Wu Hua's In the Dark Night for Jing Hu and Orchestra
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For In the Dark Night by Chinese composer Wu Hua (1943-2020), the Minnesota Orchestra welcomed jing hu master Mr. Zhengang Xie and yue qin master Ms. Mei Hu, a husband-and-wife team who are the parents of the Orchestra’s Principal Bassoon Fei Xie. Wu’s composition, heard here in an orchestration by Ma Jun and Han Guang, has its origins in a famous melody from the Peking Opera and showcases the jing hu—a bowed instrument with two strings—as well as the yue qin, a four-stringed lute with a distinctive round, hollow wooden body.
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