She did say it was originally written for the pipa.

Post by Matt McNabb
Was it "Yi Dance" by any chance? Tremolo piece? If so, it's a piece
originally for the pipa, a lute-like instrument played with fingerpicks.
There's a lot of pipa music on the Crouching Tiger... soundtrack.

Post by Andy Ledda
Thanks for the review, Lecter. Any comments on her new Smallman

guitar

Post by Matt McNabb

and

Post by Andy Ledda
what encore pieces did she play?
Best Regards,
Andy

[Mohammed Abukhalid]

I just listened to the recording 0f Li Dance from her site and I have to say
that sounded absolutely beautiful!!!

Post by Robert Coldwell
Go to http://www.xuefeiyang.com/ and look under "CD&Samples". There is a
sound clip of the Yi Dance. Somewhere on a Chinese classical guitar site
I found another "Yi Dance", but it is a different arrangement of
(possibly) the same original song.

Post by Lecter
She didn't name it as far as I could tell, but yes, it had *some* tremolo,
but not continually. She did say it was originally written for the pipa.

Post by Matt McNabb
Was it "Yi Dance" by any chance? Tremolo piece? If so, it's a piece
originally for the pipa, a lute-like instrument played with fingerpicks.
There's a lot of pipa music on the Crouching Tiger... soundtrack.

Post by Andy Ledda
Thanks for the review, Lecter. Any comments on her new Smallman

guitar

Post by Matt McNabb

and

Post by Andy Ledda
what encore pieces did she play?
Best Regards,
Andy

[GIMME]

I had a bad cold and didn't want to annoy others with coughs and
sneezes ... So, sadly, I passed on the concert.

Anyway, I seen her play about 2 years ago and was very impressed
by the beauty of serveral Chinese works she transcribed to guitar.

These were true master works and not simply soft melodies. Very
impressive.

Her program is missing something by not having something
specifically Chinese in the program.