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About the work
An ancient piece, arranged for five pipas by Gu Guanren. The original, also known as Flute and Drum at Sunset, is the most widely played of all traditional pipa pieces; the quintet version divides what one instrument used to carry across five parts, handing each section from voice to voice.
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“Moonlit Night on the Spring River (pipa quintet).” Shanghai Concerts, https://shanghaiconcerts.com/en/works/spring-river-in-the-flower-moon-night-pipa-quintet.
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