Wu Fei and chatterbird - She Huo 社火 (video)

Hi everyone,

Today, I would like to share a concert video of my chamber composition She Huo 社火 for percussion, guzheng, voice and pipa. It was originally commissioned by Percussions Claviers de Lyon in France, world premiered in the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing. This video was the U.S. premiere performed by chatterbird ensemble in Turner Hall at Blair School of Music in Vanderbilt University in Nashville.

Music and poem composed by me.

Musicians: Wu Fei - guzheng & voice

chatterbird ensemble: Jesse Strauss, Aaron Walter, Melinda Lio (pipa)

Percussionists from Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University: Maddy Dethloff , Josh Weinfeld, Thomas Faulkner.

Video director: Tom Krueger. Editor: Lauren Balthrop. Audio engineer: Kevin Edlin

Poem: 《社火》 清风吹怯，社火燃焉。吾心非冷，汝语不乱。依旧一五一十，三生三起三落。不知是吾心易冷，还是汝语欲乱。社火焉燃....

Translation: Clear wind blows nervously, the festive ritual begins. My heart is not cold, and your words make sense. Things are still done orderly, Up and down I've gone three times in my last life, this one, and the next. I am not sure if it's my heart that gets cold easily, or you no longer want to make sense. The festive ritual goes on...

Wu Fei 吴非

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