Gang Chen, Zhanhao He - The Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto (1959)

Composers: Gang Chen (陈钢 Chén Gāng) (1935 –) and Zhanhao He (何占豪 Hé Zhànháo) (1933 –)
Violinist: Siqing Lü
Orchestra: Shanghai Symphony Orchestra conducted by Xieyang Chen

00:00 Adagio cantabile (1:17 Violin Entry)
05:05 Allegro con brio
07:54 Adagio assai doloroso
10:28 Pesante
14:06 Lagrimoso
16:31 Presto resoluto
19:45 Patimento
20:43 Tranquillo

[zhang]

The story line:
1:18 Yingtai dressed as a boy and went to a school in another place, only male allowed to study at that time. She met Shanbo there, and had a crush on him.
5:06 They spent 3 years together, created a lot of beautiful memories. But Shanbo didn’t realized Yingtai is a girl and treated her as a BBF.
7:48 Yingtai received a letter from home and must return, but she didn’t know the reason. Their farewell was a long one, Yingtai(vio) wanted to tell Shanbo(cello) something, but……
10:29 Yingtai arrived at home, her parents said they arranged a marriage for her……
14:07 Shanbo(cello) accidentally found out Yingtai is a girl, he desired to marry her. So they met again. But lovers can not get married easily.
16:31 One day Yingtai heard the death of Shanbo, he died of grief….. She was heartbroken and wept at his grave.
19:35 She jumped off the cliff behind the grave……
20:47 From then on, people always meet two butterflies in the flowers there, they danced in the wind with each other. Someone believes they are Yingtai and Shanbo…..

[arnoldrivas]

I stumbled upon this composer and in my humble opinion; this is a romantic piece of classical music. What I mean romantic is not just what the title entails, but also the spirit of Romanticism from the 19th century. If that makes sense.

[katieludlum]

The Butterfly Lovers is simply a beautiful piece of music - the 1963 Hong Kong film is a true classic that surpasses all other versions of "The Love Eterne ".

[macchupicchu]

Can't believe I get to see the score after years of enjoying the piece! It's paired with my favorite performance as well. Tyvm

[julianstr]

I’m so glad that I discovered this! Thank you so much for sharing this kind of content with us.

[pogeman]

THis makes me wanna suggest the suona piece, 100 Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix.

[ewtmpvx]

Many thanks!!! I've been waiting for someone to upload the full score here to youtube

[choiminseon]

Wow I love this music.... Thank you for sharing this amazing music...!!!!

[PaoloFioreRules]

Since this Concerto was written by the two while they were still students at the Conservatory, I've always wondered what other pieces they composed afterwards? Do any of you know any of their other pieces?

[NuriaVestilino]

very beautiful! It would be correct if the order of the two composers could be corrected, just like it is "He Zhanhao Chen Gang" on the sheet music

[前田陽一朗]

The place of allegro con brio with A major sounds like Kreisler s Chinese tambourine. So fun.

[marcellodantedealmeidanune]

Estou feliz de ouvir nesse concerto algumas das mais raras e belas melodias no violino !!!!

[choiminseon]

Thank you for posting a lot of videos! If you don't mind, Could you post JHAO Jiping's music, too? I'm really big fan of that composer and his composition like 'Violin Concerto No.1', There's no way to find any score.

[wholemilky]

Intro sounds a bit like Ravels Daphnis et Chloe, I really like it :D

[N.nannapas]

I am Thai and love this song very much. I want this song as a PDF. How can I contact you?🥺

[franklinxu]

I’m curious as to where I can find a file with the whole score. Does anyone know?

[stephenjablonsky]

This is a lovely piece to accompany my Chinese banquet, but it is not going to put the Beethoven or Berg Concertos out of business because there is only so much you can do melodically and harmonically using the pentatonic scale.