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Journey to the South
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| a Chinese Mythology story | |
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| Sound recording, story; Journey to the South, a performance of combined historical tale, Chinese mythology, legend and music performed by Ben Haggarty and the Silk Road Ensemble as part of Creative Exchanges - Sights and Sounds of the Silk Road, a museum residency in The Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, North America, 22nd January 2004 | |
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| The performance combining story and music was created in response and relation to a Chinese scroll in the Peabody Essex Museum's collection. A moving image of the scroll was projected behind the performers as the peice was performed. The performance comprises sections of music, with historical narration read by Ko Umezaki, and sections of storytelling by Ben Haggarty. These are a story of the encounter by an Emporer with Chung Kwai, a Chinese protector god, who rids the Emporer of demons. And a story about the tradition of dragon boat racing and offerings of rice to dragon gods, through the story of poet Chu Ueng who was bannished to a community of fishermen for his criticism of an Emporer, where he committed suicide by drowning himself in the river. | |
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| audience:- | adult |
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| condition:- | good |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 32 minutes, 27 seconds |
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| The Silk Road Ensemble in this performance included Ben Haggarty (storyteller); Wu Man (Pipa); Shane Shanahan (Percussion); Yo Yo Ma (Cello), and Ko Umezaki (shakuhachi flute). | |
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| storytelling:- | storytelling and musical group: The SIlk Road Ensemble |
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storyteller: Ben Haggarty male / British / born 30.11.1958 |
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musician: Wu Man female / Chinese / America, North |
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musician; narrator: Kojiro Umezaki; Ko Umezaki male / Japanese / America, North |
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musician: Yo Yo Ma male / Chinese / French / America, North |
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musician: Shane Shanahan male / America, North |
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| origin:- |
storytelling and musical group: The Silk Road Ensemble
China |
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| Silk Road Project publicity | |
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| Silk Road Project publicity | |
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| Silk Road Project publicity | |
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Salem, Massachusetts, America, North: The Peabody Essex Museum
22 Jan 2004 public performance: Journey to the South museum event: Creative Exchanges - Sights and Sounds of the Sil |
| gift from:- |
The Silk Road Project |
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