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Last broadcast on Sun, 5 Nov 2000, 23:00 on BBC Radio 3.
Synopsis
In the first part of this four-programme epic, Silk and Bamboo , Lucy Duran visits Shanghai, where traditional silk and bamboo ensembles perform in the old tea-houses that still thrive among the skyscrapers of the modern city.
Music and featured items
Timings are shown from the start of the programme in hours and minutes.
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Chapter 1
00:00
Lucy Duran is in an old tea shop in Old Shanghai to hear ‘silk and bamboo music’ – traditional music played in tea shops.
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Music Played
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Performers of the Shanghai Silk and Bamboo Association — Joyful Song
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Chapter 2
00:06
In an ancient tea house in Old Shanghai, Lucy tells of the rival of the ‘silk and bamboo’ tradition and one of the most treasured instruments of China – the Guzheng - a 7 string zither.
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Music Played
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Xiao Gan Bei — The drinking song
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Chapter 3
00:12
Celebrated Guzheng (zither) player Xiao Gan Bei talks Lucy through a song about a court official’s wife who was summoned by the Emperor.
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Music Played
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Xiao Gan Bei — Lamentation at nigh
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Chapter 4
00:19
Xiao Gan Bei continues telling Lucy about his instrument, the Guzheng, and how he learnt it by listening secretly to his father teaching his sister.
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Music Played
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Xiao Gan Bei — Assassination of a Han Emperor
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Chapter 5
00:27
Lucy is in an old people’s activity club in Shanghai where traditional silk and bamboo music is performed.
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Music Played
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Déodat de Séverac — A piece about missing old friends
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unknown — Wealth and Prosperity
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Déodat de Séverac — A song of an oppressed wife
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Chapter 6
00:36
A local Shanghai musician explains that the style of silk and bamboo music has changed little over the centuries. Lucy meets one of the performers from a silk and bamboo ensemble.
Broadcast
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Sun 5 Nov 200023:00
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