UDC 78.071.1
DOI: 10.36871/hon.202401107
Authors
Wang Jing,
Russian State Specialized Academy of Arts, Moscow, 121165, Russian Federation
Abstract
The article analyses the piano concerto “My Homeland” by the Chinese composer Chu Wanghua, written under the impression of the war film “The Battle on Shangganling Mountain” (1956). The work is based on the song “My Homeland”, which is very popular among the Chinese people. In the Concerto, the composer turns to a generalized programme, which, as revealed in analysing the composition, is directly related to the plot of the film. Based on the immanent properties of the concerto genre, Chu Wanghua presents the listener with its nonstandard interpretation. As the initial form, Chu Wanghua chooses free variations, a structure typical to the Chinese national tradition, interpreting them in accordance with the musical content of the work. The Concerto reveals the features of the sonata cycle and the sonata allegro in the role of the supporting form. At the same time, the work bears the signs of a suite, a genre widely spread in Chinese musical culture. Masterfully owning the compositional technique, Chu Wanghua implements in the Concerto such immanent features of the genre as game logic, virtuosity, competitiveness, concertising, improvisation, which are presented in the work with varying degrees of intensity. According to the concept, “My Homeland” can be attributed to a synthetic type, where virtuosity and the desire for symphonisation are equally represented. In terms of composition, the Concerto is an atypical form, but rather approaches the concertina in scale (the composition sounds about fifteen minutes). According to the principle of the performing parts ratio, the Concerto belongs to the parity type.
Keywords
piano concerto genre, immanent features of the concerto genre, interpretation, background form, variations, suite
