OK, the concert wasn’t really entitled No Wu Man No Cry, perhaps it should have been.
Wu Man is a fine exponent of the pipa…
…aka “that Chinese theorbo thing” to Janie, as she learnt to describe it after accosting a William Carter the theorbist at The Wig a few years earlier:
William Carter, Theorbist Extraordinaire’s Mystery Punter Outed, 24 September 2010
This concert was a fascinating mixture of Chinese early music and modern pieces in a traditional style.
It was one of those Wigmore late jobs, so we struggled to find the energy to go to the hall and then had a terrific time.
Here is a link to the Wigmore Hall resource on that Wu Man concert.
Below is a super vid which shows Wu Man’s virtuosity playing a piece much like some of those we heard that evening:
We retired to the bar afterwards and enjoyed the Tom Green Septet…described here through this link.
Another very pleasurable late evening of music at The Wig.