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北の宿から (At Hotel Up North) by Sabrina Chen

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作詞：阿久悠　
作曲：小林亜星
歌手：都はるみ

あなた変わりはないですか
日ごと寒さがつのります
着てはもらえぬセーターを
寒さこらえて編んでます
女ごころの　未練でしょう
あなた恋しい　北の宿

吹雪まじりに汽車の音
すすり泣くよに聞こえます
お酒ならべてただひとり
涙唄など歌います
女ごころの　未練でしょう
あなた恋しい　北の宿

あなた死んでもいいですか
胸がしんしん泣いてます
窓にうつして寝化粧を
しても心は晴れません
女ごころの　未練でしょう
あなた恋しい　北の宿

How are you doing my love
It seems to be getting cold everyday
A sweater that I know you will never wear
But I'm sitting here knitting it in the cold
My heart, this woman's heart
Is still attached to you
I miss you so much at this hotel up north
　　　　　
Intertwined with the sound of a train in the blizzard
I can hear as if it's weeping
I've had a lot of Sake but I'm still all alone
I'm singing few songs that are mingled with my tears
My heart, this woman's heart
Is still attached to you
I miss you so much at this hotel up north

Darling, I want to die
My heart is weeping silently
Looking at myself in the window with light makeup
My heart remains heavy still
My heart, this woman's heart
Is still attached to you
I miss you so much at this hotel up north

Recorded in 2008
*All the songs are recorded at home with minimal setup

一片落叶 (A Fallen Leaf)

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]]> Lyrics for A Fallen Leaf (Thanks go to youtube friend hkship for English translation)

看那一片片落葉
Seeing that fallen leaves
随着秋风飘起
Flutter with the wind in Autumn,
谁知道落葉飘向哪里
To wherever unknown places,
你不必问那落葉
You don't need to ask
随风飘向哪里
Where they will be.
若有缘还会和你相遇
If predestined you two would meet.
你就把我当做
You could treat me
树上的一片落葉
Like a fallen leaf
我会记得你珍贵的情意
And I would remember your precious affection,
就象春天的风和雨
Like that breeze and rain in Spring,
滋润那大地和我的心
Nourishing the Earth and my heart.

Recorded on 5/20/2009
*All the songs are recorded at home with minimal setup

Chopin Nocturne Op. 72 in E minor

I love piano but never had a chance to learn it when I was young. I began to follow my daughter when she started her piano lesson. Although most of the time I was like "three-day fishing three-day drying the net" (if you know what I meant), I began to work hard after I fell in love with this Chopin piece. With couple of months of hard work, I have improved a lot, but those 10 stiff fingers just can't get me to where I wanted to be no matter what I try. I don't have a piano teacher, I learned this piece pretty much by listening to various versions online and by naturally blending in my own interpretations. As of now this is the best I can do in front of a camera. I enjoyed my play, I hope you would all like it too. Thanks for watching! Happy Chinese New Year!

恋人たちの神話 (Myth of Lovers)

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*All the songs are recorded at home with minimal setup

Lyrics for Myth of lovers

When children in bed ride on the ark in their dream
the time flow puts away only (clothes of) sadness.
And by tomorrow, they change their clothes......but...
If I will be reborn and have a different life
I would try to be a bird flying freely in the blue sky...but...
Even though I've been loved, I've been hurt, and cried to the point of wanting to die.
It is enough reason that I was only given (birth) in this world.
To be fated with tears......There exists even such a kind of life.

When the soft sunlight of dawn shines onto the glass window
In the time flow, I would wake up and prepare for my little future...but...
If meeting by chance and then parting is the destiny of human
I can only leave in the past the times (memories) as beautiful like a flower
I have been loved, I have been hurt, and I have cried even to the point of wanting to die.
My heart and body cannot be cut apart (separated), but.....
I will give up yesterday (my past). There exists even such a kind of life.

It is enough reason that I was only given (birth) in this world.
To be fated with tears......There exists even such a kind of life.

旅愁 Melancholy On A Journey by Yuquan Chen

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*All the songs are recorded at home with minimal setup

风儿雨儿 (The Wind & The Rain) by Yuquan Chen

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Revels SummersDay Performance

After two and a half months weekly rehearsals and much intense daily rehearsals in the final week before the show time, I went on a two day weekend performance on June 21 and 22 with an America's high end performing group "Revels". I took on two short solos. One was in "Man Gave Names to the Animals" that I sang a verse about pig that I translated from English lyrics. Another one was a verse of "Tibetan Plateau". Everyone I had a chance to chat with, either someone I know or didn't, enjoyed my singing very much. They also loved the beautiful princess I played in a story telling "The Heavenly Lovers". I felt grateful to be an important part of this year's event of Revels.

The show was to celebrate the first weekend of summer featuring "a free 3-day event celebrating Boston's cultural diversity and the summer season, presented by Friends of Fort Point Channel". SummersDay Revels brought together talented traditional musicians and dancers (children, teens and adults) representing the neighborhoods of Boston, who performed in the late afternoon of June 21 and 22 (Saturday and Sunday) on multiple stages along Fort Point Channel before uniting each evening for an exciting inter-cultural SummersDay Revels performance on the Main Stage near Boston Children's Museum. Boston's Mayor Thomas M. Menino was on hand to open Saturday's events with opening remarks from the Mainstage.

I will post some photos and few video clips later when they become available.

I may join Revels again in the future.

About Revels

You Don't Have To Say You Love Me

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*All the songs are recorded at home with minimal setup

你在我心中 (You Are in My Heart, 夜のフェリ-ポ-ト)

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*All the songs are recorded at home with minimal setup

酒醉的探戈 (Intoxicating Tango)

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大阪しぐれ (Autum Shower of Osaka)

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*All the songs are recorded at home with minimal setup

信天游 - By Sabrina Yuquan Chen (陈玉泉)

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*All the songs are recorded at home with minimal setup

時の流れに身をまかせ (我只在乎你) - Sabrina Yuquan Chen (陈玉泉)

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*All the songs are recorded at home with minimal setup

波士顿的颂歌唱向“东方之珠”

　　(摘自人民网)“小河弯弯向南流，流到香江去看一看……”一曲《东方之珠》从波士顿郊外的响起，飞向东方之珠的香港。这时正是7月 1日的阳午，蓝天绿荫，夏风送爽，美国国际教育联合会（AIEA）、全美中国作家联谊会、香港《华人》月刊在哈佛大学黄旭冬教授的波士顿郊外别墅举行欢庆活动，波士顿的文化界、教育界的华裔人士欢聚一堂，用歌声、美酒和烧烤美食来欢庆香港回归10周年。

　　全美中国作家联谊会会长兼香港《华人》月刊总编辑冰凌主持了欢庆歌会。他说，十年前我在纽约参加了万人游行庆祝香港回归祖国；十年后的今天，我们在波士顿庆祝香港回归祖国10周年。在这样欢庆的日子，感到只有放声高歌，才最能表达内心的情感...

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Photos from Performance in Chicago

Wow, it has been over 3 months since I participated in the local Chinese show in Chicago. Life has been so busy that I almost forgot about posting few of the photos to share with everyone. So here it comes. Photos taken when I was singing "The Sentimental Rose". One of them was taken after the show. Hope you'll enjoy! Thank you.