We went to a splendid concert yesterday presented by the above. Our trip was mainly to see a Chinese virtuoso harmonica player called Jai-Yi He who is doing three concerts in England, but we were enchanted by the performance in the first half of the orchestra playing traditional Chinese instruments. It was so refreshing to hear unfamiliar instruments playing delightful music with titles like. "Ode to a yellow river", "Azure waves" and "Altar of the golden flower". There were some virtuoso players among the ensemble who played solos on instruments I am ashamed to say I cannot even name. But it was a "red letter" experience to hear them.
Mr Yi He's performance on the Harmonica ( actually four harmonica's at once at one point!) didn't disappoint. He was truly a technician, and played a stunning duet with himself playing a ( not simple) two part piece using the right and left sides of his mouth to play each part simultaneously ( How??????).
We likened his masterclass to that of a stunt footballer doing trick shots before the real sport begins, but we did have a taste of his virtuosity as he played a Gypsy violin standard with the "Western Instrument orchestra" in the second half.
I'm so glad we went to Cambridge in the rain for this concert. it was a treat.
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