Liuyang River | Daniel Adipradhana

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Daniel Adipradhana, piano

Liuyang River (Liuyang He), a song about Chairman Mao Zedong. The Hunan folk song depicts the Xiangjiang River, and then goes on to describe a nearby town, where Mao was born.

The folk-like song Liu-Yang River is in strophic form with a four-phrase structure commonly used in Xiaodiao and Shange Han Chinese folk and folk-like songs. Each phrase is four measures long. It was originally written in F major with two stanzas. As the cult of the leadership of Chairman Mao expanded, three more stanzas that praise him more profoundly and directly were added to the song.

The melody follows the 'qi, cheng, zhuan, and he' traditional sequence, which is an organizational concept borrowed from Chinese literature.

The 'qi' (opening) phrase presents the first statement of the melody, and the 'cheng' (inheriting) phrase complements it. The 'zhuan' (turning) phrase further develops from the previous phrases, and the 'he' (closing) phrase concludes the piece. This type of structure is found often in Chinese folk and folk-like songs.

In the folk-like song, Liu-Yang River, the qi phrase first introduces the river, the cheng phrase that follows further describes the scenery of the river, the zhuan phrase turns away from nature to talk about Chairman Mao, who was born near the river, and the he phrase concludes the song by honoring Chairman Mao.

This piece is a tribute that arranged by Wang Jianzhong for solo piano in order to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

Special thanks to Tante Giok Hartono, Ko Joyo Soetomo, Ronaldo Curana and Ruben Alexander.