Qing Bei Yue 唐代古曲《傾杯樂》 - Red Chamber 紅庭

A live performance by Red Chamber. This is an arrangement by Yang Qing 楊青 of one of the 25 ancient pipa scores found in the Dun Huang mural caves in northwestern China, on the ancient Silk Road. This score was written in 930 AD and believed to be court music from the Tang Dynasty (618-907). The title is a cipai 詞牌 (named tune) found in Chinese classical poetry.

[@VIsTheMusic]

my absolute new favorite, when i heard an excerpt of this in your "China Long Song" radio lecture, i couldn't stop dreaming its beautiful tones, so inspiring and motivating -- beautiful performance everyone !!

[@wingplum]

The instruments do not look like Tang's to me.

[@ZaDiscs]

Of course not! They are playing an arrangement of a Tang score, not trying to authentically recreate the music (not that that is even possible, as no-one had recording equipment in the Tang Dynasty!!).