Yang Jishengyang Jisheng

Prokofiev first became fascinated by the violin upon hearing the playing of his private teacher, Reinhold Glière. A dozen years later Prokofiev wrote his Violin Concerto No. 1 – a work of contrasting open-hearted lyricism and whimsical playfulness that features a wild central Scherzo with dazzling technical gymnastics. By contrast, the Violin Concerto No. 2 is emotionally reserved and sardonic with an inspired plaintive and long-arching slow movement. Composed to an official Soviet commission for an ensemble piece to be played by talented child violinists in unison, the witty and upbeat Sonata for Solo Violin can also be played by a single performer.

DVD in English of the Yang Chen-Fu form as taught by Yang Zheng Duo, son of Grandmaster Yang Chen Fu with his grandson, Master Yang Jun. The majority of the DVD set is spent explaining and demonstrating move by move of the Yang long form. Also included on disc 3 is a Demonstration of their new shortened version 49 form which simply cuts Out some sections (mostly the repetitions) to make the form easier to do in a short time.