The Moon Reflected on the Second Spring

Introduction

Hua Yanjun's best-known erhu piece, which only received its title when it was recorded in 1950.

Erquan yingyue is an erhu solo by Hua Yanjun, the Wuxi street musician known as A Bing, composed around the late 1930s. A Bing often improvised it while performing for a living, and local people called it simply the tune that follows the heart, since it had no formal title. When Yang Yinliu and Cao Anhe recorded him in Wuxi on 2 September 1950, those present chose its name after the spring at Huishan in Wuxi. The theme is built from three phrases and rises to its climax through five variations, with heavy use of sliding ornaments. The conductor Seiji Ozawa later performed it with orchestras in China and abroad.