Korea - Land of the Morning Calm: A Bundle of Pansori
presented by Peter Duffy (5 May 2003)

Pansori is an epic narrative form unique to Korean music culture. The singer alternates between singing and speaking and illustrates the different scenes of a story with the help of a fan and a handkerchief. Of the original 12 pansori works, only 5 are still in the performance practice. This presentation contains an excerpt from each of these 5 pansori works. The five lyrics deal with different colorful stories and include some weird characters like two brothers and one injured bird, a dragon king who rules an underwater kingdom, and a girl named Simchong who sacrifices herself and later wakes up in a lotus leaf.

Playlist:
1. Excerpt from "Song of Heungbo". "Kim So-Hui's Pansori", ICDS-0530, Jigu Records, Seoul
2. Excerpt from "The Underwater Kingdom". "The Five Nun of Pansori", CDD-013, 1994, The Deep-Rooted Tree Publishing House, Seoul, South Korea
3. Excerpt from "Song of Simchong". "The Five Nun of Pansori", CDD-013, 1994, The Deep-Rooted Tree Publishing House, Seoul, South Korea
4. Excerpt from "Song at Red Cliff". "The Five Nun of Pansori", CDD-013, 1994, The Deep-Rooted Tree Publishing House, Seoul, South Korea
5. Excerpt from "Song of Chunhyang". "Park Dong-Jin's Pansori Collection: Chunhyangga", 1988, SKCD-K-0250, SKC LTD., Yejeon Media, Seoul

Links:
http://www.korea.net/