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Thursday, August 18, 2016

Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto Played on a Chinese Erhu

...sounds devastatingly lyrical


Tchaikovsky’s gorgeous violin concerto has long been one of the instrument’s greatest melodies. But it also works for other instruments…
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tchaikovsky violin concerto erhu
The Erhu is more commonly used for traditional Chinese music and only occasionally ventures into Western music - but this exception is utterly beautiful.

For some reason, the lyrical themes of Tchaikovsky’s classic violin concerto in D lend themselves perfectly to the wispy tones of the Erhu, as this excellent rendition proves: