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Final Recital - Lan Hua Hua by Wang Lisan 兰花花

754 views · Published 29 June 2013 · 3:41 · Indexed 8 November 2026

Channel: eveeludbrook · 2013 · Music

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This was part of my final recital for my undergraduate music degree at the University of Sheffield.

Wang Lisan wrote this during his time studying at the Shanghai Conservatory. He has since written many piano works, and some of his later works were published after the Cultural Revolution. The theme is taken from a folk song from Shanbei - Northern Shaanxi province in China. It would traditionally be played on the Chinese two-stringed fiddle, the erhu, where pitch bending and other special ornaments would be commonly used. In arranging it for the piano, Wang has added some rich harmony in places and also left some parts very sparse, to allow the pianist to imitate the freedom of the erhu player. The different sections allow for new emotions to be portrayed, for example the calm beginning, leading into a more playful exposition, and then an agitated middle section before the mysteriously calm ending. This piece offers a journey of emotion and a singable melody that would have appealed to people of all classes in China as the communism began to take hold of all elite culture.

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